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FIA GT/National GT Series, Volume 8

Volume 8

  • September 2008, Volume 8, No. 9
    • Brno: Jet Alliance Confirm They Will Compete in Brno:

      After withdrawing from the Bucharest event for reasons of safety despite a spot on the front row, the team of Jetalliance Racing from Lower Austria has been pursuing in-depth causation studies over the past few days. Successfully:

    • New Jersey: Michael Shank Racing Takes Out a Thriller:

      MILLVILLE, N.J. (Aug. 31, 2008) - Oswaldo Negri held off Max Angelelli by .459 seconds Sunday to win the first professional feature race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, the Supercar Life 250, while Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas clinched the Daytona Prototype team championship with a ninth-place finish in a backup car.

    • Detroit: Pobst Takes Pole:

      DETROIT, Mich. (Aug. 31, 2008) – Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., collected his 24th career pole today at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix for this afternoon’s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship Round Eight race. Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , will start second.

  • August 2008, Volume 8, No. 8
    • First Photos: The Audi R8 GT3:

      First Photos: The Audi R8 GT3

    • Bucharest: Selected Weekend Summaries from the FIA GT pt2:

      Bucharest: Selected Weekend Summaries from the FIA GT pt2
      PK Carsport
      SRT
      CR Scuderia
      Belgian Racing
      Michelin

    • Detroit: SPEED GT Returns to Detroit Motor City:

      DETROIT, Mich. (Aug. 28, 2008) – There’s an electric feeling in the air as Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship moves onto the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix. Some of the excitement can be attributed to the end of the season crunch to gain every point possible, but the majority of it lies in the fact that this weekend, many of the SPEED GT teams are racing in front of the very people that designed and created the machines they drive.

    • Audi Revels GT3 Contender:

      Ingolstadt – For the first time, Audi Sport will offer a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use in the form of the powerful 500 hp plus GT3 version of the Audi R8 which will be available from autumn 2009. The logistics and factory space required for the AUDI AG customer programme will be created over the next few months in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and Györ.

    • Bucharest: Selected Weekend Summaries from the FIA GT pt1:

      Bucharest: Selected Weekend Summaries from the FIA GT pt1.
      Christian Montanari
      Paolo Ruberti
      Thomas Biagi
      Davide Rigon
      Joel Camathias

    • Bucharest: Phoenix Do the Double in Romania:

      It was a day of firsts in the FIA GT Championship today, when Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Deletraz drove their nr 5 Phoenix Carsport Corvette C5R to victory between the narrow city streets, in the first one-hour Championship race in the FIA GT history.

    • Mosport: Curran Gets First Win of 2008 in SPEED GT Thriller:

      CANADA (Aug. 23, 2008) – After a heartbreaking start to the season, Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass., claimed the second half of 2008 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship would be a fresh start for the Whelen Engineering team. Curran was true to his word, winning the Mosport SPEED GT Presented by Toyo Tires, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Championship leader Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , was second at Mosport International Raceway, followed by his teammate Michael Galati, of Olmsted , Ohio .

    • Bucharest: Phoenix Corvette Takes out Race 1:

      The first-ever one-hour race in the history of the FIA GT Championship was a close and exciting battle around the Bucharest streets. And the win, after a close battle with their team-mates, went to Swiss drivers Deletraz and Fässler in their Phoenix Carsport Corvette, who crossed the line0.6 seconds ahead of the nr 6 Corvette of Gollin and Hezemans.

    • Bucharest: Jet Alliance Withdraws from the Races Due to Car Safety:

      Jetalliance Racing has withdrawn both cars from the race for safety reasons
      despite a spot on the front row!

    • Bucharest: Fassler Takes Pole in Stifling Heat :

      Qualifying for the 6th round of the FIA GT Championship, the Bucharest City Challenge, took place in extremely hot conditions around the 3.071 km Bucharest Ring street circuit, which the Championship is visiting for the second time.

    • Bucharest: CR Scuderia Hosts a Prime Minister:

      The race weekend in Bucharest is now well underway and it’s a case of ‘so far so good’ for CR Scuderia. Before the track action got started yesterday CRS Team Principal, Chris Niarchos, was delighted to welcome Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, the Prime Minister of Romania, to the team garage.

    • Mosport: Curran Scores First 2008 SPEED GT Pole for Corvette in Canada:

      CANADA (Aug. 23, 2008) – Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass., captured his first SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship pole of the season and will lead the field for Saturday evening’s Mosport SPEED GT Round Seven race Presented by Toyo Tires, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , will start second.

    • VIDEO: On Board at Mosport...:

      With the ALMS going to Mosport this weekend we thought we would bring you a couple of videos to show the track - in 1984 and another in 2007.

    • Bucharest: From The Longest Race to the Shortest...:

      After the longest race of the season, on to the shortest ! But the experimental one-hour format, specially designed to suit the city circuit, is likely to give the huge crowds of enthusiastic spectators a fantastic show in the 2008 Bucharest City Challenge.

    • New Tyre Pressure Monitoring System Designed for Touring & Sports Cars:

      A cost-effective tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) for touring cars has been developed by industry leaders BERU f1systems. Specifically for closed- wheel, road car-derived saloons and sports cars, the system provides accurate tyre pressure and temperature information for drivers and engineers to optimise tyre pressures and wear, as well as offering puncture detection.

    • Silverstone: Debut Win for Sutton and Meadows in Race of Attrition :

      Michael Meadows and James Sutton took their maiden Avon Tyres British GT Championship win at Silverstone, ending the 2-hour race 9.8 seconds ahead of the ABG Motorsport Viper of Craig Wilkins and Aaron Scott to help secure the British GT team title for CR Scuderia. In a race of attrition only 9 cars took the chequered flag but the lack of finishers didn't detract from the action packed racing throughout the 120 minute race. GT4 Champions Matt Nicol-Jones and Stewart Linn took their 6th class win in 5th overall to secure the team title for their IMS Motorsport team.

    • Silverstone: CR Scuderia Wraps Up the Team's Title:

      James Sutton and Michael Meadows' fantastic victory in the two-hour British GT race at Silverstone today sealed the first Championship win for the CR Scuderia team: the 2008 British GT Teams' Championship. This was also the first race win for Sutton and Meadows who have pushed hard all year to take their first win. Luke Hines and Jeremy Metcalfe joined them on the podium in third place.

    • RUMOUR: ALMS - Will We See A Mustang in GT1???:

      Whispers about a new GT1 car to the ALMS have emerged, somewhat from left field.

    • PI: Perfect Weekend for Bowe but Accident Mars Proceedings:

      John Bowe has again made his mark in the best possible way upon returning to the Australian GT Championship for Round 5 at Victoria's Phillip Island circuit at the weekend.

    • Road America: Archer on a Roll, Wins SPEED GT:

      ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 10, 2008) – Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., took his second-straight SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT win, his third of the season, at the Road America SPEED GT Presented by Remington Sunday. Eric Curran, of East Hampton , Mass. , and Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , completed the top three.

    • Road America: Tommy Archer Finds Pole in a Viper Front Row:

      ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 9, 2008) – Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., claimed his second-straight SCCA Pro Racing SPEED GT pole in qualifying for Sunday’s Road America SPEED GT Presented by Remington. Jason Daskalos, of Albuquerque , N.M. , will start second in the Round Five race.

    • Phillip Island: Race Results from the 3 Races of the Australian GT Championship:

      Phillip Island: Race Results from the 3 Races of the Australian GT Championship

    • Phillip Island: Australian GT Qualifying Times:

      The Australian GT Championship heads to Phillip Island this weekend and here are the qualifying times

    • Road America: Much To Be Decided in Speed GT and Touring Cars:

      ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 6, 2008) - From Watkins Glen to Mid-Ohio and now Road America , SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge continues its tour of North America ’s greatest road courses. While SCCA SPEED Touring Car has hit the home stretch (Round Eight), SCCA SPEED GT commences the second half of its season, with the Road America SPEED GT Presented by Remington serving as Round Six. There is still much to be decided in both classes.

    • PI: John Bowe Returns to the Australian GT Championship at Phillip Island:

      John Bowe is to make a welcome return to the burgeoning Australian GT Championship grid for the Phillip Island event to be held on August 9-10.

    • PI: Urban Arrangement Lotus Team to Have a Busy Weekend:

      The Urban Arrangement / Report Factory Lotus team have a new problem; the crew are turning intodrivers in the GT series, leaving the team servicing and managing more cars with less people.

    • Spa 24h: The Last 12 Hours:

      Spa 24h: The Last 12 Hours

    • Spa 24h: Post Race Recaps pt2:

      Spa 24h: Post Race Recaps pt2
      SRT
      Scuderia Ecosse
      Davide Rigon
      Joel Camathias

    • Spa 24h: Post Race Recaps pt1:

      Spa 24h: Post Race Recaps pt1
      Paolo Ruberti
      Tomas Enge
      Jos Menten
      Michelin

    • Spa 24h: The Race According to CR Scuderia:

      Spa 24h: The Race According to CR Scuderia
      6 Hours
      Midnight
      14 Hours
      24 Hours

    • Spa 24h: Vitaphone and BMS Scuderia Italia take Dominant Victories :

      Once again, Vitaphone Racing proved that the Total 24 Hours of Spa is one of their true strengths as they took their third win in four years. In a race with a surprisingly high attrition rate, once the two Vitaphone Maserati MC12 cars hit the front just before the six-hour mark, no other car led the race.

    • Spa 24h: The Results:

      The results for the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

    • Spa 24h: The First 12 Hours:

      Spa 24h: The First 12 Hours

    • Pole Sitting Larbre Crashes in Warm Up - Out of the Race!:

      The warm-up session on race morning is usually a fairly quiet affair - a last chance for teams and drivers to check their race set-up, and for the mechanics to carry out a 'spanner check'.

    • Spa 24h: The Starting Grid:

      The starting grid for the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

    • Spa 24h: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2:

      Spa 24h: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2
      CR Scuderia
      Tomas Enge
      Jos Menten
      Michelin

    • Spa 24h: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1:

      Spa 24h: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1
      SRT
      Gillet
      Thomas Biagi

    • Spa 24h: Last Gasp Effort Puts Lamy and the Larbre Saleen on Pole:

      Pole position for the 2008 edition of the Total 24 Hours of Spa went right down to the final minutes of qualifying; when the chequered flag fell on Friday afternoon it was Pedro Lamy who was fastest, putting the nr 7 Larbre Competition Saleen S7R at the head of the field. Thomas Biagi, the reigning FIA GT Champion, was fastest in GT2 in the nr 51 AF Corse Ferrari F430; quickest G2 car was the nr 102 McDonald’s Racing Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo, while the nr 123 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S headed the big G3 field. The Total 24 Hours of Spa will get under way at the traditional time of 4pm on Saturday, with 44 cars taking the start.

