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CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORIES FOR TEAM PANOZ RACING
Two wins, and a fourth-place finish at the season finale of the SRO’s 2019 GT4 America season secured both the Sprint and Sprint-X Drivers Championships as well as the Teams Championship for Team Panoz Racing. Ian James put in another winning performance during Saturday’s Race 1 and came fourth in Sunday’s Race 2 in the … Continue reading
BACK-TO-BACK WINS FOR TEAM PANOZ RACING AT ROAD AMERICA
Despite challenging weather conditions, Team Panoz Racing achieved a pole, two second-place starting positions, and two wins, gaining valuable Championship points at Road America this weekend. Mathew Keegan and Preston Calvert qualified pole and second respectively, in their Sprint-X qualifying sessions and went on to enjoy victory in both races in the #51 Panoz Avezzano. … Continue reading
DOUBLE VICTORY FOR TEAM PANOZ RACING AT WATKINS GLEN
Team Panoz Racing achieved podiums across the board and extended Championship statuses at Watkins Glen International this weekend, with two wins and a second-place finish. Ian James in the #50 Panoz Avezzano bought home a win in the Sprint Race 1, but it was the #51 Panoz Avezzano, driven by Am pair Preston Calvert and … Continue reading
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
