Sportscar Racing News
Matt Campbell
PORSCHE PRIVATEERS SEEK WIN AT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARK OF SPEED
August on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule brings only one event, but it is at a destination venue: Road America. Porsche customer teams come to the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin-track seeking the German sports car manufacturer’s 14th class victory on the 4.048-mile road course. On August 5 – 8, America’s National Park of Speed plays … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR HOME EVENT AT ROAD AMERICA
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Matt Campbell (Australia) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sportscar weekend to run at Road America, August 6-8. The track, located just east of Elkhart Lake, is a daunting 4-mile, 14-turn undulating road course known for its signature turns including the Carousel, Kink and Canada Corner. The track … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD IN WEATHERTECH 240
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Matt Campbell (Australia) drove to a third-place finish in GTLM in this evening’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship WeatherTech 240 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. With weather in the area, MacNeil started the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR for the two-hour-and-forty-minute race at The Glen. He … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START THIRD FOR WEATHERTECH 240
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Matt Campbell (Australia) will start third on the GTLM grid for tomorrow’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship WeatherTech 240 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. Coming off of a rebuild of the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR from fire damage that occurred on the second lap of … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING REBUILT AND READY FOR WEATHERTECH 240
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Matt Campbell (Australia) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship WeatherTech 240 to run at Watkins Glen International Raceway, July 1-2. IMSA took the decision to replace the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park race with back-to-back weekends at The Glen. This time it will be a traditional two-hour-and-forty-minute race. The … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING OUT EARLY AT THE GLEN
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Matt Campbell (Australia), and Mathieu Jaminet’s (France) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen came to an early end just three laps into the race today. MacNeil took the start in the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR for the six- hour race. On the second lap … Continue reading
PORSCHE PRIVATEER QUARTET LOOKS TO PERFORM ON SIX-HOUR STAGE
A quartet of Porsche privateer race teams look to continue the German marque’s success on the great stages of North American endurance racing. This upcoming weekend at one of the United States’ most historic road courses, WeatherTech Racing, Team Hardpoint EBM, Pfaff Motorsports and Wright Motorsports each bring a class-specific Porsche 911-based race car (911 … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR SEBRING TWELVE
Matt Campbell (Australia) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will join Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.) for the 69th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to run at Sebring International Raceway March 17-20. The team is coming off of a tough IMSA WeatherTech GTLM debut at the Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona where they had … Continue reading
PORSCHE GT TEAM CELEBRATES FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AT “PETIT LE MANS”
At “Petit Le Mans” on the Road Atlanta racetrack, the Porsche GT Team has achieved its first win in this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Works drivers Nick Tandy (Great Britain), Frédéric Makowiecki (France) and Matt Campbell (Australia) won the ten-hour race in the US state of Georgia by a narrow 1.779 seconds. The second … Continue reading
PORSCHE SENDS NO LE MANS PARTICIPANTS TO THE NURBURGRING
Porsche has decided to send only a reduced number of participants to tackle the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. This affects the factory-contracted racing drivers as well as members of Porsche Motorsport and Manthey-Racing who worked at the 24 Hours of Le Mans last weekend. The reason behind this decision is that three people have … Continue reading
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