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NIKLAS KRUETTEN JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS IMSA LMP3 TEAM FOR WATKINS GLEN AND PETIT LE MANS
United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Niklas Kruetten will join their LMP3 team for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans. This year, Niklas is racing for COOL Racing in the European Le Mans Series, where he won the opening round of the season at Barcelona last month. He … Continue reading
SIXTH-PLACE FINISH AT PETIT LE MANS FOR HEINRICHER RACING
Staying out of trouble, laying down consistent laps times and maintaining patience were key factors in Heinricher Racing’s sixth-place finish at the Motul Petit Le Mans on Saturday. Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg and Trent Hindman once again joined forces to earn another hard-fought finish at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Starting on the third row, Goikhberg … Continue reading
PODIUM FOR BMW TEAM RLL AT PETIT LE MANS
John Edwards, Jesse Krohn and Augusto Farfus co-drove BMW Team RLL’s No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE to a third-place finish in today’s 10-hour IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship MOTUL Petit Le Mans to score the team’s sixth consecutive podium finish. The trio led the GTLM class multiple times, made 11 pit stops and completed 431 … Continue reading
CADILLAC WINS PETIT LE MANS
The Konica Minolta Cadillac racing team won today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Cadillac Petit Le Mans Finishing Order: 1. No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, Renger Van Der Zande, Ryan Briscoe, and Scott Dixon4. No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-V.R, Gabriel Aubry, Matheus Leist, … 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
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
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC FINISHES FIFTH AT ROAD ATLANTA
The Whelen Engineering Cadillac drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) finished fifth in today’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Nasr started third in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering/Action Express Cadillac DPi-V.R. All three drivers kept the No. 31 Cadillac out of trouble and … Continue reading
MEYER SHANK RACING PRESERVERS THROUGH MID-RACE HEARTBREAK TO FINISH 10th AT PETIT LE MANS
After winning last month’s six hour at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and setting a new track record to start on the pole for Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans, Meyer Shank Racing had good reason to hope that the team’s championship lead could grow with another podium finish. Unfortunately, contact with just two hours and 40-minutes left on the clock … Continue reading
THIRD-ROW START FOR HEINRICHER RACING AT PETIT LE MANS
The No. 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 will start sixth for the Motul Petit Le Mans on Saturday. Misha Goikhberg posted a 1:19.666-second lap to put the Acura on the third row for the 10-hour endurance event. With Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta staging the third endurance event of the 2020 … Continue reading
PORSCHE HEADS INTO “PETIT LE MANS” FROM POSITIONS FOUR AND SIX
The ninth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship run over ten hours is called “Petit Le Mans“. The Porsche GT Team has secured grid positions four and six in the GTLM category. Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor lapped the 4.088-kilometre Road Atlanta circuit in the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR in 1:15.657 minutes. His works driver … Continue reading
