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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM IN FLAWLESS COMEBACK AT DAYTONA
The long wait was finally over for GRT Grasser Racing Team last weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech 240 in Daytona provided a first race outing for the Austrian outfit since the worldwide lockdown was imposed. They arrived at the historic race track in the US state of Florida with high hopes, not least because of … Continue reading
MULTIMATIC MAZDAS IN 1-2 PODIUM SWEEP AS SPORTSCAR RACING RETURNS AT DAYTONA
Mazda Motorsports is celebrating an emphatic 1-2 finish at the WeatherTech 240 at Daytona, the first IMSA race to be held since the outbreak of Covid-19 and the first race since Multimatic took the operational helm of the Mazda Motorsports DPi race programme. It was British driver Harry Tincknell who crossed the line as the … Continue reading
HEINRICHER RACING FINISHES FOURTH ON THE FOURTH AT DAYTONA
Heading back to Daytona International Speedway for the second time this year, Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing took on the first sprint format event at Daytona in several years to bring home a solid fourth place finish. Misha Goikhberg and Alvaro Parente made their IMSA return in the No. 57 Heinricher Racing Acura NSX … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES FOURTH AND SIXTH AT DAYTONA
After spending a significant amount of time in the lead and running 1-2, BMW Team RLL finished the IMSA WeatherTech 240 At Daytona in the fourth and sixth GTLM class positions. Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler finished fourth in the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE, completing 90 laps in the two-hour-and-forty-minute contest. De Phillippi, … Continue reading
MEYER SHANK RACING SCORES PODIUM AT DAYTONA
Meyer Shank Racing drivers Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry had a strong return to IMSA competition on Saturday, finishing third for the IMSA WeatherTech 240. Round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship brought the Meyer Shank Racing squad back to Daytona for the two hour and 40-minute event. It had been six months since … Continue reading
BOTH PORSCHE 911 RSR ON THE PODIUM AT DAYTONA
Porsche has again finished on the podium with both 911 RSR at round two of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In the race over two hours and 40 minutes at the Daytona International Speedway (USA), Earl Bamber from New Zealand and Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor came second in the GTLM class in the No. 912 works … Continue reading
FIFTH PLACE FOR WHELEN ENGINEERING AT DAYTONA
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Gabby Chaves (Columbia) finished fifth in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship WeatherTech 240 at Daytona International Speedway. After a five-month hiatus, due to the worldwide pandemic, the Whelen Engineering team was excited and set to return to racing. But, a 51-minute rain delay forced the team to wait … Continue reading
MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING CADILLAC FINISHES THIRD AT DAYTONA
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship made its return to racing today with the running of the WeatherTech 240 at Daytona International Speedway. In the 15-minute qualifying session this afternoon Ryan Briscoe had the wheel of the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R and posted a lap time of 1:35.061 that had him start from the … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES FIFTH AT DAYTONA
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) raced to a fifth place finish in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship WeatherTech 240 at Daytona International Speedway. MacNeil had the wheel of the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 Evo for the 15-minute qualifying session. He was able to … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING TO HAVE GABBY CHAVES REPLACE FELIPE NASR AT DAYTONA
Gabby Chaves will replace Felipe Nasr in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R for this weekend’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship WeatherTech Daytona 240 July 3-4. Nasr tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and is heading back to Miami to quarantine. “I’ve been waiting so long for this weekend to get back … Continue reading
