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12H MUGELLO KICKS OFF 24H SERIES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
For many motorsport enthusiasts, the wait since the Hankook 24H DUBAI in early January has been quite long, but finally, the start of the 24H SERIES European Championship season beckons. This week’s Hankook 12H MUGELLO (29-30 March) sees the 24H TCE SERIES and the 24H GT SERIES, both powered by Hankook, returning to the beautiful … Continue reading
TOCKWITH MOTORSPORTS JOINS THE GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES
Tockwith Motorsports is joining the inaugural season of GT4 South European Series with Trico sponsored Ginetta G50. The English squad was founded in Leeds by the ex-policeman Reg Moore, who wanted to train drivers under seventeen years of age on a purpose built training centre. Tockwith Motorsports took part in many championships in the last … Continue reading
BMW TEAM SCHNITZER AND WALKENHORST MOTORSPORT TO COMPETE WITH THE BMW M6 GT3 AT LAGUNA SECA
Around seven weeks after the 12 Hours of Bathurst (AUS), BMW teams are set to take on the second race of the season in the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC). The ‘8 Hours of California’ will be held at another legendary track this Saturday, the “WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca” (USA). BMW Team Schnitzer and Walkenhorst Motorsport … Continue reading
RECORD EIGHT FULL-SEASON MANUFACTURERS ALL SET FOR CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS
Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli’s 2019 world tour continues this weekend (March 28-30) at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca where a record eight full-season manufacturers will contest the California 8 Hours. 16 of the 20-car entry has been nominated to score points towards the world’s only global GT3 championship, while the top-two driver crews also … Continue reading
KCMG AND NISSAN PREPARED FOR MAIDEN CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS AT LAGUNA SECA
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) heads to Laguna Seca for the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge, the California 8 Hours (28-30 March), with a pair of Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 cars. The third running of the California endurance event will be the first for the Hong Kong squad and marks Alex Buncombe’s maiden … Continue reading
TWO AUDI GT3 ENTRIES FOR B-QUIK RACING IN THAILAND SUPER SERIES
B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) is pleased to announce that we will enter two Audi R8 GT3s in Thailand Super Series (“TSS”) this season, both cars running in the headlining Super Car GT3 category as we target a third consecutive Super Car Teams’ title. Regular drivers, Henk Kiks and Daniel Bilski, will share … Continue reading
CAMARO MAKES SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO AUSTRALIAN GT
With 7.9 litres of pure American V8 muscle under the hood, the mighty Reiter Engineering-built Chevrolet Camaro is a real head-turner in GT3 guise, and after a couple of seasons of ongoing development, Melbourne engine-tuner Dale Paterson finally has the car in the window, the Trophy Series front-runner fired up to continue that development after … Continue reading
BMW M6 GT3 WINS VLN NORDSCHLEIFE SEASON OPENER
Perfect start to the new season: John Edwards (USA), Nick Catsburg (NED) and Marco Wittmann (GER) clinched victory in the BMW M6 GT3 at the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring opener. The trio won the 65th ADAC Westfalenfahrt in the ROWE Racing #99 BMW M6 GT3. In the #98 sister car, Tom Blomqvist (GBR), Connor De Phillippi … Continue reading
ZUN SHINES WITH TWO OVERALL WINS IN ZHUHAI
Audi Sport customer teams concluded an impressive haul of silverware with a 1-2-3 overall finish in Sunday’s second round of the Pan Delta Racing Festival at Zhuhai International Circuit. Adderly Fong of Zun Motorsport Crew crossed the line first, ahead of TSRT’s David Chen and Zun’s Lin Yiming. With back-to-back wins, Fong swept to two … Continue reading
NISSAN E.DAMS SCORES FIRST FORMULA E PODIUM
Nissan has scored its first podium in the all-electric ABB FIA Formula E street racing championship with British racer Oliver Rowland finishing second in the Sanya E-Prix in China. Rowland started from pole and led the first 18 laps of the race en route to his and Nissan’s first podium finish in the championship. The … Continue reading
