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POSITIVE WEEKEND AT PETIT LE MANS FOR AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS DESPITE DNF
AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports started the final round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship strong but were unable to finish all 10 hours of racing after a crash in the 8th hour. Sebastian Saavedra and Will Owen took the first practice session to experience the four-mile, 14-turn road circuit for their very first times. All … Continue reading
SIMS SECURES FOURTH PLACE AT ROAD ATLANTA AND SIXTH OVERALL IN 2018 IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Alexander Sims claimed a fourth-place finish in the GTLM class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the final round of the season on 14 October 2018. The Warwickshire-based driver and his BMW Team RLL team-mates guided the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE around the Road Atlanta track in Georgia, USA, for the ten-hour Motul … Continue reading
LEXUS RC F GT3 RECORDS TOP-10 RESULT IN IMSA SEASON-FINALE AT ROAD ATLANTA
Lexus and 3GT Racing competed in the Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Saturday. The 10-hour endurance event closed out the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 11-race season for the Lexus RC F GT3. The No. 15 Lexus finished 10th in the GTD class with 3GT Racing drivers Jack Hawksworth, David Heinemeier Hansson … Continue reading
SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND FOR THE BMW M8 GTE ON TWO CONTINENTS: SECOND POSITION AT FUJI, THIRD PLACE AT ROAD ATLANTA
Two continents, two race series, two podiums: BMW M Motorsport can look back on a successful weekend with the new BMW M8 GTE. António Félix da Costa (POR) and Tom Blomqvist (GBR) finished second for BMW Team MTEK in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) round at Fuji (JPN) driving the #82 BMW M8 GTE … Continue reading
PAUL MILLER RACING, LAMBORGHINI CLINCH TEAM, DRIVER, MANUFACTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday evening at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, Paul Miller Racing, with drivers Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow, with endurance addition Corey Lewis finished the Motul Petit Le Mans in third place, clinching the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Team, Driver, and Manufacturer championship titles. “This has been such a great season,” said Team Owner … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING WINS AT PETIT LE MANS
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) and Daniel Serra (Brazil) won the GTD Class in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Serra had the wheel of the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari for the start of the 10-hour race. He was able … Continue reading
SECOND PLACE FINISH AT PETIT LE MANS FOR MEYER SHANK RACING
With an IMSA WeatherTech Championship on the line and ten hours of flatout racing to take on, Meyer Shank Racing arrived at Road Atlanta ready to do battle with its two car Acura NSX GT3 line up. After battling through several setbacks through the record-setting race, the No. 86 MSR Acura NSX GT3 closed the … Continue reading
PORSCHE WINS PETIT LE MANS
The Porsche GT Team has won the final round of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. Patrick Pilet (France), Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Frédéric Makowiecki (France) won the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta on Saturday. In the race over ten hours at Braselton, Georgia, Porsche put in a strong performance against tough … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING SECURES TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PETIT LE MANS NAIL-BITER
Whelen Engineering Racing captured its second IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title in three years Saturday night, finishing seventh with the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by Eric Curran, Felipe Nasr and Gabby Chaves in the 21st Motul Petit Le Mans. The result secured the IMSA WeatherTech Driver Championships for Curran and Nasr, as … Continue reading
BMW M8 GTE COMPLETES INAUGURAL NORTH AMERICAN SEASON WITH THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE FINISHES AT PETIT LE MANS
BMW Team RLL closed the inaugural North American season of competition for the BMW M8 GTE with third and fourth place GTLM class finishes at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans. John Edwards, Jesse Krohn and Chaz Mostert finished third in the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE, completing 419 laps of the … Continue reading
