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PORSCHE GB JUNIOR HARPER TAKES FOURTH CARRERA CUP GB POLE 2019
18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) clinched his fourth pole position of the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB season at Thruxton. The current championship leader mounted a late challenge for pole fending off rivals Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) and George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing) who will start round nine in … Continue reading
IMSA ROAD AMERICA QUALIFYING ROUND UP
CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: POLE POSITION START FOR NO. 4 CORVETTE Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin will start from pole position of the GT Le Mans field after qualifying for Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Road Race Showcase. Gavin, in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, was the fastest qualifier Saturday with a … Continue reading
MOTUL AUTECH GT-R WINS ITS THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT FUJI
The Official Qualifying for the FUJI GT 500mile RACE, Round 5 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series was held on August 3 at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture (one lap 4,563m). In the GT500, the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Tsugio Matsuda/Ronnie Quintarelli) completely dominated in both Q1 and Q2 to win its third … Continue reading
INDIGO’S CHOI CLAIMS BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA POLE POSITION ON HOME SOIL AT YEONGAM
Solite Indigo Racing’s MG Choi boosted his Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia title chances by taking pole position on home soil for this weekend’s opening race at Korea International Circuit. A Mercedes-AMG also starts tomorrow’s hour-long contest up front after Craft-Bamboo’s Maxi Goetz beat Shane van Gisbergen to top spot during a scintillating second qualifying … Continue reading
HUGE TASK AWAITS OMAN RACING WITH SPARE CAR SWITCH MEANING PITLANE START FOR 24 HOURS OF SPA
Aston Martin GT3 racer Ahmad Al Harthy and the Oman Racing team face a monumental challenge in the weekend’s Total 24 Hours of Spa, round four of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season, after an enforced switch to a spare car for qualifying means an unenviable pitlane start for the race itself. With an incident for … Continue reading
PORSCHE TACKLES THE 24 HOURS OF SPA FROM THE FRONT GRID ROW
The best-placed Porsche 911 GT3 R takes up the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps from the first grid row. In the gripping and hotly-contested Super Pole, in which only the top twenty qualifiers were eligible, just one driver per car was permitted to take part. In the hunt for the best time, Laurens Vanthoor turned an … Continue reading
SMP RACING STARTS THIRD IN THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
On July 27-28, the famous 24-hour marathon for GT3 cars takes place at Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. The SMP Racing crew of Russian Mikhail Aleshin, Spaniard Miguel Molina and Italian Davide Rigon, driving the Ferrari 488 GT3, was classified third in the qualifying session. Qualifying consisted of several rounds with the final part Superpole, where … Continue reading
SCENE SET FOR SENSATIONAL SILVERSTONE SPECTACLE AS CLASSIC REVS INTO LIFE
The stage is set. The 2019 edition of the ‘Rocking and Racing’ Silverstone Classic is primed for action, following a spectacular opening day of qualifying sessions, anniversary celebrations, family fun and evocative Woodstock riffs. The action on-track today was every bit as hot as the sizzling summer temperatures, with a colourful mix of touring cars, … Continue reading
KCMG SECURES TOP 20 START FOR 24 HOURS OF SPA
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) made it through to the Super Pole session for the 2019 24 Hours of Spa with one of its two Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 and will line up 20th and 28th on the grid. Following the traditional parade from the circuit to Spa city centre and drivers’ autograph signing, the two … Continue reading
ENGEL DELIVERS PHENOMENAL FINAL LAP TO SECURE 24 HOURS OF SPA POLE FOR MERCEDES-AMG TEAM BLACK FALCON
Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon will start this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa from the front of a record 72-car grid after securing top spot from a dramatic Super Pole battle. The result was decided on the very last lap of the session, which concluded with three brands among the top three as Porsche and … Continue reading
