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ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GTE TAKES FIRST POLE POSITION OF THE SEASON
Aston Martin Racing’s Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen clinched the Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE’s first pole position of the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship season ahead of the Lone Star 6 Hours, at the Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The Danish duo, who currently hold a 14-point lead in the … Continue reading
TOUGH TEXAN QUALIFYING FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the Lone Star Le Mans six-hour race from second and third on the grid following a busy day at the Circuit of the Americas, venue for round five of the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). World championship leaders Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in the #7 … Continue reading
PORSCHE TAKES UP THE SIX-HOUR RACE IN AUSTIN FROM THE FIRST GRID ROW
The reigning world sports car champions Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Kévin Estre (France) secured position two in qualifying for the fifth round of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC on the Circuit of the Americas. The two were only 0.219 seconds shy of pole position in the new Porsche 911 RSR on the 5.513-kilometre … Continue reading
KCMG QUALIFIES STRONG FOURTH FOR 2020 BATHURST 12 HOUR
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) began the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour weekend with strong speed, qualifying fourth in the #18 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. After Alexandre Imperatori and Edoardo Liberati demonstrated good pace during the practice sessions, Mount Panorama debutant Joao Paulo de Oliveira immediately showed that he had acclimatised quickly to the challenging 6.213 km … Continue reading
MATT CAMPBELL SECURES FIRST POLE POSITION FOR PORSCHE AT BATHURST
An ideal qualifying for the Porsche customer team Absolute Racing at the opening round of this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge: Porsche works driver Matt Campbell (Australia, No. 911) turned the fastest lap of the day (2:03.554 minutes) in qualifying for the Bathurst 12 Hour, thus handing Porsche its first pole position at the Mount Panorama … Continue reading
BATHURST 12 HOUR QUALIFYING MARKED BY HIGHS AND LOWS FOR R-MOTORSPORT
R-Motorsport’s qualifying at Bathurst was a roller-coaster of disappointment tinged with optimism. While Jake Dennis, Scott Dixon and Rick Kelly made it through into the pole shootout for the top ten starting positions, their team-mates’ race weekend ended prematurely. 25-year-old Marvin Kirchhöfer was involved in an accident in Q2 which badly damaged the team’s #62 … Continue reading
MAZDA AGAIN CAPTURES DAYTONA POLE POSITION
For the second straight year, Oliver Jarvis has claimed pole position for the Rolex 24 at Daytona in the No. 77 Mazda RT24-P. His time of 1:33.711 around Daytona International Speedway nearly eclipsed his own course record set in qualifying for the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona. This is Jarvis’ fourth pole position in the … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC TO START FOURTH IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA
The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R will start from the second row for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 Hour At Daytona, January 25-26. Cadillac DPi-V.R Qualifying Order: 4. No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R, 1:34.294 5. No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, 1:34.442 6. No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-V.R, 1:34.454 … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FERRARI QUALIFIES SECOND IN GTD FOR THE ROLEX 24
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start from the front row in the GTD class in the 58th running of the IMSA WeatherTech Rolex 24 At Daytona January 23-26 at Daytona International Speedway. Westphal piloted the brand-new No. 63 WeatherTech … Continue reading
PAUL MILLER RACING READIES TO RACE IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA
The Paul Miller Racing No. 48 Lamborghini team battled stiff IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition and changing track conditions to notch an eighth place start for the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Despite spending much of session one in the garage, the team rebounded by being fourth quickest in the rain-sprinkled second session of the … Continue reading
