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Ryan Eversley Leads Flag-to-Flag to Win Lime Rock TCR/TCA Race No. 1

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Ryan Eversley Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

RealTime Racing’s Ryan Eversley took advantage of his pole position to stake himself an early lead over the pack.  It was ultimately more than enough for Eversley to hold on for his second win of the season. Afterward, Eversley was very pleased. “We have a really kick-ass Honda Civic Type-R,” Eversley said after the race.  …

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Ryan Eversley Reigns Supreme in Friday Lime Rock TCR/TCA Action

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Ryan Eversley Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

RealTime Racing’s Ryan Eversley seemed vincible in the opening practice session Friday morning (May 25) at Lime Rock Park.  After adjustments, no one could touch his pace.  The Atlanta-based Eversley was fastest overall in practice and easily won the pole for Saturday’s first TCR/TCA race. Qualifying The qualifying session was not really all that close.  …

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Pace Laps: Busy But Sad Week for Racing

Nascar Nextel Cup Series, Daytona 500.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Joey Logano Finds Way Back to Victory Lane – It’s hard to believe that it took Joey Logano over one calendar year to earn another win … yet here we are. Caught in the middle between the young guns and veterans categories used to label drivers, especially this season, Logano …

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Entry List: Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Texas

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For Pirelli World Challenge’s first SprintX weekend of the year, 103 entries have posted in the various classes.  While the number is down from last year, it is a true 103 cars.  Last year saw multiple teams listed more than once due to the weekend schedule. In the main SprintX races, there will be 20 …

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HART Reconstitutes Itself, Announces 2018 Endurance Schedule

2016 Watkins Glen Ctsc Ryan Eversley Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

On Thursday, the Honda of America Racing Team (HART) announced that they will return to the track as a team in 2018.  They will compete in the four Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup races with one Acura NSX GT3.  Ryan Eversley will return to the team, along with longtime driver Chad Gilsinger.  The remaining …

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Pace Laps: Swings Galore at Las Vegas and Joey Logano’s XFINITY Dominance

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: You can say Kyle Busch put the “swing” in the West Coast Swing – After Joey Logano made contact with Kyle Busch coming to the checkered flag in Turn 4, Busch went after his former teammate on pit road, leading to punches and a bloody forehead for Busch. “There wasn’t much talking, …

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Adderly Fong Quickest in PWC GT Practice; Aschenbach on GTS Pole

2016 Lime Rock Pwc Adderly Fong Car Credit Phil Allaway

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On Thursday, Pirelli World Challenge’s four classes all took to the 1.8-mile street course in St. Petersburg for their opening on-track sessions.  It was a rather expensive day. In the 55 minute practice session, Absolute Racing’s Adderly Fong was quickest with a lap of 72.571 seconds (89.292 mph) in his Bentley Continental GT3.  Practice times …

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45 Entered for Pirelli World Challenge Season Opener at St. Petersburg

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On the undercard of the Verizon IndyCar Series this weekend in St. Petersburg, Fla. will be the GT, GTA, GT Cup and GTS Classes of Pirelli World Challenge.  Between those four classes, 45 cars are entered.  The GT, GTA and GT Cup Classes will run together in two 50-minute races, while the GTS class will …

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Multimatic Motorsports, Rennsport One Win Road Atlanta 150, Titles

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Friday saw the IMSA Continental SportsCar Challenge hold their season finale at Road Atlanta.  The Grand Sport championship was effectively a foregone conclusion as all Multimatic Motorsports teammates Scott Maxwell and Billy Johnson had to do was complete the minimum drive time.  Once that was done, it was well and truly on. Grand Sport Maxwell …

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Spencer Pumpelly to Race for RealTime While Cunningham Tests

2016 Lime Rock Pwc Ryan Eversley Car Credit Phil Allaway

(Credit: Phil Allaway)

Earlier this week, Pirelli World Challenge competitiors RealTime Racing announced a testing program for the new Acura NSX GT3, which was unveiled to the public at the New York International Auto Show in April.  Veteran Dutch sports car racer Peter Kox has been retained to serve as a test driver for the program. How lucky …

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Multimatic Dominates CTSC at CTMP, CRG-I Do Borrow Wins ST

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(Photo: Phil Allaway)

You might be wondering why we’re not leading with a picture of the Grand Sport winners?  Quite simple, the Grand Sport class was not where the action was in Saturday’s IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. A mere four cars were entered in the Grand Sport class, and from the …

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Alvaro Parente Earns Lime Rock GT Sweep

2016 Lime Rock Pwc Alvaro Parente Car Credit Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

The Andrew Palmer–Jorge de la Torre crash Saturday morning took the sails out of what was going to be a great day of racing.  However, officials determined that the race would go on. The drivers in Pirelli World Challenge’s GT, GTA and GT Cup Classes obliged with 50 minutes of hard-fought action. K-PAX Racing’s Alvaro …

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