  • July 2008, Volume 8, No. 7
    • July 2008
    • Spa 24h: Vitaphone and AF Corse Lead Coming into Total 24 Hours of Spa:

      The 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship enters the mid-point of the season at Spa. With four races run, and five remaining after the Spa marathon, the double points allocation in the Belgian Ardennes means that effectively the mid-way point, in terms of points, will be reached at four am on Sunday August 3rd…

    • CR Scuderia Signs Vans as Sponsor:

      In a sport where image is so important the CR Scuderia team is delighted to welcome Vans to its sponsorship portfolio. Vans is one of the most iconic sports brands in the world, working with a select list of partners on a commercial level and CRS is honoured to join that list.

    • Spa 24h: Scuderia Ecosse Preview:

      The count down is on. This weekend the famous Spa circuit in Belgium will see the stunning FIA GT championship cars charging through Eau Rouge for the Total 24 hours of Spa endurance race.

    • Spa 24h: David Rigon Preview:

      For one month since the exciting weekend of the FIA World GT on the track German Oscherleben, Davide Rigon is ready to dive back inside of his Ferrari F430 GT2 for the fifth race, the 24h of Spa-Francorchamps.

    • Spa 24h: AF Corse to Take Dominating Form to Spa:

      Next Saturday will take place the fifth competition of the FIA GT championship on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit; the Af Corse team will take part at this 24 hours race with the two Ferrari F430 GT2 which are dominating the championship up to now. The crews have been confirmed and composed in this way:

    • Spa 24h: Muhlner Motorsport Looking Forward to Home Race:

      Francorchamps. The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Muhlner Motorsport Team will be running two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S cars in the G3 Division of their home race, the Spa 24hrs.

    • The Entry List for the Total 24 Hours of Spa:

      The Entry List for the Total 24 Hours of Spa

    • Spa 24h: Previews for the Total 24 Hours of Spa pt1:

      Spa 24h: Team Previews for the Total 24 Hours of Spa pt1
      PK Carsport
      Trackspeed
      Tomas Enge
      Xavier Maassen
      Michelin

    • Spa 24h: GTO-Charouz Withdraw from Spa:

      FIA-GT: GTO - Charouz Racing will not compete in the upcoming 24 Hour SPA event with the two Mosler MT900s.

    • Spa 24h: Previews for the Total 24 Hours of Spa pt2:

      Spa 24h: Previews for the Total 24 Hours of Spa pt2.
      Vitaphone Racing
      JMB Aucott Racing
      Juniper Racing
      CR Scuderia

    • Spa 24h: Lammers and Enge Join IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering for Spa:

      The regular drivers of the IPB Spartak Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Peter Kox and Roman Rusinov will be joined by Jan Lammers and Tomas Enge for the highlight of the 2008FIA GT Championship, the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

    • Spa 24h:Trackspeed Racing Confirm Spa 24hr Line Up:

      Tim Sugden and Xavier Pompidou Join David Ashburn and Richard Williams for the FIA GT 24 Hours of Spa Event. Trackspeed Racing are pleased to welcome Tim Sugden and Xavier Pompidou to the fold for the FIA GT Total 24 Hours of Spa race on 3rd August. The pair will join regular drivers David Ashburn and Richard Williams in the Trackspeed Porsche RSR which has been making a solid foundation for itself in the team's first year in the FIA GT Championship.

    • Spa 24h: SRT - Ready for Spa Despite Crash Damage:

      Despite being forced to withdraw from the two FFSA GT Championship races at Spa, for which they had qualified 3rd and 1st, after a serious crash on the Raidillon, SRT's Corvette C6R will be full repaired and back in action for the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

    • Spa 24h: Phoenix Carsport Racing are Prepared:

      For the FIA GT season´s high light the 24 Hours Spa (27th July – 03rd August), the drivers line up on the two Corvettes of Phoenix Carsport Racing are fixed.

    • Mid Ohio: Rahal Letterman Returns Discarded Aston Martin To Front Of Speed World Grid:

      At its essence, the end goal of motorsports is about making a car faster.

      And while Rahal Letterman Racing has a myriad of experience in making open-wheel and sports cars go faster – as its 20 wins and 29 poles would attest to – its project to turn a back-of-the-pack Aston Martin DBRS9 into a fearsome speed machine was unlike any challenge it had ever faced.

    • Mid Ohio: Archer Takes the Win as the Title Battle Heats Up:

      LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 20, 2008) – Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., led every lap Sunday to win the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course SPEED GT Presented by Remington race, Round Five of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship. Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach , Calif. , and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , completed the top three.

    • Spa 24h: Darren Turner Joins Gigawave Motorsport:

      Darren Turner, winner of the GT1 class of the 24 Heures du Mans for the past two years, will join Gigawave MotorSport for the Total 24 Hours of Spa race.

    • Mid-Ohio: Archer Nets SPEED GT Pole:

      LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 19, 2008) – Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., captured his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT pole of the season and will lead the field at the start of Sunday afternoon’s Mid-Ohio SPEED GT Presented by Remington race. Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach , Calif. , will start second.

    • Lotus - A Giant Killer, but Why the Buzz Over Their Win at Eastern Creek?:

      The Lotus knocked off the seventeen car field thatincluded Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche for his first podium finish. After qualifying on the front row just 0.6 seconds off the Aston Martin DBRS9 of John Kaias, Peter Lucas, who has steadily improved over 2 years of competition bagged a new lap record of 1min:33.45s for the category in the Lotus. A record previously held by Paul Stokell in a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.

    • Eastern Creek: Lotus Slays Giants at GT Championship:

      Lucas claims first Lotus outright GT Championship victory and lap record

      A Lotus Elise defeated the motor racing giants at last weekend's round of the GT Championship at Eastern Creek Raceway with the marque's maiden outright race win.

    • Eastern Creek: Astuti Motorsport Takes First Australian GT Win with Kaias Aston Marting:

      (Sydney, Monday July 14th 2008) Astuti Motorsport has broken though for their first win as a team in the Australian Championship after John Kaias took his Aston Martin DBRS9 to the overall victory in round four of the 2008 championship held at Eastern Creek Raceway.

    • Mid Ohio: Speed World Challenge Preview:

      LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 17, 2008) – The teams of SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge had better be well rested after a six-week break in action, because the unpredictable Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is the next stop on the schedule. This weekend brings Round Seven of the SCCA SPEED Touring Car Championship as well as the Mid-Ohio SPEED GT Presented by Remington to the scenic central Ohio circuit.

    • Aston Martin to Return to the Speed World Challenge:

      TOPEKA, Kan. (July 15, 2008) – The Aston Martin DB9 will return to SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT competition this weekend for the Mid-Ohio SPEED GT Presented by Remington.

    • Brands Hatch: Irish Victory as Barnes and Gornall Secure 2008 Title:

      Michael Cullen and Paddy Shovlin celebrated their third win of the year after a rear wheel problem denied James Gornall and Jon Barnes a dream way to win the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The Team Trimite Brookspeed Viper finished 7th, which was good enough to put the title beyond doubt. Newly crowned GT4 Champions Matt Nicol-Jones and Stewart Linn finished the weekend with their sixth win from twelve races.

    • Brands Hatch: Nicol-Jones and Linn Become British GT4 Champions:

      Jon Barnes and James Gornall moved a step closer to the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT title by winning Round 11 at Brands Hatch, finishing ahead of Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen who remain their only challengers with three races remaining. However the day belonged to Matt Nicol-Jones and Stewart Linn who finished 3rd in class to become the inaugural Avon Tyres British GT4 Champions.

    • Eastern Creek: Kaias Takes Maidan Round Win:

      Melbourne based Aston Martin driver John Kaias has taken his maiden round victory and two race wins at round 4 of the Australian GT Championship held at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Circuit (July 12-13) at the weekend.

    • Eastern Creek: Kaias, Ward & Poulton Win Classes at Relaunched GT Championship + Race Results:

      Kaias, Ward & Poulton all take maiden round wins at Eastern Creek.

      Overall results
      GT Championship: 1. J KAIAS 2. P LUCAS 3. P HACKETT

      GT Challenge: 1. G WARD 2. G COOK 3. R KIMBER

      GT Production: 1 . T Poulton

    • Eastern Creek: Qualifying Times:

      The Australian GT Championship are back in action and the qualifying times are below.

    • Eastern Creek: Australian GT Day 1 Report:

      Day 1 of Round 4 at Eastern Creek saw some of the GT field take to the circuit for unofficial non-compulsory practice. The first session was red flagged after a handful of laps when David Stevens (Ferrari 430) made heavy contact with the wall at turn 9 putting him out of the weekend prematurely. Dave was thankfully OK however the rear of the car will require considerable rebuild prior to Round 5 at Phillip Island to get it back on track

    • Spa 24h: Menten and Schlunssen Joins Phoenix Carsport for Spa:

      The last time Jos Menten got behind the wheel of a Corvette C6.R was back in October 2006. The 27 years young driver from Haelen reached an agreement with Phoenix Carsport - winners of last year's Total 24 Hours of Spa. This German team, which is competing with two Corvette C6.Rs in the FIA GT championship, will be counting on the capable hands of Jos Menten, Uwe Alzen, Alexandros Margaritis and Robert Schlünssen with their power beast bearing race number 6.

    • Spa 24h: SRT Confirm Drivers:

      After four races in the FIA GT-championship the SRT drivers Christophe Bouchut and Xavier Maassen are presently in second place in the championship rankings. With the most mythical race of the season, namely the 24 Hours of Spa looming on the horizon and with double points to be earned, SRT has compiled its driver crew who will further confirm the team’s success over these last few months.

    • RUMOUR: LMS, FIA GT - What Could F1's Move to Donington Mean for Sportscars:

      With the recent announcement that the British F1 GP is moving to Donington, this would effect the sportscar world whose main races take place on the Silverstone circuit.

    • Russia to Host Round of FIA GT1 World Championship from 2010:

      On July 7th, Stephane Ratel and Patricia Kiefer visited the site of the future Eurasia Autodrome Domodedovo, which will be located near the Domodedovo Airport, 35 km South of Moscow, along with Eurasia Project Manager Pavel Volkov, Clive Bowen, Apex Circuit Design Managing Director, and Jolyon Price from Ridge & Partners.

    • Eastern Creek: The Fight is Back On!:

      The fight for the Australian GT Championship continues this weekend at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Circuit (July 12-13). As the most exotic category in Australian motor sport, the recently re launched and re branded Australian GT Championship has performed a review process that now sees cars competing for the GT Championship, together with the GT Challenge, and GT production classes.

    • Eastern Creek: Bargwanna to Battle Against the Big Guns:

      Sutherland Shire resident Scott Bargwanna will tackle Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway this weekend in Round Five of the Shannons Nationals, engaging in a sportscar David versus Goliath battle.

    • Oschersleben: Post Race Reports from FIA GT and FIA GT3:

      Oschersleben: Post Race Reports from FIA GT and FIA GT3
      SRT
      Rob Bell
      Phil Quaife

    • Eric De Doncker Retains the Lead in the GT4 European Cup !:

      Following on from a highly positive Monza, where Eric De Doncker won no less than two races of the GT4 European Cup at the wheel of the Ford Mustang FR500C Insulco Motorsport 98, he was back on track this weekend at the German Oschersleben circuit. The Belgian driver was fully determined to defend his leader’s position in this European competition, even though the technical character of the German track was not necessarily to the American car’s entire liking.

