Race Weekend Central

Harry Gottsacker Claims 1st Career GTS SprintX Victory at Portland

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Harry Gottsacker Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Racers Edge Motorsports’ Harry Gottsacker put himself on a different pit strategy than the other leaders Sunday (July 15) at Portland International Raceway.  Pitting early and turning in quick laps during the pit window allowed him to overtake Blackdog Speed Shop’s No. 11 Camaro in the pits.  Once out front, Gottsacker was able to hold …

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SRO, Pirelli World Challenge Announce New Formats for 2019

2018 Road America Pwc Daniel Morad Racing Wc Vision

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Late Saturday night (July 14), the SRO Motorsports Group and Pirelli World Challenge jointly announced new formats for PWC’s classes that will start in 2019.  The changes are quite significant and (at least for the top class) will greatly change what the on-track product will look like. For the GT class (now known as GT …

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Team Panoz Racing Wins Portland GTS SprintX Race No. 1 with Late Pass

2018 Portland Pwc Ian James Harry Gottsacker Racing Wc Vision

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In Saturday’s GTS SprintX Race No. 1 at Portland International Raceway, Team Panoz Racing’s Ian James passed pole sitter Harry Gottsacker in the Festival Curves with two laps to go.  From there, James pulled away to take his and Matthew Keegan‘s first GTS SprintX win of the year. “In this Pro-Am format, you are only …

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Toni Vilander, Miguel Molina Win Portland GT SprintX Race No. 1

2018 Portland Pwc Miguel Molina Car Wc Vision

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R. Ferri Motorsport’s Miguel Molina and Toni Vilander were able to put down the perfect pit stop midway through GT SprintX Race No. 1 at Portland International Raceway Saturday (July 14).  That turned out to be all the duo needed in order to snatch the lead away from Alegra Motorsports.  From there, Molina pulled way …

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Pace Laps: Martin Truex Jr.’s Dominance & An XFINITY Championship Preview

#20: Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota Camry Rheem, Winner, Victory Nascar Xfinity Series

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Truex Trounces The Field Kentucky Speedway was simply the Martin Truex Jr. show. Leading 174 of 267 laps, his No. 78 Toyota was on cruise control most of Saturday night (July 14) in the Quaker State 400. Two-tire pit strategies, like on most repaves produced short-term boosts for drivers like …

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Racers Edge Motorsports Sweeps Portland GTS SprintX Race No. 1 Front Row

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Harry Gottsacker Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Recent qualifying sessions for Pirelli World Challenge’s GTS SprintX class have been very tight and Saturday’s (July 14) qualifying session was no exception.  Racers Edge Motorsports’ Harry Gottsacker won the pole for GTS SprintX Race No. 1 at Portland International Raceway with a lap of 91.944 mph around the 1.97-mile circuit. Gottsacker’s lap was two-tenths …

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Michael Christensen Claims Portland GT SprintX Race No. 1 Pole

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Michael Christensen Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Alegra Motorsports’ Michael Christensen won the pole for GT SprintX Race No. 1 Saturday morning (July 14) at Portland International Raceway.  Christensen’s lap at an average speed of 101.145 mph will stand as a track record since Pirelli World Challenge has not raced in Portland since 2005. Christensen’s lap was a quarter of a second …

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Entry List: Pirelli World Challenge 58th Rose City Races

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This weekend, all of Pirelli World Challenge’s classes return to action at Portland International Raceway for the first time in more than a decade.  It is the fourth SprintX weekend of the season.  82 teams have filed entries for the weekend. In the GT SprintX races, there are 15 entries, six of which are in …

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Beyond the Cockpit: Paul Holton on McLaren, BoP & Formula E

2017 Lime Rock Pwc Paul Holton Interview Phil Allaway

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Paul Holton has risen up through the lower ranks of sports car racing over the past couple of years.  Just four years ago, he was racing in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge’s Street Tuner class in a Honda Civic. Last year, Holton split time between a McLaren in the CTSC and an Audi RS3 …

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Pace Laps: Tragedy Strikes Racing Community With Loss Of Jason Johnson

Jason Johnson May 2018 Dirt Track At Charlotte Mike Neff

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Fab Foursome Keep On Rising Road courses are supposed to be different. These right-turn tracks bring out the best in drivers who don’t have a chance to win anywhere else. AJ Allmendinger, Marcos Ambrose and Jeremy Clements in NASCAR’s XFINITY Series are just a few of the recent success stories …

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Michael Christensen Snatches PWC Road America Race No. 2 Victory

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Michael Christensen Car Phil Allaway

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Alegra Motorsports’ Michael Christensen was able to get past Race No. 1 winner Àlvaro Parente in Turn 6 on the very first lap of the race Sunday.  From there, Christensen was able to open up a gap and maintain that advantage to win Race No. 2 of the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road …

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Àlvaro Parente Dominates PWC Race No. 1 at Road America

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Andy Soucek Car Phil Allaway

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K-PAX Racing’s Àlvaro Parente used an excellent restart to take the lead away from TR3 Racing’s Daniel Mancinelli at the end of lap 2.  From there, the Bentley racer was not threatened on the way to his second GT Sprint victory of 2018.  It is the third overall win of the season for K-PAX Racing …

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