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SECOND PLACE FINISH FOR MEYER SHANK RACING AT MID-OHIO

After 125 laps of caution free, green flag to checkered flag racing, Meyer Shank Racing scored its second podium finish of the 2018 season in its home event at the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio.

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FIRST ACURA DPi WIN IN 1-2 ACURA TEAM PENSKE SWEEP AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

The Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio was all about Acura Team Penske from the first practice session of the weekend on Friday through the checkered flag on Sunday’s two-hour, 40-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. Every pre-race practice session ended with both of the team’s Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international (DPi) cars sitting 1-2 … Continue reading → ...

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LEXUS SCORES HISTORIC FIRST NORTH AMERICAN VICTORY FOR THE RC F GT3

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

Lexus put forth the dominating performance it had been dreaming of since entering the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona (GTD) class in 2017 Sunday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

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CADILLAC RACING TEAM MUSTANG SAMPLING FOURTH AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

Cadillac V-Performance Racing team Mustang Sampling Cadillac finished fourth today at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. The No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R finished fifth and the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R came home in eighth.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES EIGHTH AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Alessandro Balzan (Italy) drove to an eighth place finish in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio.

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PHOENIX RACING AND HHC MOTORSPORT WIN IN THE GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES AT BRANDS HATCH

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

Phoenix Racing and HHC Motorsport claimed a win each in today’s GT4 European Series rounds at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. The #5 Audi R8 LMS GT4 won the opening race on Sunday morning, with the #55 Ginetta G55 GT4 taking victory in the second race. Schwede Motorsport won the Pro-Am class in both races, Autorlando was successful in the Am class.

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BELGIAN AUDI CLUB TEAM WRT TURNS UP THE HEAT WITH DOUBLE BLANCPAIN GT VICTORY AT SUN-KISSED BRANDS HATCH

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT proved too hot to handle at Brands Hatch, securing both race victories at the second Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup round of the season.

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DI AMATO-MONTERMINI SCORE THEIR FIRST GT OPEN WIN

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

The RS Racing Ferrari 488 took its maiden win in the International GT Open, as Daniele Di Amato and Andrea Montermini emerged in a dramatic and closely-fought finale. They beat the two Teo Martín BMs of Juan Cruz Álvarez-Lourenço Beirão (who took the lead after the pit stops) and yesterday’s winners, Fran Rueda-Andrés Saravia. The Spaniard and the Guatemalan are now second in the overall standings, closing to 13 points the gap with respect to Mikkel Mac, today fifth.

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THIRD AND FOURTH ROW FOR FERRARI AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

May 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

It was a difficult qualifying for the five Ferrari crews competing in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the first round of the Super Season of the World Endurance Championship (WEC). In the GTE-Pro class the 488 GTE of AF Corse team will start from the third and fourth row with cars no. 51 and 71. … Continue reading → ...

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SOLID SPA START FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

May 3, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing made a constructive start as it targets a fourth consecutive FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) victory and a perfect start to the 2018-19 season in the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Having won the final three races of last season, the team returned to competitive action today for the first time since … Continue reading → ...

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TWO R-13 CARS AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS FOR REBELLION RACING

May 3, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

REBELLION Racing is going to start the first race of the Super Super at Spa-Francorchamps circuit with two R-13 cars entered in LMP1 category. After a first public outing for the REBELLION R-13 car at the FIA WEC Prologue on the 6th and 7th of April at the Paul Ricard circuit, the team performed private … Continue reading → ...

Formula E

JAGUAR RACING HEAD TO PARIS WITH RENEWED CONFIDENCE

April 23, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Panasonic Jaguar Racing is hoping to electrify the City of Lights as they prepare for the ABB FIA Formula E Paris E-Prix following a strong performance in recent races. The British team’s momentum is growing with each race, and the inaugural Rome E-Prix was overall another positive weekend for Panasonic Jaguar Racing. Once again Mitch Evans secured … Continue reading → ...

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ISAAC TUTUMLU TAKES FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT THE 12H NAVARRA

April 23, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Spaniard Tutumlu delivered another strong performance in the Car Collection Motorsport-entered Audi R8 LMS shared with Ali Çapan, Dirg Parhofer and Peter Schmidt. The four drivers brought fourth place home in A6-Am class and ranked 8th overall. Tutumlu drove almost six of the 12 hours of racing. Isaac Tutumlu achieved a positive result at Circuito de … Continue reading → ...

Formula E

RENAULT E.DAMS SIXTH IN THE STREETS OF ROME

April 15, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

The first Rome ePrix enjoyed huge popular success, which was not the case for Renault e.dams as Sébastien Buemi and Nicolas Prost could only manage sixth and fourteenth-place finishes. Buemi was one of the five drivers who qualified for the SuperPole shoot-out and he felt confident that he could do the job. But he missed … Continue reading → ...

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TAN TO CHASE ‘CHILDHOOD DREAM’ WITH FULL-TIME FIA WEC GRADUATION

March 23, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Weiron Tan has been given the opportunity to chase his ‘childhood dream’ this year and next, competing for Jackie Chan DC Racing x JOTA Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and Le Mans 24 Hours as part of the prestigious, newly-formed SIC Motorsports Talent Development initiative. From a single-seater background, Tan has increasingly … Continue reading → ...

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NICO VERDONCK BACK IN THE GREEN HELL WITH DORR MOTORSPORT

March 16, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Still the race lap record holder in the VLN Championship, Nico Verdonck will once again be back on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife in this 2018 season. The 32 year old Brussel based driver, ranked Silver on the FIA scale, will be joining the ranks of Dörr Motorsport. The German team, based at Butzbach will enter two … Continue reading → ...

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DAVISON CONFIRMED FOR WEC SUPER SEASON

March 15, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Sports car ace Alex Davison will return to international Porsche duties this season after confirmation the Australian will contest the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’. Davison has joined the LMGTE Am classified team Gulf Racing for the eight round season, which spans across 2018 and 2019 and includes two 24 Hours of Le … Continue reading → ...

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DIFFERENT DRIVER, SAME RESULT AS FORTY7 MOTORSPORTS SCORES SECOND CONSECUTIVE IMSA PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE POLE

March 15, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

For the second consecutive race to start the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda season, Forty7 Motorsports will start from the pole when the series takes the green flag Friday at Sebring International Raceway. The driver this time, however, will be different. In fact, TJ Fischer is new to the series and will be joining … Continue reading → ...

Formula E

NISSAN REVEALS CONCEPT LIVERY FOR ITS FORMULA E DEBUT SEASON

March 6, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Nissan has taken the next steps toward its debut in the all-electric ABB FIA Formula E Championship by revealing its concept livery at the Geneva Motor Show. At last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan – the world’s leading mass-market zero-emission vehicle manufacturer – announced it would debut in Formula E from season five which is … Continue reading → ...

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2017 BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA RUNNERS-UP OD RACING AND GILBERT JOIN TEAM WRT

February 16, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia runners-up OD Racing and Mitch Gilbert will return to the championship this year with a Team WRT-run Audi R8 LMS GT3. Gilbert and co-driver Aditya Patel missed out on the GT3 Drivers’ title by a single point last season after winning both races at Zhejiang’s season finale, while OD Racing … Continue reading → ...

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