    • Oschersleben: Poles Converted to Wins and Podium Sweeps in GT1 and GT2:

      Austrian team Jetalliance claimed its first one-two at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, when 32,000 spectators over the weekend saw the team close out the front row of the grid on Saturday, then confirming the performance of their two Aston Martin DBR9 cars by crossing the line in first and second in Sunday’s two-hour race. Phoenix Racing’s Corvette finished third, ahead of the two Vitaphone Maserati MC 12s, allowing Bartels and Bertolini to pull out a two-point lead in the Drivers classification.

    • Oschersleben: Selected Team Recaps After the Race:

      Oschersleben: Selected Team Recaps After the Race
      CR Scuderia
      Scuderia Ecosse
      Charouz Racing Systems
      Thomas Biagi

    • Oschersleben: Corvette Breaks Ford Stranglehold in Second Race:

      The FIA GT3 European Championship has reached the halfway point - and finally a race has been won by something other than a Ford GT. The No.38 MM-Racing Corvette Z.06R GT3 of Martin Matzke and Jiri Skula claimed the victory, ahead of two La Torre Motorsport Dodge Viper Competition Coupe cars - second was the No.42 entry of Gabriele Sabatini and Giuseppe de Pasquale, with Dino Lunardi and reigning champion Gilles Vannelet third in the No.43 car.

    • Oschersleben: Gillet to Miss the Race:

      Oschersleben (D) Belgian Racing will not take part in the fourth race of the FIA GT championship. During the practice session a part of the suspension broke and damaged the engine.

    • Oschersleben: Wendlinger and Jet Alliance Take Pole, AF Corse in GT2:

      A close qualifying session for the fourth round of the FIA GT Championship saw Austrian team Jetalliance claim a fine one-two to occupy the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s two-hour race.

    • Oschersleben: Five out of Five - Can anyone Beat the Ford GT?:

      Before the FIA GT3 European Championship arrived at Oschersleben for the third event of the year, the GT Bureau decided to add 100kg of ballast to the Ford GT, making a massive 140kg. That wasn’t enough to stop Luca Pirri and Jürgen von Gartzen from taking their first win of the season in the No.19 Matech GT Racing Ford GT – the team has now won all five races this year.

    • Hackett Returns To Australian GT as the First Relaunched Race Approaches:

      Charismatic competitor Peter Hackett is a welcome ‘returnee’ to the re-launched 2008 Australian GT Championship.

      Not only will Hackett provide additional driver talent to the grid for Round 4 of the Championship at Eastern Creek (July 12-13) but he will do so in style at the wheel of the second Aston Martin DBRS9 to compete in Australia.

    • FIA GT Championship comes to Motors TV – LIVE:

      Motors TV (Sky Channel 413, Virgin Media 545) will screen round 4 of the FIA GT Championship LIVE from Oschersleben on Sunday having agreed a deal to take over the coverage for the rest of the season.

    • UPDATE: Tomy Drissi on the Mend, CRP, BimmerWorld and Tri-Point Ready for Mid-Ohio:

      TOPEKA, Kan. (July 3, 2008) – The first half of the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships has already produced its share of thrills and spills. Some of those spills have been serious enough to sideline a car or driver, but the second half of the season is looking bright for those teams whose took a serious hit, both on and off the track.

    • VIDEO: FIA GT - Highlights of the 2006 Spa 24 Horus:

      With the Spa 24 Hours approaching, Feedmesportscars will bring you some video of previous events.

    • SCCA Pro, WCVision Finalize World Challenge Licensing Agreement:

      TOPEKA, Kan. (July 2, 2008) – SCCA Pro Racing Ltd. and WC Vision LLC announced today an agreement in which WCVision has secured the long term marketing and licensing rights for the SPEED World Challenge® racing series.

    • Oschersleben: Three Winners from Three Races, Can it be Four?:

      Three rounds, three different winners. The 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship has got off to an excellent start, with Phoenix Racing becoming the third team to savour victory in GT1, after Jetalliance in Silverstone and SRT in Monza . With only two cars so far managing to finish on the podium twice, the points are extremely close.

    • Oschersleben: Reiter Lamborghini to Miss the Race Due to Kox's Injury:

      Peter Kox (NL) will not be able to drive at the FIA-GT event in Oschersleben this coming weekend. After his serious accident in the ADAC GT Masters race at the Norisring yesterday, he had a check-up at a hospital in the Netherlands.

    • Spa 24h: Eight Drivers for CR Scuderia:

      With one of the toughest races in the world fast approaching, the CR Scuderia team is delighted to announce its driver line-up for the 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa.

    • Remington to Sponsor SPEED GT Races at Mid-Ohio and Road America:

      Race two this weekend at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo di Valencia confirmed the competitive form of Scuderia Playteam SaraFree’s Ferrari F430 no. 8 driven by Max Busnelli \ Gabriele Lancieri. Both Busnelli and Lancieri have now scored 60 points this season and are only three points behind the leaders. Meanwhile, the other Ferrari F430 no. 7 finished in 10th place, collecting a few valuable points for the team’s second car.

  • June 2008, Volume 8, No. 6
    • June 2008
    • Statement on the Condition of Injured British GT Racer - Bradley Ellis:

      Bradley Ellis (car no. 52) suffered a serious accident at Thruxton circuit (Hampshire), Sunday 29 June, in the Team RPM Ginetta G4 during round 10 of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The incident happened on lap four at Woodham Hill, approaching the Club chicane, where a rear impact sent Bradley off the track and into a marshals’ post at high speed.

    • Thruxton: Serious Accident Mars Round 10:

      James Gornall and Jon Barnes extended their championship lead with victory in Round 10 of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship at Thruxton, leading home Jeremy Metcalfe and Luke Hines in a 30-minute shortened race. Nigel Moore and Joe Osborne took the honours in GT4, ahead of championship leaders Stewart Linn and Matt Nicol-Jones.

    • Thruxton: Hector and Simonsen Take Out Round 9:

      Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen took the first win of the year for the Christians in Motorsport team in an incident packed race at Thruxton in Round of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. Simonsen took the chequered flag over six seconds ahead of Aaron Scott in the ABG Motorsport Viper and a further 2.8 seconds in front of championship leader Jon Barnes in the Team Trimite Brookspeed Viper. Rob Austin and Hunter Abbott took the win in the GT4 class but a 10-second penalty for overtaking under yellows handed the win to Championship leaders Stewart Linn and Matt Nicol-Jones.

    • Thruxton: CR Scuderia - Flat Out:

      These are busy times for the CR Scuderia boys and girls. The GT team has just arrived back from Italy so it is a quick turnaround before this weekend’s British GT event at Thruxton. The CRS drivers are all still right in the championship battle so, coupled with the fact that Thruxton is an incredibly quick circuit, the team is set for a weekend of fast and furious racing.

    • Adria: Allan Simonsen Race Report:

      A few days after the highs and lows of the Le Mans 24 Hour, Allan Simonsen was winging his way to Italy for the third round of the FIA GT Championship. Once again he'd be aboard the Gigawave Motorsport Aston Martin DBR-9 GT1.

    • Spa 24h: Monfardini to Join Scuderia Ecosse:

      With the 3rd race of the FIA GT Championship at Adria out of the way and a fourth place finish in the bag, Scuderia Ecosse team are pleased to announce that Ferdinando Monfardini has accepted an invitation to come on board as the third driver for forthcoming 24 hours of Spa race at the beginning of August.

    • Adria: Selected Recaps After the Race pt2:

      Adria: Selected Recaps After the Race pt2
      SRT
      PK Carsport
      Thomas Biagi

    • Adria: Selected Recaps After the Race pt1:

      Adria: Selected Recaps After the Race pt1
      Joel Camathias
      Jos Menten
      CR Scuderia

    • Adria: Phoenix and AF Corse Take FIA GT Victory:

      A close and exciting race in both categories, under the setting sun, gave the spectators at the Adria International Raceway an excellent evening of entertainment in Italy today. Driving through the sunset into the darkness, the yellow Phoenix Racing Corvettes finished first and third, with Vitaphone taking second with the Maserati MC 12. In GT2, AF Corse strengthened its lead with a fine one-two, with BMS Scuderia Italia making it an all-Ferrari podium.

    • Adria: Phoenix and AF Corse Take Pole for the Night Race + Grid:

      The FIA GT Championship has returned to the Adria International Raceway, not far from Venice, for the third round of the season. The race will be held on Saturday evening, starting at 19:50, driving through the sunset into the night.

    • Lotus Throws Support Behind Australian GT, Commits New Cars:

      Following the new and exciting evolution of the GT Championship, series organisers range of Lotus vehicles to race within the new three-tier structure. This is to allow new and existing Lotus vehicles to enter and be highly competitive in a national category. With previous GT Championship catering solely for GT3 specification cars, the recent announcement of three-class structure is met with much enthusiasm within Lotus Cars Australia.

    • Andy Pilgrim’s Living the American Dream:

      WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 18, 2008) - Andy Pilgrim is a lucky guy. He’ll be the first to tell you that. From racing motorcycles in England, to becoming a Champion road racer in the United States and a GM factory driver, all while growing a successful business, the pieces have all settled into place. Many struggle to accomplish just one of those things, but the English-born Cadillac CTS-V driver makes it look effortless.

    • Adria: The FIA GT Returns to the Dark:

      For the third round of the 2008 season, the FIA GT Championship remains in Italy, but moves southwards, to a track which is diametrically opposed to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza Short, tight and twisting, the Adria International Raceway, built in 2002, is on the FIA GT calendar for the third time. The race will be held on Saturday evening, racing into the sunset and beyond.

    • Prospeed Win Appeal, Reinstated as Winners at Monza:

      The nr 61 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 RSR of Emmanuel Collard and Richard Westbrook has been reinstated in the Monza results, further to the successful appeal in front of the FIA International Court of Appeal.

    • Snetterton: Matech Takes Win as CR Scuderia Takes Another Podium:

      Bradley Ellis and Alex Mortimer secured the first win for the Ford GT in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship, taking the chequered flag in the sunshine at Snetterton just 2.8 seconds ahead of championship leaders Jon Barnes and James Gornall in the Team Trimite Brookspeed Viper, with James Sutton and Michael Meadows a distant third. Matt Nicol-Jones and Stewart Linn returned to the top step of the GT4 podium to record their 4th win of the year to extend their GT4 championship lead.

    • Watkins Glen: Pobst Wins Second-Straight SPEED GT:

      WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 8, 2008) – After a historic weekend in 2007 saw him win all three SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge races, Randy Pobst’s 2008 trip to Watkins Glen International may not have been as busy, competing in just one event, but was successful nonetheless, winning the SCCA SPEED GT Round Four race from the pole. Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , and Michael Galati, of Olmsted , Ohio , completed the top three.

    • Watkins Glen: Pobst Scores SPEED GT Pole at Watkins Glen:

      WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 8, 2008) – Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , will start Sunday’s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT race from pole at Watkins Glen International. Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , will start second for the Round Four race, part of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen weekend.

