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Jason Daskalos Wins GT America Season Opener in St. Petersburg

Jason Daskalos wins GT America Powered by AWS Round 1 at St. Petersburg, 2/25/2022 (Photo: SRO Motorsports Group)

(Photo: SRO Motorsports Group)

Jason Daskalos made good use of his original generation Audi R8 LMS Ultra and lapped traffic Friday (Feb. 25) to lead flag-to-flag to win the season opener for SRO America’s GT America Powered by AWS in St. Petersburg, Fla.  It is the first overall victory for Daskalos since 2020. “I just got lucky in some …

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Ford Performance To Create New Mustang GT3, GT4 Cars

Ford's rendering of their new for 2024 GT3 entry (Photo: Ford Performance)

(Photo: Ford Performance)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – At Daytona International Speedway Friday morning (Jan. 28), Ford Performance announced that they will be building a brand new Ford Mustang GT3 that will be eligible to race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD Pro and GTD classes starting in the 2024 season when new GT3 regulation.  It will be …

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Brendan Iribe Sweeps GT America at Indianapolis; Charlie Luck Crowned Champion

Charlie Luck after winning GT America Race No. 1 at Watkins Glen International, 9/18/2021 (Photo: Phil Allaway)

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

After skipping the past four race weekends, Inception Racing’s Brendan Iribe swept the final two GT America Powered by AWS races of the year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Friday and Saturday in dominant fashion.  Wright Motorsports’ Charlie Luck (pictured above at Watkins Glen) wrapped up the inaugural GT America Powered by AWS overall championship …

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Jeff Burton Wins Watkins Glen GT America Race No. 2

2021 Watkins Glen GTA Jeff Burton Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Rearden Racing’s Jeff Burton took the lead from Wright Motorsports’ Charlie Luck 11 minutes into the race Sunday morning (Sept. 19) at Watkins Glen International. From there, he pulled away to take his first GT America Powered by AWS overall victory. “The difference between [Saturday] and today was the car,” Burton …

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Charlie Luck Holds On To Win Watkins Glen GT America Race No. 1 After Sketchy Restart

Charlie Luck after winning GT America Race No. 1 at Watkins Glen International, 9/18/2021 (Photo: Phil Allaway)

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Wright Motorsports’ Charlie Luck has dominated GT America Powered by AWS on-track activity all weekend at Watkins Glen International.  Race No. 1 for the class on Saturday (Sept. 18) was no exception.  Luck led flag-to-flag, but had to hold on through a Green-White-Checker restart to win. Luck was more than a …

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NOLAsport Scores Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Weekend Sweep In Sonoma

Jason Hart testing at Daytona in January, 2019. (Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

(Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

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, …

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George Kurtz Claims Inaugural GT America Weekend Sweep

George Kurtz practicing at Sonoma Raceway, 3/5/2021 (Photo: DXDT Racing/Jamey Price Photo)

(Photo: DXDT Racing/Jamey Price Photo)

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 …

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