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IMSA victory for the Porsche 911 GT3 R, Porsche GT Team on the podium at Lime Rock Park
The Porsche GT Team has successfully defended its lead in the manufacturers’ championship at round seven of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) secured second place at the wheel of their No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR at Lime Rock Park (USA). Their brand colleagues Patrick Pilet (France) and … Continue reading
Original Flying Lizard Porsche to Appear at Hillsborough Concours
Sixteen years ago, Flying Lizard Motorsports made their professional sports car racing debut at the 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. This month, the No. 74 Flying Lizard Porsche GT3 Cup, driven by Seth Neiman, Lonnie Pechnik, Johannes van Overbeek, Peter Cunningham, and Mike Rockenfeller will be on display … Continue reading
Wright Motorsports Prepared for IMSA GTD Return at Lime Rock Park
Wright Motorsports is prepared to kick off a two-race IMSA WeatherTech Championship program at Lime Rock Park. The group will make their return to GTD competition at this weekend’s Northeast Grand Prix with the No. 91 Henry Repeating Arms Porsche 911 GT3 R for IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge graduate, Anthony Imperato (Brooklyn, NY) and … Continue reading
The new Porsche 911 RSR faces the competition for the first time at official WEC tests
The new Porsche 911 RSR (2019 model year) will meet rival vehicles in the GTE-Pro class for the first time at the prologue of the FIA World Endurance Championship on 23 and 24 July in Barcelona, Spain. At the official tests prior to the start of the 2019/2020 FIA WEC season, Porsche, as the reigning … Continue reading
Bathurst winning Porsche 911 GT3-R to return to Australia
The same Porsche 911 GT3-R that made a heroic charge from fourth to the lead of the 2019 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12-Hour in the final hour, will return to Australia later this year. Porsche Carrera Cup Asia racing driver, Paul Tresidder has purchased the winning car piloted by Dennis Olsen, Dirk Werner and Porsche Junior Driver, … Continue reading
Porsche GT Team targets overall victory at Lime Rock
Porsche tackles round seven of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Lime Rock (USA) holding a 24-point lead in the manufacturers’ classification. After scoring five straight wins, the Porsche GT Team now wants to build on this record. With the two prototype classes absent from the Lime Rock event on 19/20 July, the main focal … Continue reading