    • Five Questions for SRT's Patrick Selleslagh:


      Patrick, your first steps in motor sport go back some fifteen year, but SRT has only recently become a fully-fledged professional team. Why this switchover?

    • Spa 24h: Gillet Confirm Driver Lineup the Spa Classic:

      Gembloux - Belgian Racing has chosen Maxime Martin to complete the line-up next to Bas Leinders and Renaud Kuppens during the 24h of Spa-Francorchamps 2008.

    • Snetterton: The Going Gets Tough for CR Scuderia:

      The Avon Tyres British GT Championship is Norfolk-bound this weekend for the next two rounds of the 2008 season. The playing field has changed recently with the re-equalisation of the Vipers and Lamborghinis boosting their performance, and with the added challenge from the Ford GT it looks like the competition will be tougher than ever at Snetterton.

    • Snetteron: Team Modena Return to Scene of Gallardo Debut:

      Team Modena return to Snetterton in Norfolk for this weekend's (June 7th and 8th) rounds of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship - scene of their debut in the series last year and where the Gallardo announced itself on the British scene by setting a new lap record. Now up to full strength with a pair of Lamborghini Gallardos, the team will be aiming to use their year's experience to go one better than the second place they recorded at Rockingham in the previous meeting.

    • The Australian GT Championship to Relaunch to Ensuring Viability:

      CAMS & GT have finalised and reached agreement that ensures stability for the long term growth and development of GT racing in Australia and are now off and running for the rest of 08 and for the future!!

  • May 2008, Volume 8, No. 5
    • May 2008
    • Rockingham: Team RPM Strike Again with Debut Win for O'Neill and Clark:

      After winning both Rockingham races in 2007, Team RPM were once again victorious in 2008 as Steve Clark took the chequered flag behind the safety car to win his and Paul O'Neill's first Avon Tyres British GT race. The circumstances were a bit bizarre after the Viper inherited the lead after race leader Leo Machitski spun out at Gracelands while following the safety car in the Tech 9 Lamborghini. Rob Austin and Hunter Abbott won their second British GT4 class race well ahead of championship leaders Stewart Linn and Matt Nicol-Jones.

    • Rockingham: Viper Strikes Again at Rockingham as Gornall and Barnes take First Win:

      James Gornall and Jon Barnes became the latest winners in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship as the Team Trimite Brookspeed Viper Competition Coupe took the chequered flag ahead of the Team Modena Lamborghini of Adam Jones and Piers Johnson. James Sutton and Michael Meadows were a distant third in the CR Scuderia Ferrari. Stewart Linn and Matt Nicol-Jones won the GT4 class, just pipping the Ginetta of Rob Austin and Hunter Abbott at the finish line by just 0.697 seconds.

    • Rockingham: CR Scuderia Inherit the Win:

      James Sutton and Michael Meadows put their Knockhill nightmares behind them by taking a podium finish at Rockingham today. The British pair started the race from sixth place after the Lamborghinis and Vipers showed their new pace in qualifying after a recent performance break.

    • Rochingham: CR Scuderia Looking to Strengthen their Championship Position:

      After a long break the British GT Championship returns this weekend for three days of Bank Holiday racing at Rockingham. Michael Cullen and Paddy Shovlin are at the top of the leaderboard after some great performances in the first few races of the season, including their win at Oulton Park.

    • Monza: 2 Races, 2 Wins for the Ford GT:

      Following on from the spectacular start at Silverstone, with the two victories of the Ford GTs of Mutsch and Khan, the Matech Racing team headed on down to Monza, for the following round of the FIA GT3 European championship. Notwithstanding the temperamental weather conditions, both the free practice as also the qualifying sessions proved that the three Ford GTs entered by the Swiss team were on tune, the power beasts achieving impressive grouped results; 3rd, 4th and 5th places for the first leg, prior to Thomas Mutsch clinching another pole position allowing him to take on the morning heat in full confidence.

    • Monza: Team and Driver Recaps after the Race pt3:

      Monza: Team and Driver Recaps after the Race pt3
      PK Carsport
      Charouz
      Scuderia Ecosse
      CR Scuderia

    • Monza: Team and Driver Recaps after the Race pt2:

      Monza: Team and Driver Recaps after the Race pt2
      Gillet
      Allan Simonsen
      Davide Rigon
      Michelin

    • Monza: Team and Driver Recaps after the Race pt1:

      Jos Menten
      Thomas Biagi
      Joel Camathias
      Paolo Ruberti

    • Australian GT Championship & Aston Martin Asia Cup Form Alliance:

      The Australian GT Championship and the Aston Martin Asia Cup have formed a relationship which will see both groups assisting each other to build and gain in strength and stature.

    • Monza: SRT Takes a Deserved Win as GT2 Hit by Disqualification + Results:

      The second round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship saw victory go to Belgian team SRT, with their Corvette C6-R. Second in qualifying in the wet, triple FIA GT Champion Christophe Bouchut and his team-mate Xavier Maassen, from the Netherlands, took a fine win in Monza today.

    • Monza: Ford GT Claims Win in Odd Circumstances:

      Reigning British GT champions Alex Mortimer and Bradley Ellis have been reunited this year, to race the No.21 Matech GT Racing Ford GT in the FIA GT3 European Championship. They avoided the mayhem in the early laps of the first race at Monza, and managed to outpace their rivals, to take victory; they took the lead of the race with nine laps remaining and then eased off to the chequered flag.

    • Utah: Archer Scores Second-Straight SPEED GT Win at Miller:

      TOOELE, Utah (May 18, 2008) – Tommy Archer may have changed teams from 2007 to 2008, but the result at Miller Motorsports Park was the same—a win in SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix Presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach , Calif. , and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , completed the podium.

    • Monza: Muller and Collard Take Pole in the Wet + Times:

      A rather strange qualifying session saw Jetalliance’s Alex Müller set pole position as the chequered flag fell. Until shortly before the end of the session, it looked as if Emmanuel Collard would become the first GT2 driver to take overall pole since Antonio Garcia in 2001.

    • Monza: Marc Sourd Corvette and Matech Racing Ford GT Claim poles:

      The weather proved to be the most important factor in qualifying for the weekend’s two races in the FIA GT3 European Championship. Light rain was falling and the track was wet when the first 20-minute session got under way. The outcome was two sessions with numerous spins and incidents; in the second session the No.20 Matech GT Racing Ford GT claimed pole, but the first session was actually decided some time after chequered flags flew, when the stewards disallowed the best time of the No.44 Gravity Racing Ascari KZ1R GT3, promoting the No.28 Marc Sourd Racing Corvette Z.06R GT3 to pole position.

    • Utah: Archer Snares SPEED GT Pole in Final Minute At Miller:

      TOOELE, Utah (May 17, 2008) – Defending race winner Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., scored his seventh career SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT pole position today for Sunday’s Round Three race at Miller Motorsports Park, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Grand Prix of Utah Presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. Ritch Marziale, of Tempe , Ariz. , will start a career-best second.

    • VIDEO: Highlights of the Race 3 of Round 1 of the 2008 Oz GT Championship pt2:

      Last week we bought you the first half of race 3, round 1 of the 2008 Australian GT Championship, well here is the end of the race.

    • Monza: A Month Between Races as the FIA GT Returns for Monza:

      Nearly a month after the season got off to a thrilling, close-fought start in Silverstone, the teams and drivers of the 2008 FIA GT Championship will be heading back to Italy, and the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which hosted the official pre-season tests in March.

    • VIDEO: Highlights of the Race 3 of Round 1 of the 2008 Oz GT Championship pt1:

      The Australian GT Championship for 2008 kicked off as a support act for the A1GP and race 3 saw appalling weather conditions.

    • Monza: A Change in Drivers for CR Scuderia:

      Round two of the 2008 FIA GT Championship takes place next week at Monza, the place where Italians go to worship motorsport. The 'Pista Magica', as Monza is known locally, is the fastest track on the FIA GT calendar, and it is one that every Ferrari team relishes. To win at Monza in a Ferrari is a special feeling for a racing driver so the CR Scuderia boys will be going all out to hit the top spot next weekend.

    • Swiss Matech Racing Joins ADAC GT Masters 2008:

      No longer merely satisfied with their successful progress in this season’s European FIA GT3 championship, the Swiss Matech Racing team will also be competing in the ADAC GT Masters 2008, the German national competition based on the FIA GT3 regulations. The kick-off for this championship will take place on 10th and 11th May at the Oschersleben circuit

    • New Title Sponsor and Manager for RBImmo Saleen:

      Austrian team RBImmo / B Racing has announced a new title sponsor, iPOS, and a new manager - Rob Schirle, a well-known figure in the FIA GT paddock, and a race winner with Russian Age Racing in 2005.

    • RSV Gets the First Victory of the Year:

      The current Spanish GT champions have started the defence of the title in the best way – a pole position and a victory in the circuit of Jarama, where the first meeting of the Spanish GT Championship 2008 has been held. Despite the accident which forced them to leave the first race, Domingo Romero and Peter Sundberg have worked without a rest with a good final result.

    • Calling All Drivers...:

      The Swiss Matech Racing team took off on a high note at the first round of the FIA-GT3 European Championship in Silverstone, with the Ford GT scoring a double victory. The team managed by Martin Bartek is entering, with the full support of Ford Racing, three Mustang FR500GT3s in the FIA-GT3 European Championship, the first one being driven by the Belgian Eric De Doncker and the Canadian Scott Maxwell.

  • April 2008, Volume 8, No. 4
    • April 2008
    • UPDATE: Australian GT Championship and Porsche Drivers Challenge:

      Following the round cancellation of the previous round of the Australian GT Championship, details emerged of actions that could put the long term viability of the series in doubt. Talks commenced last week to secure the future of the series.

    • Silverstone: Impressive Show from Apex in Difficult Circumstances in FIA GT3:

      In the opening round of the 2008 FIA European GT3 debut at Silverstone last weekend, the Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR GT3 had an extremely impressive and competitive showing, and counted a top five finish amongst its final tally.

    • Larbre Withdraw from the 2008 Le Mans Series, Concentrates on FIA GT, FFSA:

      Larbre Competition has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from the 2008 Le Mans Series due to an increasing workload in other championships.

    • Escuderia AC Argentina make historic FIA GT debut:

      Scuderia AC Argentina made an historic FIA GT Championship debut at Silverstone at the weekend, with drivers Gaston Mazzacane and Esteban Tuero finishing a respectable 13th in class on their series debut.

    • Alpina is Back!!!:

      ALPINA can look back on a long and successful history in international motorsport. Well-known F1 and Touring Car drivers such as Niki Lauda, Jacky Ickx, Hans Stuck and Dieter Quester gripped an ALPINA steering wheel on their way to winning three European Touring Car Championships. ALPINA pilots also won the Nürburgring 24 Hours numerous times, as well as the 24 Hours of Spa in 1970.

