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Other top GTS SprintX lineups for the Lime Rock Park doubleheader will include Gar Robinson and Shane Lewis in the No. 74 Robinson Racing Mercedes - AMG GT4; GT race winner Ryan Eversley and Adam Merzon in the No. 23 Caseit Racing by Flying Lizard Audi R8 LMS and Ray Mason and 2017 TC champion Paul Holton in the No. 78 Compass Racing McLaren 570S.

Rounding the podium (top - three) Sunday in the 39 - lap main event was COTA double race winner Toni Vilander of Finland in the Toronto - based RFerri Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 followed by Denmark's Michael Christensen in the No. 24 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R and Saturday's GT race winner Daniel Morad of Toronto in the No. 2 CRP Racing / DeVilbiss Mercedes - AMG GT3.

Eversley, the multi-time GT race winner in PWC, easily scored the pole position Friday afternoon with a best lap of 53.429 seconds for an average speed of 99.31 miles per hour in the TCR qualifying session to pace the 13 - car field at the historic 1.5 - mile, seven - turn road circuit.

«This new TCR platform debuted here this weekend with Pirelli World Challenge and it looks like it is a hit already,» said Eversley, the former GT race winner for RealTime Racing.

Also watch the duo of Mark Klenin and former SprintX race winner Max Riddle in the No. 62 KPR / Premiere Copier McLaren 570S, former GTS race winner Andy Lee in the No. 8 5.11 Tactical / GMG McLaren 570S with Elias Sabo, and Vinnie Allegretta and J.R. Pesek in the No. 10 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 in the Pro-Am division.

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And she soon also followed her father into motor racing, eventually becoming a winner in sports car and GT endurance racing, even driving in the grueling 24 hours of Le Mans.

The grid included a bunch of Le Mans winners, such as Tom Kristensen, Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela, as well as several famous names from Audi's time in DTM, GT, and touring car racing.

Former F1 driver and Grand Prix winner Heikki Kovalainen has just won the championship in Japan's premier racing category, Super GT.

Several drivers have now graduated through the GT Academy into real racing - not least original GT Academy victor Lucas Ordonez and 2011 winner, British driver Jann Mardenborough.

Four years later we can safely say that the transformation from leather - lined boulevard behemoth to the ripped race - winner idling before us in the pits for this weekend's Blancpain GT Series event at Silverstone ranks as one of the most charming, impressive and downright ambitious stories in modern sportscar racing.

Former GT series champion Alvaro Parente of Portugal returned to the Pirelli World Challenge winner's circle Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the PWC GT Sprint Round 5 50 - minute race as...

«We've had some fantastic races, and all of us have enjoyed our time in the GT - spec Corvette,» said Gavin, a two - time GT1 winner at Mid-Ohio with Beretta.

Written by K - PAX Racing Staff SAN JOSE, Calif. — K - PAX Racing, winners of three GT Class championships in the Pirelli World Challenge sports car series, today announced it will field -LSB-...]

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Early - Season Title Fight in Texas Team looking to build on momentum after Sebring, Long Beach victories Garcia, Magnussen 2013 winners at COTA in GT Gavin, Milner coming off class victory at Long Beach Chevrolet, Corvette Racing in contention for GTLM points leads DETROIT (May 2, 2017)-- Corvette Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three RACING AT COTA: Early - Season Title Fight in Texas Team looking to build on momentum after Sebring, Long Beach victories Garcia, Magnussen 2013 winners at COTA in GT Gavin, Milner coming off class victory at Long Beach Chevrolet, Corvette Racing in contention for GTLM points leads DETROIT (May 2, 2017)-- Corvette Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three Racing in contention for GTLM points leads DETROIT (May 2, 2017)-- Corvette Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three races.

CORVETTE RACING AT VIR: In Search of a Repeat on GT - Only Weekend Garcia, Magnussen defending race - winners in No. 3 Corvette No. 3 Corvette duo leads GT Le Mans Driver's Championship Chevrolet looking to regain Manufacturer's points lead Gavin, Milner eager to score second tandem VIR victory DETROIT (Aug. 22, 2017)-- It's getting down to crunch time for Corvette RRACING AT VIR: In Search of a Repeat on GT - Only Weekend Garcia, Magnussen defending race - winners in No. 3 Corvette No. 3 Corvette duo leads GT Le Mans Driver's Championship Chevrolet looking to regain Manufacturer's points lead Gavin, Milner eager to score second tandem VIR victory DETROIT (Aug. 22, 2017)-- It's getting down to crunch time for Corvette RacingRacing.

