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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS’ PORSCHE 911 GT3 R FINISHES FOURTH AT DAYTONA
The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured fourth place in the GTD class at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Factory driver Patrick Long from the USA shared driving duties in the No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R with his compatriot Trent Hindman, Jan Heylen from Belgium and Klaus Bachler from Austria. Over long stretches, … Continue reading
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS IN THE LEADING PACK AT DAYTONA
The Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Wright Motorsports customer team lies in a promising position after three hours of racing at the Daytona 24 Hours. The 500+hp vehicle run by the experienced squad from the US state of Ohio currently ranks fourth in the GTD class after a turbulent start to the season-opening … Continue reading
PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS WELL-PREPARED FOR THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA
Porsche customer teams will field one 911 RSR in the GTLM class and four 911 GT3 R in the GTD category at the season-opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Daytona on 30/31 January. After the successful performance at the first-ever qualifying race last Sunday, expectations are high for the 59th edition of … Continue reading
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS’ PORSCHE 911 GT3 R STARTS FROM POLE POSITION AT DAYTONA
The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports secured pole position for the qualifying race at Daytona (USA). Ryan Hardwick from America lapped the 5.73-kilometre sports car track in Florida in his No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R in 1:46.831 minutes, thus beating the strong GTD class competition. In the GTLM category, his compatriot Cooper MacNeil concluded … Continue reading
2021 IMSA SEASON COMES ALIVE WITH ANNUAL PRE-SEASON DAYTONA TEST
Any sense of the familiar is a welcome sight in these “unique” times and the ROAR Before the Rolex 24 is a very familiar and welcome sight to start the new year. While the traditional first weekend of January date for the multi-day IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge open test has … Continue reading
PORSCHE SCORES ONE-TWO VICTORY AT SEBRING, WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS TAKES CLASS WIN
The Porsche GT Team has achieved maximum success at its final outing in the GTLM class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In the highly dramatic twelve-hour race in Sebring, Britain’s Nick Tandy, Frédéric Makowiecki from France and Earl Bamber scored a victory with the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR. The New Zealander celebrated twice … Continue reading
POLE POSITION FOR WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured pole position in the GTD class for the twelve-hour race at Sebring. The squad from the US state of Ohio has laid excellent foundations in the open fight for the championship title. Heading to the finale of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the gap to the top … Continue reading
PORSCHE GT TEAM AND WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS READY FOR IMSA ROUND IN MONTEREY
2020 has been a challenging year for Porsche in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Entering the tenth race of the 11-event season, two Porsche factory and one customer team comes to the Monterey Peninsula in California searching to keeping driving the momentum. It took nine rounds of North America’s premier sports car racing series for … Continue reading
PORSCHE “WORKS” AND CUSTOMER TEAMS CHASE PETIT LE MANS SUCCESS
The Porsche GT Team is looking to turn its fortunes at the site of its greatest achievement: the Petit Le Mans. In 2015, the Porsche GT Team triumphed in what was presumed to be unattainable, bettering a field of the world’s best prototype and GT machines to win one of the most challenging motorsport events … Continue reading
PODIUM RESULT FOR WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS AT CHARLOTTE
The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports continues its success streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In the sprint race over 1:40 hours on the Charlotte Roval, works driver Patrick Long and his compatriot Ryan Hardwick achieved second place in the GTD class under difficult wet conditions. This marks the third straight podium result for … Continue reading
