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Alex MacDowall
MACDOWALL AND GARAGE 59 SALVAGE NINTH IN SILVER CUP FROM FRUSTRATING 6HR PAUL RICARD RACE
Car damage during the early part of round two of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup at Circuit Paul Ricard on Saturday, 29th May, prevented an almost certain Silver Cup podium challenge for Alex MacDowall – the Briton instead having to settle for ninth place. With confidence justifiably high ahead … Continue reading
SILVER CUP POINTS FOR REIGNING CHAMPION MACDOWALL IN UNPREDICTABLE FIRST RACE OF YEAR AT MONZA
Reigning Silver Cup Champion Alex MacDowall got his 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Powered by AWS season off to a points-scoring start at Monza in Italy on Sunday, 18th April, with a ninth place finish during an incident packed, and rain-hit, three hour race. MacDowall, making his competitive debut with the Garage … Continue reading
PERFECT GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE FINAL ROUND WIN FOR MACDOWALL AND BARWELL MOTORSPORT
Alex MacDowall produced one of the very best drives of his career during the final round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at Paul Ricard on Sunday, 15th November, to help secure a fantastic class race victory in the six-hour contest and wrap-up a sensational Silver Cup title triumph. Carlisle 29-year-old MacDowall, with … Continue reading
DISAPPOINTING END TO THE 24 HOURS OF SPA FOR MACDOWALL
Barwell Motorsport driver Alex MacDowall was cruelly robbed of a possible Silver Cup class victory at the Total 24 Hours of Spa earlier today, Sunday, 25th October, when his Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO was caught-up in the aftermath of a multi-car accident with just seven hours to run. Carlisle’s MacDowall and team-mates Frederik Schandorff and … Continue reading
SECOND SILVER CUP PODIUM IN AS MANY RACES FOR MACDOWALL DURING SIX-HOUR NURBURGRING SPECTACULAR
Alex MacDowall celebrated his second Silver Cup podium finish in as many GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup races during round two of the season at Germany’s Nurburgring on Sunday, 6th September, with a hard-earned second place in the action-packed six-hour encounter. Following on from his winning start to the rescheduled 2020 campaign with Barwell … Continue reading
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SILVER CLASS VICTORY FOR MACDOWALL AND BARWELL WITH SUPERB OPENING ROUND PERFORMANCE AT IMOLA
Successful GT racing driver Alex MacDowall made the perfect start to the delayed 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup campaign at Imola in Italy on Sunday, 26th July, with a sensational Silver class victory during the opening three-hour race of the season. Driving for top British team Barwell Motorsport, partnering Finland’s Patrick Kujala and … Continue reading
MACDOWALL SWITCHES TO LAMBORGHINI POWER FOR 2020 WITH BARWELL MOTORSPORT GT WORLD CHALLENGE DEAL
Alex MacDowall will take on another fresh challenge for the 2020 motor racing season, having officially confirmed a deal with Barwell Motorsport to race a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO – for the first time – as part of this year’s rebranded GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Carlisle racer MacDowall, who made his debut in … Continue reading
‘CHARACTER BUILDING’ FIRST BLANCPAIN SEASON CONCLUDES WITH NINTH IN SILVER CUP FOR MACDOWALL IN SPAIN
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT driver Alex MacDowall ended a ‘character building’ first season in the Blancpain Endurance Cup with a ninth place Silver Cup finish during the final race of the campaign in Spain on Sunday, 29th September, despite late-race contact for team-mate Shae Davies. Going into the fifth and final round at the … Continue reading
SEASON-BEST SIXTH IN SILVER CUP FROM BACK OF GRID FOR MACDOWALL ON DEBUT IN RAIN-LASHED SPA 24HRS
First year Blancpain Endurance Cup racer Alex MacDowall produced a competitive and determined showing in treacherous conditions over the weekend during the toughest race of the 2019 season, the blue riband Total 24 Hours of Spa, to post a hard-earned top six finish in the Silver Cup class. Building on the season-best seventh place achieved … Continue reading
BEST RESULT OF BLANCPAIN SEASON FOR MACDOWALL WITH SEVENTH IN SILVER CLASS DURING PAUL RICARD 6HR
Audi R8 LMS EVO GT3 racer Alex MacDowall took a season-best seventh place Silver Cup class finish during an action-packed third round of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season at Paul Ricard in France on Saturday, 1st June – the halfway point of the 2019 campaign. Making his first appearance in the annual six-hour ‘into the … Continue reading