This spec class debuted in 2015 featuring Porsche 991 Cup Cars that are ran as part of the overall GT Class races, with a separate victory circle presentation alongside that of the GT / GT - A class winners.

Corvette Racing is a past winner at VIR with Milner and teammate Oliver Gavin winning in 2012 on their way to the ALMS GT title.

Although the Corvette C7.R is the oldest car in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans class, it's still a consistent race winner and contender.

It was edge - of - the - seat racing throughout, no matter whether you were competing or spectating, and it was with some emotion and considerable joy that Olly took the chequered flag as winner of the GT class in the third round of the American Le Mans Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with the No. 3 Corvette making it a 1 - 2 finish for the American manufacturer.

Toluca Mexico's racing son was the 2014 Nissan GT Academy International winner who as previously mentioned is a driver in the GT3 Sprint X class in the Pirelli World Challenge series.

While many past winners of Nissan GT Academy continue to race professionally in various series and vehicles, these winners continue to impress behind the wheel of Nissan vehicles:

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Championship Chase Heads to Lone Star State Critical days ahead for Chevrolet, Corvette in race to GT Le Mans titles Garcia, Magnussen coming off overall victory at VIR No. 3 Corvette team a class winner at COTA in 2013 Gavin, Milner hoping to solidify Driver's Championship lead Chevrolet in strong position in GTLM Manufacturer points DETROIT (Sept. 14, 2016)-- The first of Corvette Racing's 102 class victories came on a hot, steamy Texas eveningRACING AT COTA: Championship Chase Heads to Lone Star State Critical days ahead for Chevrolet, Corvette in race to GT Le Mans titles Garcia, Magnussen coming off overall victory at VIR No. 3 Corvette team a class winner at COTA in 2013 Gavin, Milner hoping to solidify Driver's Championship lead Chevrolet in strong position in GTLM Manufacturer points DETROIT (Sept. 14, 2016)-- The first of Corvette Racing's 102 class victories came on a hot, steamy Texas eveningRacing's 102 class victories came on a hot, steamy Texas evening in...

The 2011 Nissan GT Academy Europe winner made a move for the 2017 racing season in Japan's Super GT Series debuting in the GT500 category after a previous successful run in the series» GT300 class.

While Green Challenge winners will be named in both the GT and Prototype classes, Corvette Racing is aiming for the best overall score in the competition.

Second on the GT SprintX grid will be another Mercedes - AMG GT3 with CTMP Sprint race winner Daniel Morad of Canada and Rafaele Marcielllo of Switzerland in the No. 2 CRP Racing / DeVilbiss Mercedes - AMG with a time of 51.913 (102.21 m.p.h.).

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Mike Skeen and co-driver Scott Heckert, driving the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes - AMG GT3, were awarded pole position for the GT SprintX Rd. 5 competition for the Pro-Pro class following exclusion of the previous pole winner for a post-race technical infraction assessment.

Leading the strong list of challengers for the top - three in the GT division this weekend will include 2016 GT champion Alvaro Parente of Portugal, a ten - race winner in PWC the past two seasons.

The automaker plans to display the car that first put them in the racing winning circle, the No. 46 Datsun 510 by Brock Racing Enterprises, and its latest winner, the No. 05 Nissan GT - R Nismracing winning circle, the No. 46 Datsun 510 by Brock Racing Enterprises, and its latest winner, the No. 05 Nissan GT - R NismRacing Enterprises, and its latest winner, the No. 05 Nissan GT - R Nismo GT3.

Plenty outside of Ford give insight throughout the documentary, too, including former racing driver and current broadcaster Justin Bell, himself a GT - class Le Mans winner, and Larry Holt, Vice President of Multimatic Engineering — a man who Raj Nair calls in the film a «mad scientist,» and whose curly, disheveled white hair does little to dispel the notion.

In the GT Cup division, Ryan Hardwick of Atlanta, Ga., was the winner in the No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo.

After Baptista and Soulet in the GT SprintX Pro-Am division in qualifying was 17 - year - old Parker Chase of New Braunfels, Tex., in the No. 19 TruSpeed Motorsports Audi R8 LMS with a 1:43.717 (113.5 m.p.h.) followed by Wei Lu of Vancouver, B.C., Canada in the No. 31 TR3 Racing / Ferrari of Vancouver Ferrari 488 GT3 with a 1:43.971 (113.2 m.p.h.) and Long Beach GTA winner Yuki Harata of Japan in the No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 with a 1:44.399 (112.7 m.p.h.).

