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TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
BIG TEAM EFFORT FROM MICHAEL SHANK RACING IN WATERLOGGED PETIT LE MANS
Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian has never wavered from its ‘never give up’ mentality, and the team’s perseverance was on full display through the Petit Le Mans event weekend at Road Atlanta as the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship staged its last race of the 2015 Championship. The final result of the race does not … Continue reading
DELTAWING DAY ENDS EARLY AT ROAD ATLANTA
The Claro/TracFone DeltaWing Racing Cars team came into Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda with hopes of ending the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season on a high note in their hometown race at Road Atlanta. But nearly three straight days of steady rain made racing conditions difficult, with the team’s day coming to an end … Continue reading
ACTION EXPRESS RACING STARTING SECOND AND FIFTH FOR PETIT LE MANS
Action Express Racing will start the challenging 10-hour Petit Le Mans from the second and fifth starting positions on Saturday morning. Christian Fittipaldi qualified the Mustang Sampling Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype in the second position while teammate Dane Cameron will start the Whelen/Team Fox Corvette DP from fifth position. For Action Express Racing, qualifying on … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START PETIT FINALE THIRD
Cooper MacNeil, Leh Keen and Andrew Davis will start the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season finale Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta from the second row in third this morning. Keen (Charleston, S.C.), MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Davis (Atlanta) worked diligently over the past two days working on the rain set-up of the No. 22 WeatherTech … Continue reading
THE HEART OF RACING WILL START PETIT LE MANS FROM FIFTH ROW
The Heart of Racing drivers Ian James (Phoenix), Mario Farnbacher (Germany) and Alex Riberas (Spain) are ready for 10-hours of racing in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season finale Petit Le Mans to run at Road Atlanta tomorrow. Farnbacher took the No. 23 Heart of Racing Porsche onto the 2.5-mile, 12-turn Road Atlanta circuit for … Continue reading
TWO PORSCHE 911 RSR LOCK OUT THE FIRST GRID ROW AT ROAD ATLANTA
The first grid row at this year’s Petit Le Mans belongs to the Porsche 911 RSR. At the qualifying in torrential rain for the gripping season finale of the United SportsCar Championship on Saturday on the storied Road Atlanta circuit, New Zealander Earl Bamber notched up his second pole position of the season. For the … Continue reading
DELTAWING TO START SIXTH AT ROAD ATLANTA
After a day that saw steady rain pelt an already sodden Road Atlanta, the Claro/TracFone DeltaWing Racing Cars team fought difficult qualifying conditions to set a sixth-place Prototype Class starting position for tomorrow’s 10-hour Petit Le Mans, the fourth and final round of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup. Drivers Katherine Legge, Memo Rojas … Continue reading
GRID POSITIONS FOUR AND SIX FOR BMW TEAM RLL IN THE RAIN AT ROAD ATLANTA
The countdown to the nail-biting finale of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship (USCC) at Road Atlanta (US) is on. In qualifying for the final race of the season, the classic Petit Le Mans, BMW Team RLL secured promising grid positions. In difficult conditions with heavy rain and a wet track, Lucas Luhr (DE) qualified fourth … Continue reading
BMW ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR BMW M6 GTLM WITH BMW TEAM RLL IN THE WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
While the BMW M6 GT3 will contest race events and series with FIA GT3 regulations as of next season, BMW Motorsport is also working on a new challenger for the elite class of North American GT racing: the BMW M6 GTLM. The plan is to return for an eighth season with BMW Team RLL and … Continue reading
OLIVER GAVIN CONFIRMED FOR CORVETTE RACING’S 2016 LINE-UP
It has been confirmed that five-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, Oliver Gavin, will remain with the factory Corvette Racing team for a 15th consecutive year in 2016. The announcement comes as Gavin readies himself for the concluding part of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship – Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (1-3 … Continue reading
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