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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS TAKES THIRD PLACE AT ROAD AMERICA

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Wright Motorsports picked up several podium finishes on Saturday and Sunday during their multi-city race weekend in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, and Nashville, Tennessee. Patrick Long and Trent Hindman earned their first podium together as a pair, following their second-place finish at the Twelve Hours of Sebring with Jan Heylen. In the Porsche Carrera Cup North America, John Goetz earned a third-place finish on Sunday in Wisconsin, followed by Charlie Luck securing a double-podium weekend on the streets of Nashville in the Music City Grand Prix.

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LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT ROAD AMERICA FOR GILBERT KORTHOFF MOTORSPORTS

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Making its second start in the GT Daytona class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports went through a learning experience in Sunday’s IMSA Sports Car Weekend at Road America.

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ERA MOTORSPORTS DOMINATES TO WIN ROAD AMERICA

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Six months since their victory at the Rolex 24 victory at Daytona, Era Motorsport has returned to victory circle with top honours this weekend at Road America, winning the IMSA SportsCar Weekend in the LMP2 class. The team, originally slated to only run the 2021 North American Endurance Cup decided last minute to join the Road America race weekend to prepare for this month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, and after an impressive start, took the lead with a large margin over the LMP2 field.

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KELVIN VAN DER LINDE EXTENDS LEAD IN THE DTM

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In the 2021 DTM, Audi achieved the second one-two with the R8 LMS after the opening success at Monza: Kelvin van der Linde won at the third race weekend at Zolder ahead of Mike Rockenfeller and extended his lead in the standings to 21 points. In Nashville, Audi customer teams in the GT America race series clinched a total of three victories with their GT3, GT2 and GT4 sports cars from Germany.

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MEYER SHANK RACING FAST ON THE WAY TO FIFTH AT ROAD AMERICA

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Meyer Shank Racing finished fifth at Road America on Sunday with drivers Oli Pla and Dane Cameron on board the No. 60 AutoNation/SiriusXM Acura DPi. The two hour, 40 minute race saw the MSR Acura out front for 26 laps, clocking the fastest lap of the race on the 33rd lap.

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SEVENTH-PLACE FINISH FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT ROAD AMERICA

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Paul Miller Racing team battled back to a seventh-place finish at Road America after a strategy gamble dropped the No. 1 to the rear of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD field.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC WINS AT ROAD AMERICA

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani won today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sportscar weekend race at Road America.

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MIXED DTM WEEKEND FOR MERCEDES-AMG TEAM MUCKE MOTORSPORT AND MAXIMILIAN BUHK

August 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The results of the Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport on the traditional circuit in Zolder, Belgium, for the third DTM weekend are mixed. After bad luck in Saturday’s race, Maximilian Buhk was able to make up ground on Sunday with the #18 Mercedes-AMG GT 3, which is equipped with the Space Drive steer-by-wire system and does not require any mechanical connection at all between the steering unit and the steering gearbox, and finished in 11th place, narrowly missing out on the points classification. The track in Zolder is regarded as a demanding “old school” track that does not forgive any mistakes.

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DTM THIRD PLACE FOR LAWSON IN RACE-2 AT ZOLDER

August 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The two Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse Ferraris finished third and sixth in the third round of the DTM at Zolder. Liam Lawson made up for his disappointing retirement in Race-1, while Alex Albon, despite the ballast, claimed an excellent sixth place which helped his teammate in the standings. Start and Safety Car. The leading cars […]

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MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT SECURES ANOTHER DTM PODIUM AT ZOLDER

August 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport also secured a podium finish in the third event of the DTM season at Zolder in Belgium. Maximilian Götz (GER), driving for Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, secured second place in race two of the weekend thanks to a clever pit stop strategy. In the Saturday race, Götz’s teammate Vincent Abril (MCO) had contributed the best result by finishing fourth. With a total of six top ten results at the demanding circuit, Mercedes-AMG defended its lead in the manufacturers’ standings of the series.

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GOLDBURG EARNS POLE AWARD AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports’ Dan Goldburg earned his career first Motul Pole Award at Road America.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START THIRD AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Matt Campbell (Australia) will start tomorrow’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sportscar weekend from third on the GTLM grid.

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LEWIS QUALIFIES GILBERT KORTHOFF MERCEDES 10th AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Making his first start at Road America in a GT-type sports car, Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports’ Shane Lewis quickly got up to speed by qualifying 10th for Sunday’s IMSA Sportscar Weekend at Road America.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC ON POLE AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R will start tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sportscar weekend at Road America from the pole position.

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RECORD BREAKING CLASSIC BIRTHDAY REFUELS PASSIONS

August 6, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Promised as the ‘biggest and best’ ever staged, the very special 30th anniversary edition of The Classic certainly lived up to its weighty birthday billing on all fronts.

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PAUL MILLER RACING READY FOR ROAD AMERICA

August 5, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The No. 1 Paul Miller Racing team heads to America’s ‘National Park of Speed,’ Road America, on a championship charge in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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GILBERT KORTHOFF LOOKS TO BUILD MOMENTUM AT ROAD AMERICA

August 4, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Coming off a productive dress rehearsal at Watkins Glen International, Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports is ready for its next test, the IMSA Sportscar Weekend at Road America on August 5-8.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKING FOR BACK-TO-BACK WINS AT ROAD AMERICA

August 4, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Coming off a win at Watkins Glen last month, Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil) look to capture back-to-back wins in this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Road America.

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BRABHAM AUTOMOTIVE TO COMPETE IN GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES WITH NEW BT63 GT2 CONCEPT

August 4, 2021 RNW Staff 0

SRO Motorsports Group, together with Brabham Automotive, is delighted to announce Brabham Automotive’s intent to compete in the invitational class of the 2022 Fanatec GT2 European Series with the new Brabham BT63 GT2 Concept.

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HEROIC EFFORT FROM GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM AT THE LEGENDARY 24 HOURS OF SPA

August 3, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In the standout fixture of the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup last weekend (29th July 1st August), GRT Grasser Racing put in a heroic effort that sadly went unrewarded. The team gave yet another demonstration of its indomitable fighting spirit on the occasion of the legendary 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. After a crash in qualifying, the crew rebuilt the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO in record time to ensure participation in the endurance classic. Clemens Schmid, Kikko Galbiati and Alberto Di Folco pushed forward relentlessly from last place on the grid. Until they were forced to retire after 15 hours, they had made up no fewer than 28 positions.

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