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WILKINSON BOUNCES BACK AT BRANDS HATCH WITH TOP 10 SPRINT CUP FINISH
Oliver Wilkinson and team-mate Rob Bell opened their Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup campaign with a hard-earned top-10 finish for the JOTA McLaren 720S GT3 on home ground at Brands Hatch. That outstanding result followed an equally impressive performance earlier on Sunday, when Wilkinson’s six-place charge from 21st on the … Continue reading
NTE/SSR HEATS UP SEASON AT LAGUNA SECA
While the temperature at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was rather cool, NTE/SSR put some heat into their season at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round four with the No. 42 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo. Lamborghini GT3 Junior driver Jayden Conwright earned the team a second-place starting position and together, he and Marco Holzer drove to … Continue reading
ERA MOTORSPORT TAKES IMSA POINTS LEAD WITH LAGUNA SECA PODIUM
Era Motorsport completed the first sprint race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s LMP2 class this weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The Indianapolis-based squad drove a masterful race to finish in second place in the No. 18 Oreca, taking the championship points lead with drivers Dwight Merriman and Ryan Dalziel. The team arrived at … Continue reading
ISAAC TUTUMLU MAKES PROMISING START TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT CUP CAMPAIGN AT BRANDS HATCH
The Spaniard of Kurdish ancestry will contest the curtain raiser event of the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup season this weekend. Tutumlu, who has never raced at Brands Hatch before, will be sharing the GSM Novamarine-run Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo with Austrian Gerhard Tweraser. Isaac Tutumlu made a promising start to the 2022 GT … Continue reading
TEAM UEMATSU’S McLAREN 720 GT3 JOINS JAPAN CUP ENTRY
Team Uematsu make their Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS debut this season after becoming the latest outfit to submit a Japan Cup entry. The four-round championship within a championship takes place at Suzuka, Fuji, Sugo and Okayama, which also collectively comprise two thirds of Asia’s pan-continental calendar. The regular season begins at … Continue reading
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO THE PODIUM AND REGAINS WEATHERTECH POINTS LEAD
Wright Motorsports closed out a successful race weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday afternoon, returning the No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R to victory circle for the second time this season. With their California victory, the driving duo of Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen reclaimed their championship points lead in the GTD class, … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES THIRD AT LAGUNA SECA
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Tristan Nunez (Boynton Beach, Fla.) finished third in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship presented by Motul at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Nunez was behind the wheel of the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V to start today’s two hour and 40-minute race, where he … Continue reading
MEYER SHANK RACING TAKES CLOSE SECOND AT LAGUNA SECA
In the fight for victory for the entire race, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) had to settle for second in Sunday’s Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship presented by Motul, Round 4 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Oliver Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist piloted the No. 60 MSR with Curb-Agajanian AutoNation/SiriusXM Acura ARX-05 DPi, missing the victory … Continue reading
BMW M TEAM RLL BMW M4 GT3 SCORES FIRST PODIUM OF 2022
BMW M Team RLL scored the team’s first podium of the 2022 IMSA season, finishing third in the GTD PRO class at this afternoon’s Monterey Sports Car Championship. Connor De Phillippi and John Edwards co-drove the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M Team RLL, completing 107 laps of the classic Laguna Seca circuit in the two-hour-and-forty-minute … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES SIXTH AT LAGUNA SECA
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Daniel Juncadella (Spain) finished sixth in GTD Pro in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship Presented by Motul at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Juncadella had the wheel of the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Mercedes-Benz of Billings, Montana … Continue reading
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