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Monday, Jun 15
Porsche race report
Florida In the production-based GT2 class, a one-two qualifying effort for the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR from qualifying could not be turned into a race success. After just two hours, the race came to an end for the three Porsche works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), ...
Sunday, Jun 14
Corvette, Risi earn historic GT wins at Le Mans
GT2 saw Risi lead a series of Ferraris home to the finish after the fleet of Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs fell by the wayside by a myriad of issues. A banner day for the squad saw Mika Salo and Jaime Melo repeat their 2008 class victory and add Pierre Kaffer ...
Saturday, Jun 13
Brabham continues to lead after two-thirds distance
Florida In GT2 the Lizard is no longer "Flying" -- the pole sitting #80 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR has had an incident with Le Mans rookie Darren Law driving. Law, having just taken over the car from team principal Seth Neiman at 5:25 am local time, lost control in ...
Felbermayr-Proton Porsche out of Le Mans fight
Florida The #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, driven by three Porsche factory pilots Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz and Wolf Henzler, has retired from this year's edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: Marc ...
Friday, Jun 12
Risi Competizione looking for GT2 repeat
The lead #82 F430 GT driven by Mika Salo, Jaime Melo and Pierre Kaffer Tqualified third in class, trailing the Porsche 911 GT3 RSRS of Flying TLizard Motorsports (#80) and eam Felbermayr-Proton (#77). In the American Le Mans Series, Risi won GT2 team ... 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend Newsday
Thursday, Jun 11
ALMS Teams qualifying report
Bergmeister's time of 4:03.202 (125.357 mph) in the Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR was the first pole for the team in five Le Mans appearances. The German Porsche factory driver was only 0.03 seconds ahead of the Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche of ...
Corvette, Lizard sweep to GT poles at Le Mans
R took the GT1 pole, while the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR scored the top starting position in GT2. The lone yellow Corvette, the #63 of Jan Magnussen, Johnny O'Connell and Antonio Garcia, set the quick lap in GT1. ... Corvette, Risi earn historic Le Mans GT wins Motorsport.com
Monday, Jun 8
Voices of Le Mans - Dominik Farnbacher
Florida He was consistently the GT2 class' fastest driver in Farnbacher Racing's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR that suffered broken gearshift while leading in the race's final hour. Now a constant figure in the American Le Mans Series with Panoz Team PTG, ...
GT-Masters: Muhlner Motorsport Hockenheim summary
Florida The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Muhlner Motorsport Team ran two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S in the ADAC GT Masters at Hockenheim. At the third race weekend of the ADAC GT-Masters in Hockenheim, it wasn't just the weather which was changeable - so were ...
Saturday, Jun 6
Watkins Glen: Porsche qualifying report
Florida WATKINS GLEN, NY (June 5) - The Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche Motorsports customer team qualified its two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars 1-2 in the GT class Friday for Saturday's Sahleen's Six Hours at the Glen, the sixth race of the 2009 season for the ...
Watkins Glen: Porsche race notes
Florida WATKINS GLEN, NY (June 5) - Andy Lally (Dacula, GA) drove the # 41 TRG Porsche 911 to victory Friday in a wild KONI Sports Car Challenge Series race at Watkins Glen. Lally overcame all-time KONI victory leader Bill Auberlen (Redondo Beach, CA), ...
Friday, Jun 5
Voices of Le Mans - Wolf Henzler
Florida For the second consecutive year, Porsche factory driver Wolf Henzler will compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Team Felbermayr-Proton in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Like many Le Mans rookies, last year's American Le Mans Series GT2 champion was swept up ...
Thursday, Jun 4
ALMS teams prep for Le Mans June classic
80 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Bergmeister counts a 2004 GT2 class win in his seven prior Le Mans starts; Neiman has five prior starts. Yet Law, who has spent parts of the last 22 years in and around sports car racing, will be making his Le Mans debut this ...
Sunday, May 31
UK: Glynn Geddi Oulton Park summary
Florida While collecting it up he made contact with the barrier on the inside of the hairpin, resulting in a broken radiator, which ended the race for him as he nursed the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car back to the pits, leaving a trail of steam behind him. ...
Thursday, May 28
24H Nurburgring: Muhlner Motorsport race report
Florida The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Muhlner Motorsport Team ran two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S at the Nurburgring 24 hours. Changes to the regulations for this year allow GT3 cars to get close to the times of the GT2 cars which has shaken up the existing ...
Wednesday, May 27
Racing never stops for 24-hour warriors
Florida 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Long. Photo by Richard Sloop. He wasn't kidding. A week ago the duo won its third consecutive round in the GT2 class of ALMS driving for Flying Lizard Motorsports. ...
Tuesday, May 26
Monaco: Glynn Geddie weekend summary
Florida The accident meant a new engine and clutch for the Apex Tubulars-sponsored Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, and with zero chance of getting back out again, their 9th place dissolved to 18th as the session continued and the track got faster. ...
Sunday, May 24
Tiemann takes the Nurburgring 24H for Porsche
Florida The German sportscar racing veteran took his fifth overall victory in the ADAC 24H race at the famed Nordschleife, and the fifth in a row for the Manthey Porsche team. #1 Manthey Racing GmbH Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas, ...
24H Nurburgring: Final hour notes
Florida At 16.08 h, the winning Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with starting number 1 took the chequered flag as the winner of the 37th ADAC Zurich 24h race. For Olaf Manthey, it was the fourth overall win in a row. Marcel Tiemann claimed his fifth win, which makes him ...
Saturday, May 23
24H Nurburgring: Hour three update
Florida Following the pit stops, two Manthey entered cars took the lead: last year's winners with their Porsche 911 RSR (# 1) and the Wochenspiegel-Porsche (# 5). Nonetheless, none of the two cars succeeded in defending its lead for a long time. ...
Friday, May 22
24H Nurburgring: Event practice report
Florida On the way to doing so, Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Marcel Tiemann (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) defeated their sister car, a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S raced by Emmanuel Collard, Wolf Henzler, Richard Lietz and Dirk Werner. ...
Wednesday, May 20
Monaco: Glynn Geddie preview
Florida The 420bhp Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) car, which Aberdeen's Geddie campaigns full-time in the Supercup's younger sister series, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, will first be fired up in anger on Thursday for the 45-minute practice session at 17.15 ...
Wednesday, May 13
Porsche GT3 Utah pre-event notes
Martin Snow and Faieta race in the Platinum Cup, the class designated for 2008 and 2009 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. Series newcomer Mitch Pagerey, Deerfield Beach, Fla., showed he had speed in the first two rounds of the series, but will be up against ...
Wednesday, May 6
FreeM partner with Motorbase Performance
Florida The team are running a pair of BMW 320si E90s in the uk's most popular race series, the British Touring Car Championship, for Rob Collard and Jonathan Adam as well as three Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars for Michael Caine, Oliver Jackson and George ...
Friday, May 1
Millville: GT qualifying report
Florida 14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3. Sebring winner Tony Rivera, of Missouri City, Texas, completed the top five with a 1:26.376 (93.776 mph) in his No. 97 Tax Masters/Mirage Group Porsche 911 GT3. Point leader Eric Curran (Chevrolet Corvette), ...
Thursday, Apr 30
Millville: Porsche previeww
Florida TRG is the defending GT winner in New Jersey, with 2008 winners Andy Lally and Tim George Jr. driving in separate Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars this weekend. Lally, winner of the 2009 Rolex 24 At Daytona, will share the TRG No. 67 with Justin Marks. ...
