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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS 2021 SEASON WITH DOUBLE PODIUM WEEKEND
The 2021 race season ended for sports car racing team Flying Lizard Motorsports last weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. After finishing the year for multiple customer racing efforts in the Yokohama Drivers Cup, GT World Challenge America, and GT America, the team traveled to Braselton, Georgia for the season finale of the Porsche Carrera … Continue reading
CASTRO JOINS PRIAULX AND HALCOME AS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA CHAMPIONS
The Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands has crowned its champions. With the conclusion of Round 16, held here at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Seb Priaulx (United Kingdom) in the Pro class, Efrin Castro (Dominican Republic) in Pro-Am and Matt Halcome (Dallas, Georgia) for the Pro-Am 991 class have been written … Continue reading
PRIAULX AND HALCOME ARE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA CHAMPIONS
The Porsche Carrera Cup North America has crowned its first two champions one round ahead of the final race. By virtue of his five race wins, including Race 1 here at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Seb Priaulx (United Kingdom) has forever etched his name as the first Pro class titleholder of North America’s premier one-make … Continue reading
PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA CONTENDERS COME TO SEASON FINALE TO CROWN INAUGURAL CHAMPIONS
Three contenders. Three rounds. Three classes. The inaugural season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America has come down to threes. 32 cars are entered for the final three races of the season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, November 11 – 12. The Braselton, Georgia-area race track, the competition home of Porsche in North America, … Continue reading
FLYING LIZARD RETURNS TO ROAD ATLANTA FOR THE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA FINALE
This weekend, Flying Lizard will return to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with Chris Bellomo for the season finale of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. After making his debut in the series earlier this season at Road America, where he showed good potential with great pace, Bellomo and his No. 68 Porsche 991 Cup car … Continue reading
SIXTH-PLACE FINISH AT PETIT LE MANS FOR HEINRICHER RACING
Staying out of trouble, laying down consistent laps times and maintaining patience were key factors in Heinricher Racing’s sixth-place finish at the Motul Petit Le Mans on Saturday. Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg and Trent Hindman once again joined forces to earn another hard-fought finish at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Starting on the third row, Goikhberg … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING WINS GTD AT PETIT LE MANS
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) won the GTD Class in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. At the drop of the green Westphal drove the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 Evo into the GTD lead. From … Continue reading
PORSCHE HEADS INTO “PETIT LE MANS” FROM POSITIONS FOUR AND SIX
The ninth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship run over ten hours is called “Petit Le Mans“. The Porsche GT Team has secured grid positions four and six in the GTLM category. Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor lapped the 4.088-kilometre Road Atlanta circuit in the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR in 1:15.657 minutes. His works driver … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC TO START THIRD AT PETIT LE MANS
The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPiV.R will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 23rd running of the Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from the second row. Cadillac Petit Le Mans Qualifying: 3. No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R, Felipe Nasr, 1:08.8394. No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, Ryan Briscoe, 1:09.1247. No. 85 JDC-Miller … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RLL ADDS AUGUSTO FARFUS AND COLTON HERTA TO PETIT LE MANS LINEUP
BMW Team RLL will welcome back Augusto Farfus and Colton Herta for this Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans. Farfus will line up with John Edwards and Jesse Krohn in the No 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE and Herta will support Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler in the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE. A … Continue reading
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