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Cooper MacNeil
WEATHERTECH RACING MOVES TO IMSA GTLM WITH PORSCHE AND PROTON COMPETITION
WeatherTech Racing will move up to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM Class with Porsche and Proton Competition for the 2021 season. Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.) will be joined by Richard Lietz (Austria), Kevin Estre (France) and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) for the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team that started in sportscar competition in 2012 in the American Le Mans … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES FOURTH AT SEBRING
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) finished fourth today in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts season finale. Under near perfect racing conditions for the full 12-hours the trio of MacNeil, Balzan, and Westphal ran a near fault … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR IMSA SEBRING FINALE
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts this weekend, November 12-14. The last time the trio of MacNeil, Balzan, and Westphal raced together they won Petit Le Mans last month. … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES A TOUGH SEVENTH IN MONTEREY
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Alessandro Balzan (Italy) finished today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship seventh in GTD at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. In qualifying this morning, MacNeil had the controls of the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 Evo. He was able to post a time of 1:25.359 … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING HEADS WEST TO MONTEREY
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Alessandro Balzan (Italy) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship to run at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, October 30 – November 1. The team is coming off of a Petit Le Mans win just nine days ago. MacNeil has a lot of laps at the … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING WINS GTD AT PETIT LE MANS
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) won the GTD Class in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. At the drop of the green Westphal drove the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 Evo into the GTD lead. From … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING QUALIFIES ON FRONT ROW FOR PETIT LE MANS
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Motul Petit Le Mans from the front row in GTD. Westphal had the wheel of the Scuderia Corsa prepared No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 Evo for the 15-minute noon time qualifying session. The Californian shot … Continue reading
BALZAN JOINS WEATHERTECH RACING FOR PETIT LE MANS
Alessandro Balzan (Italy) will join Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) for the Motul Petit Le Mans to run at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, October 15-17. Balzan is a two-time IMSA WeatherTech GTD driver champion (2016, 2017), both with Scuderia Corsa. Balzan last raced with MacNeil and Westphal at the Rolex 24 Hour … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING SEVENTH AT SIX HOURS AT LE MANS
WeatherTech Racing is currently running seventh at the Le Mans 24 Hours race in France. Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) had the wheel for the start of the twice-around-the-clock French classic. Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) have also put in initial stints. In the beginning, Vilander had the No. 63 Ferrari GTE … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING CAPS TWO DAYS ON TRACK AT LE MANS
WeatherTech Racing has completed two days of running at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans, France in preparation for Saturday’s Le Mans 24 Hours race. Running an abbreviated schedule from a traditional Le Mans week drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) put in 98 laps … Continue reading
