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Patrick Long Will Team With Christina Nielsen For Wright Motorsport IMSA Effort
Batavia, Ohio-based Wright Motorsports has announced a return to IMSA competition in the GT Daytona category after a championship winning 2017 season in Pirelli World Challenge with Porsche's Patrick Long. For the 2018 season, Long will return for his third season in-a-row with Wright to team with two-time reigning GTD class champion Christina …
Continue to the full articleResults and Pictures From the Pirelli World Challenge at VIR
VIR welcomed Pirelli World Challenge racing back to the hills of Virginia for the first time since 2010. Heavy rains early in the week gave way to perfect warm and sunny weather for race weekend. The format for this weekend’s PWI races is unique. The 60-minute sprint races scheduled for Saturday and Sunday come with 2-drivers per car and a rule …
Continue to the full articleLong and Bergmeister Reunited as Co-Drivers for PWC Sprint X Races
It seems like only yesterday that the dynamic duo of Patrick Long and Jörg Bergmeister were taking one checkered flag after another as pilots for Flying Lizard Motorsports. When, in fact, the two haven't raced a full-season together since 2012. Today, however, Wright Motorsport confirmed they are bringing the two back together again in a Porsche …
Continue to the full articleFlying Lizard Motorsports Announces New Partnership With Porsche and GTS Program
I hope you saved all your Flying Lizard Motorsports gear. You're going to need it again next season! According to today's announcement, Flying Lizard is once again partnering with Porsche as a development partner, this time as part of their North American Young Driver Development program, while entering two Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR race cars in the …
Continue to the full articleNow There’s An Even Lighter and Sportier GT4 Clubsport. The MR Version
When Porsche first introduced the Cayman GT4 Clubsport it was billed as a 385 hp mid-engine, entry level racer built for amateur and club racing. However, that didn't stop a number of teams from entering GT4 Clupsports into IMSA's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and winning. Now comes word from Porsche Motorsport North America that …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long Gets New Pirelli World Challenge Ride After Effort Racing Suspends Season
Early last week Effort Racing announced they would be suspending the remainder of their 2016 Pirelli World Cup Season leaving Michael Lewis and Patrick Long without a ride. Respectively, the two stand fourth and fifth in the championship after winning three of the first seven races of the season. Effort explained their departure as …
Continue to the full articleTime To Dust Off Your Flying Lizard Motorsport Gear
In late 2012 when Porsche announced that factory support of the 997 RSR platform was coming to an end it marked the beginning of a sea change in US sports car racing for Porsche fans. The Grand-AM/ALMS merger was playing out and long-time Chief Engineer of Flying Lizard Motorsports (FLM), Craig Watkins, announced his retirement. Shortly there …
Continue to the full articlePirelli World Challenge Announces New Class Exclusively For Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Cars
The Pirelli World Challenge announced last Friday that they would be creating a new class called 'Porsche GT-Cup'. The class will begin with the 2015 season opener, and will be used to integrate Porsche's 991 GT3 Cup into PWC racing. Scott Bove, President and CEO, WC Vision/Pirelli World Challenge. “The series is pleased to announce a class …
Continue to the full articleTruSpeed’s Lawson Aschenbach Might Just Be the Hardest Working Driver in Porsche Motorsports.
Update: Having missed qualifying for the Pirelli World Challenge race at the iconic Laguna Seca circuit in Monterey, CA, Lawson Aschenbach made up 11 places in the race to finish a strong 4th and hang tough in the championship race. Aschenbach, driving the #1 PrivacyStar / Entrust Porsche GT3, sat out qualifying because he was on the far side of …
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