    • Silverstone: FIA GT Race Recaps pt2:

      Silverstone: FIA GT Race Recaps pt2
      Aston Martin
      PK Carsport
      SRT
      Gillet

    • Silverstone: FIA GT Race Recaps pt1:

      Silverstone: FIA GT Race Recaps pt1
      Scuderia Ecosse
      CR Scuderia
      Trackspeed
      Michelin

    • Australian Sportscar Racing - Spiraling Out of Control:

      GT Racing in Australia is at crisis point. Over the last week the Australian GT Championship has gone into a tail spin which threatens its existence and the integrity of GT racing in Australia.

      The Australian GT Championship are confident of their continual existence and claim to have “some very exciting prospects for 2009”.

      But the rest of the tale does not look so rosy.

    • Silverstone: FIA GT3 Recaps after the Race:

      Silverstone: FIA GT3 Recaps after the Race
      Matech
      Hexis
      Bradley Ellis
      Tom Cloet

    • Silverstone: Jet Alliance Sees Through the Fog to Take the Win + Results!:

      The 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship got off to the best possible way, with a truly thrilling Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy in Silverstone. Despite the extremely poor weather, with heavy fog and rain, which improved later, 25,000 spectators turned up to watch the exciting programme, which included the FIA GT3 European Championship, the GT4 European Cup and the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli.

    • Silverstone: Double Victory for Matech + Results:

      Thomas Mutsch and Ian Khan made the perfect start to the season by winning both races at Silverstone in the No.20 Matech GT Racing Ford GT. Even a minor delay during the mandatory pit-stop of the second race couldn’t prevent the pair from taking maximum points. James Ruffier and Arnaud Peyroles, in the No.1 Martini Callaway Racing Corvette Z.06 GT3 took second, while a remarkable charge through the field carried the No.36 Prospeed Competition Porsche 97 GT3 Cup S of David Loix and Mikael Forsten from nineteenth on the grid to third.

    • Long Beach: Davis Takes First SPEED GT Win on Home Turf:

      Long Beach, Calif. (April 20, 2008) – In front of ecstatic friends and family, Huntington Beach driver Brandon Davis took his first SCCA SPEED GT win at his home race, the SCCA Pro Racing Long Beach SPEED GT Presented by Applied Computer Solutions. Point leader Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , finished second and third, respectively.

    • Silverstone: Weather Plays Havoc but Doesn't Fool Phoenix + Grid:

      The weather played its part in setting the starting grid for the first round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship, the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy, which will take place at Silverstone on Sunday April 20th, at 12:15 British Summer Time.

    • Silverstone: Prospeed Porsche and Matech GT Racing Ford GT Claim Pole Positions:

      The two 20-minute qualifying sessions at Silverstone produced very mixed grids – six different makes in the top six positions in both sessions. Making the most of the cold, windy but dry conditions Mikael Forsten claimed the pole for Race 1 in the No.36 Prospeed Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S, while Thomas Mutsch took pole in the second session in the No.20 Matech GT Racing Ford GT.

    • Long Beach: Drissi On IR After Long Beach Practice Crash:

      LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 19, 2008) – Tomy Drissi, of Hollywood, Calif., will be out the remainder of the SCCA Pro Racing Long Beach SPEED GT Presented by Applied Computer Solutions weekend, and possibly longer, after sustaining a fractured lower vertebrae in a practice crash on Friday.

    • RUMOUR: Oz GT – Is This the End of the Road???:

      It seems things are not so rosy at the Australian GT HQ at the current time.

    • Woodhouse Performance Announces Drivers for Speed GT Campaign:

      LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 18, 2008) - Woodhouse Performance is proud to announce the line-up of Trans-Am and SPEED World Challenge veterans Tommy Archer and Claudio Burtin to drive together for the balance of the 2008 SPEED World Challenge season. Driving the No. 13 Foametix/Dodge Viper Competition Coupe, the duo will join forces with teammate Jeff Courtney in the No. 99 KENDA/MPI-Coin Viper to create a two-car team assault for the SCCA SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship Presented by RACER.

    • Former SCCA Pro Racing President Greenwood Passes:

      LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 18, 2008) – SCCA Pro Racing was saddened to hear of the passing this morning of former company president Dan Greenwood.

    • VIDEO: Take a Lap with Allan Simonsen:

      Round 2, Australian GT Championship. Defending Champion, Allan Simonsen proves the tightness of this street track and why he is the defending Champ.

    • VIDEO: When You Have Racing Like This...:

      This is great racing action courtesy of the British GT.

    • FIA GT Completes Best TV Lineup:

      With the announcement that British channel ITV4 will be showing the 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship, the FIA GT Championship is delighted to announce its best-ever TV line-up. Starting with the British round of the FIA GT Championship, the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy, which takes place at leading British circuit Silverstone on April 19th – 20th, all the rounds of the 2008 season will be shown on ITV4 in either live or same-day delayed coverage,

    • Applied Computer Solutions to Sponsor SPEED GT at Long Beach:

      TOPEKA, Kan. (April 14, 2008) – SCCA Pro Racing is pleased to announce that Applied Computer Solutions of Huntington Beach, Calif., as the presenting event sponsor for Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

    • Long Beach: Speed GT Race Preview:

      Now in its 19th consecutive year, SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge has built its legacy around providing fans the most competitive road racing in the world, and the series has earned well-deserved praise the past few years from publications such as Car & Driver and RACER Magazine for doing just that. But what really sets SPEED World Challenge GT and Touring Car apart from all other series is the “everyday” element it brings each event. World-class drivers piloting production-based cars that come from more than 15 auto manufacturers – it’s a formula that has and will continue to serve the interests of manufacturers, drivers and, most importantly, automotive enthusiasts and race fans.

    • RBImmo Announce Piccini for 2008:

      Austrian team RBImmo, which made its FIA GT debut in Brno last year, has announced that it has signed Italian driver Andrea Piccini for 2008, with an option on 2009. The multiple race-winner in the FIA GT Championship, who had a five-year partnership with Jean-Denis Deletraz, will make his debut for the team in Monza.

    • Silverstone: The Wait is Over for the FIA GT!:

      And finally, the long winter months are over, and the 2008 season can finally get underway ! Over the weekend of the 19th and 20th April, the first round of the twelfth season of the FIA GT Championship will unfold, and the names of the tenth Silverstone winner will eventually be known.

    • Knockhill: CR Scuderia Leaves Scotland with Championship Lead:

      The CR Scuderia team leaves Knockhill tonight with a healthy lead in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship, and with Michael Cullen and Paddy Shovlin riding high in the driver’s championship. The team had a tough race today so yesterday’s win remains the highlight of CR Scuderia’s GT weekend.

    • Knockhill: Scottish Frustration for Team Modena:

      Team Modena Team Modena's first visit to the tight and twisty Knockhill circuit in Scotland was an ultimately frustrating one, the team scoring points in a confused race one before being knocked out of race two. Newcomers Guy Harrington and Ben de Zille Butler gained valuable track time to settle in with the team and the Lamborghini Gallardo, but the long trip north proved a disappointment with the car ending the weekend damaged and in a gravel bed.

    • Rumour, Gossip and Opinion - The Australian Sportscar Way:

      Although the Australian GT Championship has had a break from the on track action over the past couple of weeks, that doesn't mean things have stopped for the series.

    • Knockhill: Ascari Takes First GT3 Win in British GT + Results:

      Godfrey and David Jones won their first British GT race for three years, taking the chequered flag in the Team Eurotech Preci Spark Ascari KZ1R in a dramatic second Avon Tyres British GT race at Knockhill, the first GT3 win for an Ascari in British GT. The brothers from Leicestershire finished ahead of the Christians in Motorsport Ferrari of Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen and the 22gtracing Aston Martin DBRS9 of Adrian Willmot and Michael Bentwood. Matt Nicoll-Jones and Stewart Linn won the GT4 class, extending their championship lead ahead of the next races at Rockingham.

    • Knockhill: CR Scuderia Continue Amazing Early Run + Results:

      Jeremy Metcalfe and Luke Hines (#16 CR Scuderia) won the first British GT race held at Knockhill since 2005, finishing Round 3 of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship ahead of the Dodge Vipers of James Gornall and Jon Barnes (#40 Team Trimite Brookspeed) and Aaron Scott and Craig Wilkins (#20 ABG Motorsport), a race that had four safety car periods.

    • Mopar and Cindi Lux Announce 2008 World Challenge Program:

      LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 11, 2008) - Cindi Lux and Mopar announced today the addition of the veteran female road racer to Team Mopar for the 2008 race season.

    • Knockhill: Another Win for CR Scuderia!:

      Jeremy Metcalfe and Luke Hines took a fantastic victory at Knockhill today in round three of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. Metcalfe set up the race win with pole position in the first of today’s qualifying sessions; he then kept the lead at the start, drove a mature race and handed over to Luke Hines who finished the job off beautifully, taking the pair’s first win of the year.

    • Joel Camathias Joins BMS, while Teammate Previews his Chances:

      Swiss GT driver Joel Camathias (27), the 2006 Le Mans Series GT2 Class and the 2007 International GT Open GT2 Class Co-Champion, will share the wheels of the new BMS Scuderia Italia # 78 Ferrari F 430 GT with the young Italian 2007 Euroseries 3000 Champion, Davide Rigon (21), in the prestigious FIA GT Championship.

    • Silverstone: Xavier Maassen to Launch his GT Career:

      Dutch driver Xavier Maassen successfully launched his FIA GT career in Maastricht on April 4th, with a well-attended press conference followed by a party for sponsors and friends. The young driver will be making his debut in GT racing this season in the SRT Corvette C6R, alongside triple FIA GT Champion Christophe Bouchut.

    • Silverstone: Trackspeed Prepares for First Weekend of GT and GT3!:

      Richard Williams and David Ashburn are facing a busy weekend at Silverstone, when they start their double season in both the FIA GT3 European Championship and the FIA GT Championship – both with Trackspeed and both with Porsches.

    • Siverstone: Bartels Looking Forward to the Season Opener:

      “We have a lot of titles to defend this year, and we are coming to the Championship once again to give our maximum to reach our goals,” Michael Bartels commented. “It is never easy to continue winning after so much success. Vitaphone is the team that will be chased by everybody.

    • Siverstone: Gigawave Ready to Battle on Home Ground:

      Gigawave Motorsport will be the only British GT1 team taking part in the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy, with a British-built car, the Aston Martin DBR9.

    • Siverstone: Every Second Counts as Rob Bell Takes us for a Lap of the Track:

      The FIA GT Championship season gets underway next week at Silverstone with the RAC Tourist Trophy race meeting. CR Scuderia’s no.56 Ferrari is being raced by two of the fastest GT2 drivers in the world: Andrew Kirkaldy, who took pole position at this event last year, and Rob Bell, the pole man from the Le Mans Series race at Silverstone in 2007.

    • All-Argentine Effort Boosts GT1 Grid in 2008:

      With the FIA GT Championship due to make its first-ever trip to South America this year, when the season finale will be held at the Potrero de los Funes circuit in San Luis, Argentina, it has been announced that an all-Argentine team will compete in the GT1 category.