Former GT Academy winner Ricardo Sanchez is set to make his U.S. race debut this weekend at Virginia International Raceway as the Always Evolving / AIM Autosport team returns to Pirelli World Challenge action in the SprintX championship.

Class championship leaders Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner retained their GTLM points lead despite a ninth - place class finish for the 2012 ALMS GT race - winners at VIR.

Former GT series champion Alvaro Parente of Portugal returned to the Pirelli World Challenge winner's circle Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the PWC GT Sprint Round 5 50 - minute race as part of the Castrol presents the Victoria Day Speedfest.

The fight for the GT - Class has been a battle royale so far this year with Corvette Racing taking the win, making them the winners of the class for two out of three races so far.

Verizon IndyCar Series race winners Ryan Briscoe and Simon Pagenaud will join Corvette Racing's GT Le Mans - class lineup in the opening round of the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship at...

GT Academy winner Bryan Heitkotter had a stunning weekend in the latest round of the Pirelli World Challenge series in the U.S. completing a third and fourth place finish in the two races.

Another Classic BMW entry finds team leader Toby Grahovec, the former TC series champion, teaming with Chris Ohmacht in the No. 92 Fast Track Racing BMW M4 GT4 in the GTS Am category along with recent CTMP GTSA winner Drew Staveley in the No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta, G55, Derek DeBoer and Sean Gibbons in the No. 66 TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR and Panoz driver Preston Calvert in the No. 51 Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT.

Fourth in the first GTS SprintX practice round was the current GTS SprintX point leader James Sofronas of Villa Park, Calif., in the No. 14 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS at 55.222 (96.09 m.p.h, as last year's GT SprintX Pro-Am champion pairs up this weekend again with two - time 2018 race winner Alex Welch of Englewood, Colo..

Single driver GTSA entries this weekend will include Jason Bell in the No. 2 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS, a GTSA winner last year, Jeff Burton in the No. 19 Rearden Racing Audi R8 LMS; Frank Gannett in the No. 24 Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55; Steve Burns in the No. 43 VP Racing Fuels / Lacy Racing Ginetta G55; veteran Mike Hedlund in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsport Audi R8 LMS; Mark Pavan in the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 and Nicolai Eighanayan in the No. 71 Marco Polo Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT Clubsport MR. \

The real Darkhorse in the GT4 / GTS category at St. Petersburg will be multi-time race winner Andrew Aquilante in the No. 32 Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302.

-- Two - time Long Beach GT Sprint race winner Alvaro Parente seeks his third consecutive «Roar by the Shore» victory this weekend (April 13 - 15) when the Pirelli World Challenge GT drivers and sports cars do battle in the annual 50 - minute GT Sprint feature at the 44th annual spectacular event, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, known as North America's premier street race.

Rounding out the top - five was VIR GT SprintX overall winner Mike Skeen of Charlotte, N.C., in the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes - AMG GT3 at 52.794 (100.51 m.p.h.).

Udell is the 2017 PWC Hard Charger Award winner for the GT class, the 2016 PWC GT Cup Champion, a Porsche Young Driver Academy graduate, won two GTA class races in this 911 GT3 R before moving into the Pro category where he captured an overall podium finish at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

The 2016 Blancpain GT Series champion and 2018 winner of the Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai is in his first year of racing in the U.S.

Robin Liddell scored a victory at Cleveland, and Dino Crescentini broke into the winner's column in his very first SPEED GT race (Portland).

Parente is a two - time GT Sprint winner at Lime Rock Park (2016) and survived a spectacular incident in the streets of St. Petersburg last month when his race car lost its brakes on the back straightaway.

Veteran Spencer Pumpelly of Atlanta, a 2017 GT SprintX race winner, leads the GT4 division this weekend with the No. 66 TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR sports car.

Molina, a double race winner with Finland's Toni Vilander at COTA last month, immediately claimed VIR as one of his favorite tracks after posting the quickest practice time Friday in the GT SprintX class at the 3.27 - mile, 17 - turn picturesque road circuit.

Recent CTMP GT Sprint race winner Daniel Morad of Toronto, Ont.