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PAUL MILLER RACING ENDS THE SEASON WITH FIFTH PLACE AT PETIT LE MANS
After leading through much of the early stages of the race, the Paul Miller Racing team finished the season-ending Petit Le Mans in fifth place following contact from an LMP3 car. Starting from pole in the hands of Madison Snow, the No. 1 Quartz Engine Oil-backed BMW M4 GT3 machine dominated early in the race … Continue reading
ALLY CADILLAC FINISHES THIRD IN PETIT LE MANS AT ROAD ATLANTA
Ally Cadillac drivers Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, Calif.), Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) and Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) finished third in the 25th Motul Petit Le Mans, as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Kobayashi started today’s race from the third row, after turning the sixth fastest qualifying lap of 1:08.984 … Continue reading
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS FINISHES RUNNER UP IN WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
When Wright Motorsports secured their monumental victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January, the Porsche customer racing team immediately showed they would be a championship contender for the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Sunday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, the battle for the GTD class title came down to the final laps, and … Continue reading
ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE CLINCHES FIRST IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AT PETIT LE MANS
Aston Martin’s Seattle-based partner team The Heart of Racing Team and 21-year-old Roman De Angelis (CDN) clinched the GTD Class Drivers’ and Teams’ titles of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in a tense 25th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans 10-Hour finale at Road Atlanta, GA. The result marks the first time the British ultra-luxury sportscar brand … Continue reading
MEYER SHANK RACING WINS PETIT LE MANS AND 2022 IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP
Ten hours of racing came down to a nail-biter finish that saw Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) not only capture its second overall Petit Le Mans victory, but also claim the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Petit Le Mans was the 25th edition of the 10-hour race, as Meyer Shank Racing wrote the final … Continue reading
PORSCHE WINS ALL IMSA GTD PRO TITLES WITH PFAFF MOTORSPORTS
Porsche has won the manufacturer’s championship in the GTD-Pro class. The customer team Pfaff Motorsports secured the title, with Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet crowned the new driver champions. These were the results after the finale of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. The Porsche customer team from Canada finished the Petit Le Mans race … Continue reading
TWO PODIUMS FOR THE BMW M4 GT3 AT THE IMSA SEASON FINALE
The BMW M4 GT3 teams managed to score top results in the season finale of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta (USA). In the GTD-PRO class, BMW M Team RLL finished second with the MOTUL BMW M4 GT3, securing the team’s best finish of the season. In the GTD category, Turner Motorsport … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES SECOND IN PETIT LE MANS
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) finished second in Saturday’s season finale IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Derani qualified the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R and started from the fourth row in today’s 25th Petit Le Mans. Early on, Derani had … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES SIXTH IN PETIT FINALE
WeatherTech Racing drivers Maximilian Götz (Germany), Maximilian Buhk (Germany), and Mikaël Grenier (Canada) finished sixth in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale Motul Petit Le Mans. Buhk had the wheel of the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG with Mercedes-Benz of Billings, Montana support for the start of the 10-hour race. The trio … Continue reading
PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS PLAY IT SAFE IN QUALIFYING AT ROAD ATLANTA
The 911 GT3 R fielded by the Porsche customer team Pfaff Motorsports heads into the final race of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season from position seven in the GTD-Pro class. Works driver Felipe Nasr avoided taking any risks at Road Atlanta in order to preserve the car. The goal: to win all titles … Continue reading
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