    • Horton Motorsports/Landsystems Racing Returns to Speed GT:

      MURRIETA, Calif. (April 7, 2008) - Horton Motorsports has announced that they will support driver Stu Frederick, in the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship.

    • Matech Test Recap from Nogaro:

      With just two weeks before the first round of the FIA GT3 European Championship taking place at Silverstone on 19th and 20th April, all cars relating to that category headed on down to the French Nogaro circuit at the beginning of this week to take part in two full days of collective testing. Christophe Bouchut, SRO’s reference driver for this category was charged with taking each car out on to the track, to establish what has now become the beginning of season traditional balance of performance evaluation. And when the verdict fell, the Ford GT built and developed by Matech Racing set the best overall time in its class, not without slotting itself handsomely amongst the overall hierarchy....

    • Knockhill: CR Scuderia Looks Forward To Scottish Challenge:

      After a storming start to the season with a victory at Oulton Park, the CR Scuderia team heads to Knockhill this week for rounds three and four of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

    • New Drivers Mean Second British GT Gallardo for Team Modena:

      Team Modena have been joined for the remainder of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship season by front-running drivers Ben de Zille Butler and Guy Harrington. The rapid pairing have British GT experience and will see the team expand to a two-car operation running a pair of GT3-specification Lamborghini Gallardos in the competitive series. The duo will make their race debut at next weekend's Knockhill, Scotland, rounds of the series.

    • Knockhill: Scideria Ecosse at Home and Proud!:

      With news of the tragic loss of David Leslie and his Apex Motorsport team members still sinking in, it was a more subdued Scuderia Ecosse team spent who spent a busy day tyre testing at Knockhill racing circuit in Fife. With Monza still fresh in the team’s mind the Scuderia Ecosse GT squad was able to build on the success of their recent Italian test and further improved the balance and lap times over long runs in the spring sunshine.

    • Knockhill: CR Scuderia Looking to Continue Early Form:

      The British GT Championship moves to Knockhill next week so, straight after the Oulton Park season-opener, CR Scuderia headed off to the Scottish track to test in preparation for this race meeting.

    • Statement from Harry Handkammer on Behalf of Apex Motorsport:

      The loss of Richard Lloyd, David Leslie and Chris Allarton in an air crash on Sunday, 30th March has reverberated throughout British motorsport, and those shock waves have obviously been felt most deeply by not only their families, but also by all of us within Apex Motorsport.

  • March 2008, Volume 8, No. 3
    • March 2008
    • David Leslie and Richard Lloyd Perish in Plane Crash:

      The motorsport world was rocked today as two of its sons were taken in a plane crash over Kent.

      The Cessna Citation 1 jet experienced engine troubles shortly after takeoff and despite the best efforts of the pilots, the plane came down in a residential suburb. Fortunately, no one was injured on the ground.

    • Erik de Donker is Back to Defend his Title:

      Today Thursday 26th March Erik De Donker has kicked off his 2008 sport season on the track of Zolder. Akin to last year, the Insulco Motorsport 2008 driver opted for the wheel of his Ford Mustang FR500 GT4, with which he will be defending his European Cup title. This international competition, organised and promoted by the SRO group, is without a doubt flourishing.

    • Pole, Fastest Lap and Podium for Simonsen at Oulton Park:

      Fresh from his American Le Mans Series debut, where he finished a creditable fourth in the busy GT2 class, Danish/Aussie sportscar ace Allan Simonsen, has his hands full again on the otherside of the world.

    • Silverstone Supercar Showdown to Showcase FIA GT Championship:

      The opening round of the FIA GT Championship heads to Silverstone on 19-20 April, when the world’s premier sports car series will make its only UK appearance of 2008. This year marks the FIA GT series’ tenth ever visit to the circuit, while the Silverstone Supercar Showdown will also mark the first major event of Silverstone’s Diamond Anniversary year.

    • Oulton Park - CR Scuderia Wins First Race!:

      Paddy Shovlin and Michael Cullen stormed to victory at Oulton Park today, taking the first win of the 2008 British GT season and the first victory for the CR Scuderia team. The Irish pair drove a faultless race and took a thoroughly deserved victory in a race that was shortened due to some on-track dramas.

    • SPEED World Challenge Will Return to Detroit and Road America in 2008:

      TOPEKA, Kan. (March 20, 2008) – SCCA Pro Racing has announced the addition of the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix and Road America to the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge schedule.

    • Good Friday, Good Racing: SPEED World Challenge Season Openers Set:

      It will be a Good Friday indeed when the opening rounds of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships air on SPEED, Friday, March 21.

    • BimmerWorld Survives Rollercoaster Opener at Sebring:

      BimmerWorld BMW E90 team mates James Clay, Seth Thomas, and Nick Esayian will look back at the 2008 Sebring opener with mixed feelings. “The good news is we have definitely had worse Sebring races! The bad news is this one certainly didn’t live up to the expectations we had or the pace we set early in the week,” said team owner/driver Clay.

    • Preview of the FIA GT Season + Official Entry List:

      So how can you follow up on a season like 2007 ? Last year, four different makes, five teams and six cars took overall wins, and nine drivers were still in contention for the title coming in to the final round inZolder. And, for the first time since the very first season in 1997, both categories remained open until the end, with six drivers, and both Ferrari and Porsche cars, fighting for the GT2 title.

    • Curran Laments Tough Sebring Result, Aims For Strong Long Beach:

      Eric Curran started the 2007 Sebring World Challenge opener from the front row and went on to build a commanding lead in wet/dry conditions on his way to the first of four wins during the season. 2008 would see none of the dry conditions, with a massive downpour falling at the start of the race and deep puddles forcing even the best drivers to aquaplane and crash.

    • Monza: 58 Cars Participated in Official Pre-Season Tests:

      The sun shone on Monza for the official test days of the 2008 season of the FIA GT and GT3 European Championships, when a grand total of 58 cars, including some representatives of the GT4 European Cup, assembled at the powerful Italian track.

    • CR Scuderia Oulton Park Race Preview:

      Spring is here so it’s time to go racing and what better place for the CR Scuderia story to begin than at one of the UK’s most popular race tracks. Oulton Park is a good old-fashioned racing circuit, with some fast curves and tight twists and turns; it is a real favourite of many of today’s racing drivers.

    • Monza Test Suggests Sparkling Season Awaits Scuderia Ecosse:

      The Autodromo di Monza burst into life, as the 2008 FIA GT Championship officially launched, with a thrilling two-day test session.

    • SCCA World Challenge: Kuno Wittmer, 2nd In Season Opener In Sebring:

      Kuno Wittmer started his World Challenge season on a high note with second place in the 2008 maiden race in Sebring while the Realtime Acuras wrapped all three podium spots. The 24-year old driver who hails out of Montreal, Quebec set the pace in both practice session when he topped the charts. But Brazilian teammate Pierre Kleinubing was fastest in qualifying with Wittmer second and team leader Peter Cunningham in third.

    • AGP: Bowe Takes Second Win of the Weekend in Race 4 + Results:

      John Bowe in the Coopers sponsored Ferrari 430 GT3 took a commanding victory in the fourth and final race of Round three of the 2008 Australian GT Championship at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this morning (Sunday March 16).

    • AGP: Eddy Takes Maiden Win in Race 3 + Results!:

      Mark Eddy steered his Quarterback Shirts Lamborghini Gallardo to his first Australian GT Championship victory in race 3 of Round three at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this afternoon (Saturday March 15).

    • SRT Corvette Fastest in Two-Day Monza Test - Six Cars in Half a Second !:

      The hugely successful two-day test in Monza, which saw a grand total of 58 cars take to the track in the spring sunshine, concluded today.

    • SRT Leads FIA GT Grid After First Day of Testing:

      Although the first race will not take place until April 20th, at Silverstone, the 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship got underway today, with the first of two days of testing at Monza, where the official launch was held today.

    • Martini Callway Fastest on Day Two - Top Ten Cars Within One Second !:

      The first two-day official test of the season for the cars taking part in the 2008 FIA GT3 European Championship concluded in Monza today, with the nr 1 Martini Callaway Corvette Z06 setting the best time of the day, with a lap of 1:53.067 from Sascha Bert. This was just one thousandth of a second slower than the overall best time, set by Richard Westbrook in the Prospeed Competition Porsche GT3 on Thursday.

    • Prospeed Competition Leads First Day of Testing in Monza:

      The 2008 season got underway today, with the first official test session in sunny Monza. Bright spring weather greeted the teams and drivers, who set off for three sessions.

    • Positive Test for CR Scuderia:

      CR Scuderia has just completed a two-day test at the high-speed Monza circuit in Italy. The first day of the test was the traditional FIA GT Media Day but once the photoshoots and interviews were done the team got down to business, preparing for the new season.

    • Intense Testing for Edil Cris:

      Intensive week for Racing Team Edil Cris. The Team took part on Monday and Tuesday to collective test of the International GT Open with two F430 GTC Ferraris, one in 2007 configuration and the other in 2008, but both equipped with the air restrictors used in the Italian Championship, which are more limited than those employed in the Spanish series.

    • Scuderia Ecosse Positive for 2008:

      Continuing their pre 2008 season plans, the team recently enjoyed a second highly successful two day Pirelli tyre test session, this time at Monteblanco racing circuit which offered them the opportunity to run their GT2 Ferrari 430 on various Pirelli compounds.

    • AGP: Lestor Takes Race 2 + Results:

      Hector Lestor (Ferrari 430 GT3) has won his first Australian GT Championship event in race 2 of Round three of the 2008 title chase at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this afternoon.

    • Sebring: Pobst Goes First To Last to First To Win Wet Sebring SPEED GT:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 14, 2008) – Former Floridian Randy Pobst’s local weather pattern knowledge helped make the pivotal decision to pit early for rain tires, as he came back through the field to win the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship season opener, part of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida at Sebring International Raceway. Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton , Fla. , and Michael Galati, of Olmsted , Ohio , completed the top three.

    • Sebring: Kleinubing Goes Flag-To-Flag to Take Sebring SPEED Touring Car Win:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 14, 2008) – Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., led the entire way to capture his 27th-career SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car win, his third at Sebring International Raceway, to start the 2008 season at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida weekend. Teammates Kuno Wittmer, of Montreal , Quebec , and Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee , Wis. , completed the podium.

    • Sebring: Davis Practice Time Earns Pole After SPEED GT Qualifying is Red-Flagged:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 13, 2008) – After an incident during qualifying for Round One of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship caused the session to end under a red flag without any cars entering a fast lap, Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., was awarded the pole for Friday’s race based on Wednesday’s practice times. Defending SCCA SPEED GT Champion Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , will start second.

    • Sebring: Kleinubing Takes Sebring SPEED Touring Car Pole:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 13, 2008) – Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek , Fla. , captured his record 32nd-career pole and will lead the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car field at the standing start Friday during the 56th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida weekend at Sebring International Raceway. Teammate Kuno Wittmer, of Montreal , Quebec , will start second.

