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SHOULDER INJURY SIDELINES NICOLAI ELGHANAYAN FOR REMAINDER OF SEASON
More than halfway through his first full season in the SRO GT4 America series, Marco Polo Motorsports driver Nicolai Elghanayan is forced to retire from his remaining three races following a shoulder injury. In a volleyball game gone wrong, the driver of the No. 71 KTM X-Bow dislocated his shoulder, which will require surgery and … Continue reading
VOGEL NETS CONSISTENT RESULTS IN SRO AMERICA DEBUT
Sports car driver Erin Vogel made her professional racing debut this weekend in the SRO sanctioned GT4 America series at Sonoma Raceway with Flying Lizard Motorsports. Coming from the Porsche Trophy West USA series, Vogel immersed herself in the highly competitive series for the weekend’s double header event, finishing both races unscathed, earning valuable seat … Continue reading
FLYING LIZARD READY FOR HOME EVENT AT SONOMA RACEWAY
Flying Lizard Motorsports has little distance to travel for the next rounds of the GT4 America championship this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. With three of their four California based shops on site at Sonoma Raceway, the team will race in front of their home crowd this weekend with Erin Vogel and the #30 Audi R8 … Continue reading
ELGHANAYAN VICTORIOUS OVER PUMPELLY IN GT4 AMERICA RACE ONE BATTLE
Race one for the SRO GT4 America series at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park proved to be a nail biter on Saturday morning, resulting in KTM X-BOW racer Nicolai Elghanayan taking the win over sports car racing veteran Spencer Pumpelly. From start to finish, the two battled hard for the lead position, trading the lead back … Continue reading
NICOLAI ELGHANAYAN CLINCHES GT4 AMERICA POLE AT CTMP
Friday afternoon at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, sports car driver Nicolai Elghanayan captured the third pole of his World Challenge career for Saturday’s Sprint race. The No. 71 KTM X-BOW set a fast lap time of 1:23.465, holding 0.128 seconds over the No. 66 Porsche of Spencer Pumpelly. Pumpelly jumped to provisional pole early in … Continue reading
McLAREN 720S GT3 SCORES DOUBLE PODIUM ON EUROPEAN DEBUT
The McLaren 720S GT3 scored pole position and a triple podium on its International GT Open debut at Circuit Paul Ricard in southern France, as McLaren Customer Racing team Teo Martin Motorsport started its 2019 campaign. The team also took part in the new-for-2019 GT Open Cup Europe with a pair of 570S GT4s and … Continue reading
McLAREN 570S GT4 ENJOYS STRONG RACING WEEKEND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC
A strong weekend for the McLaren 570S GT4 resulted in silverware for customer teams in both Europe and North America. The opening round of the GT4 European Series visited Monza, Italy where customer teams Equipe Verschuur and Team GT respectively secured a double race win and further podium; while in the GT4 America Sprint series, … Continue reading
MARCOPOLO MOTORSPORTS REGROUPS FOR HOME RACE AT LONG BEACH
Following a challenging double header event at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida, MarcoPolo Motorsports has regrouped for another exciting weekend, racing on the streets of Long Beach, California for the Long Beach Grand Prix. Driver Nicolai Elghanayan made his street course debut in St. Petersburg, racing the No. 71 KTM X-BOW, and was … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT CUSTOMERS CELEBRATE VICTORIES IN GERMANY AND NEW ZEALAND
Successful season opener in the DMV GTC at the Hockenheimring: All podium places went to Audi customer teams with the Audi R8 LMS. At Taupo, New Zealand, Audi Sport customer racing’s car celebrated a victory as well. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Three victories at Hockenheim: In the DMV GTC season opener, Audi Sport’s customers made … Continue reading
NICOLAI ELGHANAYAN READIES FOR STREET COURSE DEBUT AT GRAND PRIX OF St. PETERSBURG
After running a successful partial season in the Pirelli World Challenge in 2018, Nicolai Elghanayan has returned to the rebranded SRO America for his first full season of competition in the GT4 America series. Racing the No. 71 KTM X-Bow, Elghanayan will again race with MarcoPolo Motorsports, running the full Sprint championship, beginning with this … Continue reading
