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Team Hardpoint/EBM announced Monday (March 8) that they will be expanding their operation to two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs, effective immediately. Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen will now be full-time in the No. 88 Porsche in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona class. Sponsorship will be provided by Richard Mille, a Swiss manufacturer of …
Ever since the current generation of the Porsche Cayman GT4 MR was released at the beginning of 2019, NOLAsport has effectively been the team to beat in Pirelli GT4 America SprintX competition. Sonoma was more of the same as Matt Travis and Jason Hart won both races over the weekend at Sonoma Raceway. In addition, …
Read moreNOLAsport Scores Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Weekend Sweep In Sonoma
Sonoma Raceway hosted the first-ever GT America powered by AWS race weekend this past weekend. The series, which is a merger of the former Pirelli GT4 America Sprint and GT Sports Club America series, has GT2, GT3 and GT4 cars racing in 40-minute sprint races with amateur drivers only. DXDT Racing’s George Kurtz walked away …
Read moreGeorge Kurtz Claims Inaugural GT America Weekend Sweep
K-PAX Racing’s Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper won Round No. 2 of the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Sunday afternoon (March 7) at Sonoma Raceway. It is the second day in a row that the Lamborghini duo walked away with the spoils. Despite that, K-PAX Racing had a slightly different mentality at play …
K-PAX Racing’s Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper were never seriously challenged Saturday afternoon (March 6) at Sonoma Raceway. The duo effectively led flag-to-flag, only giving up the lead briefly to make their mandatory pit stop en route to victory in the first round of Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS at Sonoma Raceway. …
Read moreAndrea Caldarelli, Jordan Pepper Dominate Fanatec GT World Challenge America Season Opener
Earlier on Thursday (March 4), the Automobile Club d’Ouest (ACO) postponed the 24 Hours of Le Mans from June 12-13 to Aug. 21-22 in order to increase the possibility of having fans at the race. Naturally, such a big move results in a series of changes outside of the World Endurance Championship. The ACO’s move …
Read moreIMSA Postpones VIR, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Weekends to Avoid Le Mans Clash
The Automobile Club d’Ouest (ACO) announced Thursday (March 4) that the 24 Hours of Le Mans, originally scheduled for June 12-13, has been postponed to the weekend of Aug. 21-22. The move has been made in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)’s press release indicates that they could have …
SRO America announced Tuesday (March 2) that the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, scheduled for May 22-23, have been scrubbed for 2021. This move is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing restrictions on movement. “We are extremely disappointed that we aren’t able to share our …
Jimmie Johnson has added three more races to his Weathertech SportsCar Championship schedule for 2021, he tweeted March 2. Johnson will race the No. 48 Ally Cadillac at the 12 hours of Sebring, Watkins Glen International and the finale at Road Atlanta. The three IMSA races that are scheduled do not interfere with his part-time …