    • AGP: Bowe Takes Race 1 In Return to Series + Results:

      John Bowe in the Coopers sponsored Ferrari 430 GT took the honours in the 8 lap race 1 of Round 3 of the Australian GT Championship at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this afternoon.

    • Move Over Dad – Brandon Davis Tops Father’s Time to Lead SPEED GT Practice at Sebring:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 12, 2008) – After his father Mike led the morning practice session, Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., topped the evening SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship practice and was quickest on the day in preparation for this weekend’s season opening Round, part of the 56th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida. Defending Series Champion Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , and Michael McCann, of Canton , Ohio , completed the top three on the day.

    • Wittmer Stays On Top in SPEED Touring Car Sebring Practice:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 12, 2008) – Canadian Kuno Wittmer’s morning practice time at Sebring held throughout the afternoon session as the fastest practice time of the day for Round One of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the 56th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Seth Thomas, of Cumming , Ga. , and Peter Cunningham, of Grafton, Wis. , completed the top three.

    • Mike Davis Mustang Leads the Way in SPEED GT Practice at Sebring:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 12, 2008) – Mike Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., surprised the paddock by topping morning practice for the opening round of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship, part of the 56th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida. Defending Champion Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , was second-fastest, followed by Mike Davis’ son, Brandon Davis, of Denver , Colo.

    • Wittmer Quickest in SPEED Touring Car Morning Practice at Sebring:

      SEBRING, Fla. (March 12, 2008) – Kuno Wittmer, of Montreal, Quebec, topped the time sheets in morning practice for Round One of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the 56th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida. Seth Thomas, of Cumming , Ga. , was second quick, followed by RealTime Racing owner Peter Cunningham, of Grafton , Wis.

    • Global Motorsports Group Enters 2008 World Challenge Season:

      SANTA ANA, Calif. (March 12, 2007) - James Sofronas, President of Global Motorsports Group, has announced that he will once again be piloting the familiar blue, No. 14 GMG Porsche 997 GT3 in the 2008 SPEED GT Championship with the addition of two teammates to help Porsche capture the Manufacturers’ crown.

    • Newer, Faster Lotus Exige GT3 Ready For F1:

      It's back and it looks better than ever. The Lotus Exige GT3 of Angelo Lazaris has been updated in readiness for an attack on the 2008 GT Championship this weekend at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

    • AGP: Hector Lester Shows the Local the Way Round!:

      Irish international driver Hector Lestor showed he is clearly enjoying his Australian ‘sojourn’ that began at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide by putting his Ferrari 430 GT3 on pole after the qualifying session at Round 3 of the Australian GT Championship at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this afternoon.

    • Davis Father-Son Duo Team Up in SPEED GT at Sebring:

      NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (March 11, 2008) - For generations, racing has been a family endeavor for many, following the bloodlines to the finish lines. Rarely, though, have fathers and sons raced side-by-side, battling in the same series or operating as teammates. That rare combination, however, has come to the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT Championship as Mike and Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., are entered in this week’s season opener, part of the 56th annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.

    • RealTime Acuras Ready for 2008 SPEED Touring Car Championship:

      SAUKVILLE, Wis. (March 11, 2008) - The RealTime Acura team is putting the finishing touches on its SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Cars this week in preparation for the SPEED Touring Car season opener at Sebring and the entire 2008 Championship. As they did last year, the 10-time series Champions will campaign five production-based Acuras: four TSX sedan models and one RSX sports coupe.

    • AGP: John Bowe Rejoins Australian GT Championship:

      John Bowe has been named to drive the all conquering Coopers sponsored Mark Coffey Ferrari 430 GT3 at Round 3 of the Australian GT Championship at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be conducted at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit (March 13-16).

    • AF Corse Announces 2008 Driver Lineup:

      A few days before the FIA GT championship collective tests,in Monza on March 13th and 14th, AF Corse has announced its crews for the 2008 season.
      The nr 50 Ferrari F430 GT2 will be driven by reigning GT2 Champion Toni Vilander and 2007 vice-champion Gianmaria Bruni. Its sister car, the nr 51 Ferrari, will be driven by a pair of drivers from GT1.

    • Gigawave Testing at the Paul Ricard HTTT:

      Gigawave Motorsport was one of the team's taking part in Aston Martin's now traditional pre-season test session.

    • AGP: World Class Lineup for Australian GT:

      The Australian GT Championship grid at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be conducted at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit (March 13-16) is both quality and quantity personified.

    • Luca Pirri and Jürgen von Gartzen at the Wheel of a Matech Ford GT !:

      Notwithstanding the fact that the European FIA GT3 championship only kicks off in Silverstone at the end of April, people and cars are already being readied for this first round. It is in Matech’s new infrastructures, close to the Nürburgring, that the Ford GT’s are being prepared, and the Swiss team has just officially announced its first driver-pairing. The Italian Luca Pirri and the German Jürgen von Gartzen will share one of the cars and bear the Matech GT Racing banner throughout the entire season.

    • Muhlner Motorsport Announces GT3 plans:

      Successful Belgian team Mühlner Motorsport - a class-winner in the Total 24 Hours of Spa - has announced that it intends to enter two Porsche cars in the 2008 season of the FIA GT3 European Championship.

    • Pierre-Brice Mena to race in FIA GT3 in 2008:

      Talented young French driver Pierre-Brice Mena will be heading for the FIA GT3 European Championship in 2008, where he will drive a Hexis Racing Aston Martin DBR9. His team-mate will be another young Frenchman, Thomas Accary, who will also be making his GT debut. This team of 'rookies' are likely to be among the youngest on the grid, as their combined ages just reach 40 ! It will be a steep learning curve for Pierre-Brice, with five out of the six tracks new to him, but he is looking forward to the challenge !

    • Team Modena Ready for British GT Challenge:

      Team Modena head into their first full season of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship with confidence high after the pace and performance their Lamborghini Gallardo displayed in its initial outings last year. Setting three lap records in what was very much a learning half-season, the rapid Italian supercar was right on the race pace in the final rounds, and should be one of the cars to beat when the series kicks off at Oulton Park on Easter weekend.

    • Tony Ave Racing Enters SPEED GT with Joey Scarallo:

      MAIDEN, N.C. (March 7, 2008) - Defending SCCA GT-1 National Champion Tony Ave Racing, of Maiden, N.C., has teamed up with its former Trans-Am driver Joey Scarallo, of Hauppauge, N.Y., to compete in the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship.

    • Tiger Racing’s Paul Brown Returns to World Challenge:

      COVINA, Calif. (March 7, 2008) - With Sebring less than a week away, Tiger Racing’s Paul Brown has been brought in to pilot the No. 96 K&N Engineering Porsche 911 GT3 for the season opener.

    • Aston Martin Racing Completes Successful Pre-Season Test:

      Aston Martin Racing has hosted a pre-season test for both the factory team and private outfits at the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France, following in the footsteps of the first such event that took place last year.

    • CR Scuderia Announces Reshuffled Driver Lineup:

      6 March 2008: CR Scuderia today announced the addition of two young single-seater racers to the squad. Michael Meadows will join James Sutton in Ferrari no.14 and Jeremy Metcalfe will partner Luke Hines in Ferrari no.16.

    • SRO Motorsports Group Delighted with 2008 Grids:

      With full-season entries now having closed for the 2008 season of its international series, SRO Motorsports Group, promoter of the FIA GT Championship, the FIA GT3 European Championship and the GT4 European Cup, is delighted with this year’s entry.

    • Whelen Engineering Prepares for SPEED GT Championship Bid in 2008:

      OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (March 3, 2008) - After winning 40 percent of the SPEED GT races in 2007, Eric Curran and Sonny Whelen are preparing for even greater success in 2008. Whelen Engineering has announced their return to the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship with the Drivers’ Championship as their sole focus.

    • Bertolini Returns to Vitaphone Racing Team:

      Andrea Bertolini, the 2006 FIA GT1 Champion, is returning to Vitaphone after spending the past year with Scuderia Playteam Sarafree. “Yes, I am coming back to Vitaphone with my second brother, Michael Bartels !” the Italian driver said. “I know the team well, it’s very strong, and everyone is really motivated for the new season. We’ve just had three days of testing in Estoril, and everything is perfect. We worked very hard on the car, but in the end, we have not really changed anything, because the Maserati MC 12 is strong enough.”

    • ProSpeed Competition Expands FIA GT Programme:

      ProSpeed Competition today announced it will expand its involvement in the 2008 FIA GT Championship from one car to two. The entry for Finnish drivers, Markus Palttala and Mikaël Forsten, will be joined by a second Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for works drivers, Emmanuel Collard and Richard Westbrook. Parallel to the two GT2-class cars, ProSpeed Competition will also field two Porsches 911 GT3 Cup S in the European FIA GT3 Championship. The lead car in this championship will be driven by ProSpeed Competition team boss, Rudi Penders, and long time co-driver, Franz Lamot, while the drivers for the second car are still to be decided.

  • February 2008, Volume 8, No. 2
    • February 2008
    • Adelaide: Simonsen Dominates in a Weekend Lockout:

      That became clearly evident to everyone at the opening round of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship, on the streets of Adelaide last weekend, with the Dane mirroring his perfect A1GP performance in the second round of the Australian GT Championship – fastest in all practice session, pole, three wins from three starts and a new lap record. It was straight out Groundhog Day, Aussie/Danish style.

    • Boucheut and Maassen Join SRT:

      As announced last week, the Selleslagh Racing Team will be entering a Corvette C6R in the 2008 season of the FIA GT Championship. The drivers have now been announced : triple FIA GT Champion Christophe Bouchut will share the car with Dutch driver Xavier Maassen, fresh out of single-seaters.

    • Stephan Vojtech Returns to Circuit Racing in the FIA GT:

      Rally driver Stephan Vojtech, son of Zdenek Vojtech, a successful touring car driver in the 1980's, will be sharing a Mosler MT900R in the FIA GT Championship with German driver Kenneth Heye. Heyer is another son of a famous father, as Hans Heyer was a big rival of Zdenek Vojtech and Bretislav Enge (father of Tomas) in the European Touring Car Championship.

    • CR Scuderia Testing Roundup:

      27 February 2008: The last few days have been very busy for CR Scuderia, with the GT team testing the British GT and FIA GT cars in Spain and the Formula Renault team running at Rockingham. The GT test ran especially smoothly and ended on a high note when Rob Bell took the lap record at Monteblanco.

    • Welcome to (the) Madhouse:

      27 February 2008: CR Scuderia announced today that the team is to be sponsored by Madhouse, a major fashion clothing retailer, with stores throughout the UK . Madhouse will provide new uniforms for the GT and Formula Renault race teams and its logo will be displayed on the team kit, the race cars and the transporters.

    • Woodhouse Performance Returns to SPEED GT with Courtney and Dodge Viper:

      BLAIR, Neb. (Feb. 26, 2008) – Woodhouse Performance is happy to announce its return to the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship with driver Jeff Courtney. Following a strong seventh-place finish in the 2007 points, Courtney is back to pilot the No. 99 Dodge Viper.

