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SHINYA MICHIMI AND JULES GOUNON JOIN MEYER SHANK RACING 2020 ENDURANCE LINEUP
Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) has finalized its driver lineup for the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Joining Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry in the No. 86 AutoNation Acura NSX GT3, Jules Gounon will drive for the team at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and Shinya Michimi has joined the team for all four IMSA … Continue reading
LAST ROUND OF THE YEAR FOR REBELLION RACING AT THE FIA WEC 8 HOURS OF BAHRAIN
After a historic victory at the 4 Hours of Shanghai on November 10th, the Swiss Team intends to finish the year on a positive note. Bruno Senna, Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato and the whole Team have worked hard to prepare this eight-hour race that awaits the REBELLION R-13 car N. 1 on Saturday, December 14th … Continue reading
CETILAR RACING HEADS TO BAHRAIN
Team Cetilar Racing is set for the sole 8-hour race of the FIA WEC Championship scheduled this weekend in Bahrain. At the Sakhir circuit Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi make their comeback at the wheel of the AF Corse-powered #47 Dallara LMP2 car for the turning point of the 2019-2020 season heading to … Continue reading
X WORKS ANNOUNCES AUDI ENTRY FOR 2020 GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA
The successful X Works team is the first Audi customer squad announced for the GT World Challenge Asia 2020 season, with privateer Philip Tang named as the first of the two drivers. The team will enter an Audi R8 LMS GT3 in the GT3 Pro-Am category of the region’s biggest multi-marque GT series. “The team … Continue reading
TEAM HONG KONG CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING CONFIRMS ENTRY FOR THE 2020 DUBAI 24 HOURS
Craft-Bamboo Racing confirms a single Mercedes-AMG GT3, four-driver entry in the coveted Dubai 24 Hours. The around-the-clock endurance race will be run on the 9th to 11th of January at the Dubai Autodrome, and is expected to be a thriller with 23 entries in the top GT3 class out of a 76 car field. Whilst … Continue reading
CONWAY JOINS WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC LINEUP FOR ROLEX 24
Mike Conway will rejoin Action Express Racing for the fourth consecutive year when he co-drives the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R in the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 25-26, 2020. Conway will be a leading contender in the 58th edition of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opening classic, co-driving with Felipe Nasr, … Continue reading
HEINRICHER RACING READY FOR 2020 IMSA WEATHERTECH GTD CAMPAIGN
Heinricher Racing, the only female-owned team in IMSA competition, is ready to kick off the 2020 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship alongside 2019 championship winner Meyer Shank Racing (MSR). Heinricher Racing will again field the No. 57 Acura NSX GT3, this year with full-season drivers Misha Goikhberg and Alvaro Parente. Trent Hindman will … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS TO FINISH THE YEAR WITH DOUBLE RACE WEEKEND IN BAHRAIN AND ABU DHABI
United Autosports are preparing for their final two races of the 2019 season, with both their LMP2 and LMP3 teams heading to the Middle East on the same weekend (13-14 December). Round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship will take place in Bahrain, where Phil Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque and Paul Di Resta will aim … Continue reading
STARWORKS MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO PROTOTYPE RACING IN 2020 IMSA LMP2 CHAMPIONSHIP
On its 10 year anniversary, Starworks Motorsport will return to prototype racing for the 2020 season, running in IMSA’s LMP2 class under the team name of Tower Motorsport by Starworks. December 12th will see the four-time prototype champions taking delivery of a new ORECA-FLM09 chassis, entering the four Michelin Endurance Cup races, with hopes to … Continue reading
PORSCHE TACKLES LAST RACE OF THE FIA WEC YEAR AS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERS
Porsche intends to conclude its extremely successful 2019 motorsport season with another highlight at the eight-hour race of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Bahrain on 14 December. The sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart holds a convincing lead in the world championship after the new Porsche 911 RSR claimed a one-two at Silverstone (Great … Continue reading
