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BMW TEAM RLL MOTOVATED FOR MORE AT MID-OHIO
The September 27th Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio marks the beginning of the second half of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and BMW Team RLL’s run for the GTLM class title. With consecutive podium finishes (P3 – Road America, P2 – VIR, P1, P3 – Road Atlanta) in the last three races BMW … Continue reading
LMP3 TO JOIN IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2021
Performance Tech Motorsports IMSA Prototype Challenge drivers are moving into the spotlight in 2021 as the LMP3 series joins the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as a new class. Along with the release of the 2021 season schedule, IMSA announced the addition of the LMP3 Class to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The IMSA Prototype Challenge series … Continue reading
RN VISION STS RACING TEAM WINS GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SEASON OPENER AT IMOLA
RN Vision STS Racing finished first and third in the Silver Cup, with AGS Events claiming a second-place finish in their first race in the series. Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport won the Pro-Am class and with W&D Racing Team taking the Am Cup honours, all class victories went to BMW teams. The #111 RN Vision STS … Continue reading
TEENAGE SENSATION PREPARES FOR AUSTRALIAN GT RETURN
The Barbagallo round of the 2019 Australian GT Championship provided some memorable racing during the three-leg GT race around the 2.4-kilometre circuit, a mix of day and night races providing some epic moments, not the least of which was the incident that claimed leader Ryan How in the dying stages of Saturday night’s final race. … Continue reading
GT4 SOUTH EUROPEAN SERIES ANNOUNCES 2020 CALENDAR
After careful consideration, Race Ready will organise the GT4 South European in 2020, in a new model and format, which should meet the wishes of drivers and teams, while ensuring bigger starting grids for 2020. To this end, GT4 South European will share the grids with other competitions at each stage, guaranteeing this way big … Continue reading
KCMG MAKES PIRELLI SUPER TAIKYU GT3 SWITCH WITH HONDA
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) will switch to the Honda NSX GT3 Evo for the Japanese endurance series Pirelli Super Taikyu with team founder Paul Ip, Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers Josh Burdon and Edoardo Liberati, and Super GT’s Hiroki Otsu. After claiming two class podiums during KCMG’s debut season with the Honda Civic Type R TCR, … Continue reading
ASTON MARTIN RACING LEADS THE GTE PACK AS WEC RETURNS TO THE US
Aston Martin Racing returns to action in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for the first time in 2020 leading the points in both the GTE Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ title races, as it heads to the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas (USA) for the Lone Star 6 Hours (22-23 February). The COTA race … Continue reading
WILKINSON MOVES TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP IN OPTIMUM MOTORSPORT McLAREN 720S GT3
Ollie Wilkinson will take the step up to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for the first time in 2020 for his maiden season as a McLaren Professional Driver. Graduating to the highest echelons of world-class GT3 competition, the 23-year-old will join McLaren Factory Drivers, Joe Osborne and Rob Bell, as a Pro-class line-up … Continue reading
BATES RETURNS TO AUSTRALIAN GT LOOKING FOR 2020 TITLE
Former Australian GT race winner Tony Bates unveiled a striking new livery and sponsor for his Bathurst 12 Hour return, just a fortnight out from the season opener, the experienced Audi campaigner also revealing that he will make a full-time return to the Australian GT Championship in 2020 after focusing on competition in Asia last … Continue reading
2020 AUSTRALIAN GT TROPHY SERIES TO GO FOR ‘SIX OF THE BEST’
Australian GT have introduced the last of their calendars for the 2020 season, with the unveiling of a new approach to the Trophy Series program, a schedule which will see ten events offered between February and November, with teams given the option to go for ‘six of the best’, allowing them the ability to ‘drop’ … Continue reading