    • All-Argentine Line-up for Advanced Engineering PeCom Racing Team:

      Advanced Engineering, Amato Ferrari's team which entered the last three races of 2007, will be back for the 2008 season with a Ferrari 430 GT2, to be known as Advanced Engineering PeCom Racing Team.

    • Fabrizio Del Monte to Drive with Henri Moser in 2008:

      2007 FIA GT3 European Champion Henri Moser will be sharing his Kessel Racing Ferrari 430 GT2 with Italian driver Fabrizio Del Monte.

    • A Czech Team Joining the Field:

      The Czech team MM-Racing has confirmed its interest in entering two Corvette Z06 R cars in the FIA GT3 European Championship.

    • Phoenix Racing with two Corvette C6R in the FIA GT Championship 2008:

      Under the entry PHOENIX CARSPORT RACING Phoenix will run two GMAC Corvette C6R in the FIA GT Championship 2008. The Nürburgring based team won in 2007 the FIA GT round at Nogaro (F) and the legendary 24 Hours of Spa (B) with the Corvette and Jean Denis Deletraz (CH) and Mike Hezemans (NL) finished third in the FIA GT drivers championship

    • SRT Confirms 2008 Campaign:

      Belgian team SRT, which took part in the 2007 Citation Cup, winning three rounds, has confirmed that it will be entering a new Corvette C6R in the full FIA GT Championship this season.

    • Adelaide: Race Results from Australian GT Championship:

      Race Results from the three races that made up round two of the Australian GT Championship from Adelaide.

    • K-PAX/3R Racing Return with New Porsche GT3 Cup for Pobst and Galati:

      DENVER, Colo. (Feb. 21, 2008) - Jim Haughey, of K-PAX Racing, and Bob Raub, of 3R Racing, jointly announced that they will return to the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship in 2008. The 2008 K-PAX/3R Racing team will again field 911 GT3s and are looking to return the Manufacturers’ Championship to Porsche.

    • Luke Hines And James Sutton Join CR Scuderia:

      Luke Hines and James Sutton will race together in a CR Scuderia Ferrari 430 in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The British pair are both exceptionally talented racers and the CRS team is delighted to have them on board.

    • Adelaide: Australian GT Qualifying Times:

      Adelaide: Australian GT Qualifying Times

    • RUMOUR: FIA GT/LMS - Lamborghini Set for GT2???:

      Rumours are abound that Lamborghini are set to enter the GT2 classes of the major series.

    • Vitaphone Completes Three-Day Test in Estoril:

      Portugal’s Estoril circuit was the setting for three days of intense testing for the Vitaphone Racing Team. The test session took place between 16-18 February and the German team, winners of the past three FIA GT1 Team titles, focused especially on developing the Michelin tyres.

    • PK Carsport Roll Out Their Saleen S7R:

      New season, new car ... but some familiar faces as PK Carsport's Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin pose with their Saleen S7-R, which had its roll-out yesterday at the French circuit of Croix en Ternois.

    • Strong Testing for New Team:

      20 February 2008: CR Scuderia’s FIA GT programme got off to a flying start yesterday with a productive test session at Snetterton. The day’s running was delayed by freezing fog over Norfolk but, once that lifted, the engines were fired up and the cars took to the track.

    • Apex Jaguar Declare First Test of 2008 a 'Huge Success':

      Apex Motorsport, the Buckingham-based company which has brought the sleek Jaguar XKR GT3 racer to market, yesterday completed its first major test of 2008 and the day was adjudged to be a huge success.

    • Phoenix to Enter Two Corvettes in 2008:

      Phoenix Carsport have announced their plans for the 2008 season on their web site.

    • Q&A With Henri Moser:

      Swiss driver Henri Moser, aged just 20, took the 2007 FIA GT3 European Championship with his team-mate Gilles Vannelet and a Kessel Racing Ferrari 430 GT3. As the faster of the two Champions in qualifying and the race, he was awarded a prize-fund from Citation, SRO and Michelin awarding him 150,000 € and up to 40 sets of tyres.

    • Scuderia Ecosse - Building on Success:

      As the 2008 FIA GT Championship fast approaches, everyone at Scuderia Ecosse is looking forward with eager anticipation, to the season ahead. Stewart Roden, the team principal, explains :

    • Larbre Return to the FIA GT!:

      The French squad have spent the past two seasons in the Le Mans Series, winning both the drivers’ and teams’ championships in 2006, but also boasts an impressive history in the FIA GT championship having won four titles in four years. Larbre also won consecutive Spa 24 Hours’ in 2001 and 2002.

    • Hexis Racing Announces its Plans for the 2008 season:

      French team Hexis Racing has announced that it intends to enter three Aston Martin DBRS9 cars in the 2008 season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The team already took part in 2007, finishing in 5th position in the Teams classification.

    • Adelaide: Viper Power Returns to Australian GT:

      The mighty V-10 Dupont sponsored Dodge Viper of Darcy Russell will join the already exotic grid of the Australian GT Championship for Round 2 of the 2008 title chase at the Clipsal 500 to be held on the famous Adelaide street circuit from February 21-24.

    • PHOTOS: The FMSC View of R1 of the Australian GT 2008 - Pt 1:

      FeedMeSportsCars travelled to the A1GP race at Eastern Creek which coincided as the first round of the 2008 Australian GT Championship. We hope you enjoy our offering of pictures!

    • PHOTOS: The FMSC View of R1 of the Australian GT 2008 - Pt 2:

      FeedMeSportsCars traveled to the A1GP race at Eastern Creek which coincided as the first round of the 2008 Australian GT Championship. We hope you enjoy our offering of pictures!

    • Matech Strengthen their Operation:

      It is a tradition in the world of motor sport during the inter season period to not only draw up a balance sheet of the past season but to also prepare intensely for the following one This is also the case at Matech, where they were highly at work in order to have the Ford GT GT3, Ford Mustang FR500GT3 and FR500GT4 on peak performance to take on the 2008 competitions with full force.

    • New team to join the FIA GT3 European Championship: Brixia Racing:

      A new team which should participate in the 2008 season is Brixia Racing, an Italian team recently formed by Marcello Zani, a recent GT3 and GT driver, along with Matteo Malucelli, well-known for his participation in the FIA GT Championship, when he finished in third position in last year’s GT2 category with BMS Scuderia Italia.

    • Introducing the Porsche GT3 Cup S:

      Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, adds another member of the 911 family to its range of products. The new GT3 Cup S, based on the road-going GT3 RS sportscar, is created exclusively for racing purposes. The Weissach-developed and built vehicle will race in international champion-ships which run in accordance with FIA GT3 regulations.

    • Prospeed Announces 2008 FIA GT Plans:

      Belgian team ProSpeed Competition has announced a full international season for 2008, with one car entered in the FIA GT championship and two cars planned for the FIA GT3 European Championship. ProSpeed entered a number of rounds in 2007, finishing the season in Zolder with a Porsche entered for Marc Lieb and Marc Basseng.

    • Eastern Creek: Simonsen Stars as Kaias Performs Strongly:

      Allan Simonsen in the Coopers/Kay & Burton sponsored Ferrari 430 GT3 commenced his defence of the Australian GT Championship title in the best possible way with the fastest qualifying lap and three race wins at Round 1 held at Sydney’s Eastern Creek circuit at the week end (February 1-3).

    • Eastern Creek: Simonsen Dominates to Round Victory:

      It might have been a new year for the reigning Australian GT Champion – Allan Simonsen – but the result was the same as 2007 and 2006. Domination. Pole. Fastest lap and three wins from three starts.

    • First British GT Drivers Revealed For CR Scuderia:

      Michael Cullen and Paddy Shovlin will race with CR Scuderia in the GT3 class of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship, it was announced today. The Irish pair have raced in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli for a number of years with great success and now move to British GTs where they will face stiff competition from a packed field of drivers who all want to win

    • FIA Admits RSV Motorsport is Right:

      After the national Court of Appeal and the RFDA confirmed Domingo Romero and Peter Sundberg as the champions of the Spanish GT, last Friday 31st of January the FIA said again that the drivers of RVS Motorsport are right, and reaffirmed they are the true champions. The court of the FIA didn't pay attention to the accusation made by the GPC team and their drivers M. Giao and P. Couceiro either. They lost on the track and then in the national courts so they have fallen again into failure.

    • Washington Pulls Out of Australian GT Championship:

      South Australian driver Bryce Washington is a shock withdrawal from the 2008 Australian GT Championship only days before Round 1 at Sydney’s Eastern Creek circuit this weekend (February 1-3).

    • The FMSC View - 2007 Top 10 Oz GT Moments and Issues:

      The Australian GT Championship came of age in 2007 and the title race was close. A few moments stood out to us at FeedMeSportsCars and here they are in our 2007 review of the Australian GT Championship.

  • January 2008, Volume 8, No. 1
    • January 2008
    • The FMSC View - 2007 Top 10 Oz GT Moments and Issues:

      The Australian GT Championship came of age in 2007 and the title race was close. A few moments stood out to us at FeedMeSportsCars and here they are in our 2007 review of the Australian GT Championship.

    • Eastern Creek: Supercars Galore for Opening Australian GT Round:

      The Aston Martin DBRS9 of John Kaias could well be the surprise packet at Round 1 of the 2008 Australian GT Championship to be held at the A1 GP meeting at Sydney’s Eastern Creek circuit this weekend (February 1-3).

    • CR Scuderia to be Gripped by Michelin:

      25 January 2008: CR Scuderia’s FIA GT Championship prospects received a boost today when it was announced the team’s pair of GT2 Ferrari 430s will run on Michelin tyres in 2008.

    • Ex F1 Engineer, Nigel Stepney Joins FIA GT's Gigawave Motorsport:

      Nigel Stepney, the sacked Ferrari engineer who was at the centre of the McLaren espionage scandal, has landed a new job, it has been confirmed.

    • Kessel Announces 2008 Plans:

      Swiss team Kessel Racing has announced its 2008 programme, which will include the GT2 category of the FIA GT Championship, with a 2008 version of the Ferrari F430 GT2. One of the drivers will be the young Swiss FIA GT3 European Champion, Henri Moser, who won the 2007 title with Kessel Racing and his team-mate Gilles Vannelet.

    • Mallock in Aston Martin for GT4 European Cup:

      Talented sportscar racer Michael Mallock has been confirmed for a full season in the up-and-coming GT4 European Cup. He will contest the new FIA series at the wheel of an Aston Martin N24 entered and run by RS Williams Limited of Cobham, the celebrated Aston Martin specialists.

    • SCCA Speed World Challenge Returning To The Glen:

      Do you love the Sahlen’s Six Hour of The Glen and want to see more sports car racing action following that checkered flag? Looking for a racing series that combines the speed and agility of the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series and the aggressive, fender-banging of NASCAR?

    • Gigawave to Compete in GT1 and GT2 in 2008:

      Gigawave Motorsport has announced that they will be running in both the GT1 and GT2 catagories int the FIA GT Championship in 2008.

    • CR Scuderia Reveals 2008 Machine:

      Autosport International, Birmingham NEC, UK – 10 January 2008: The wraps came off the CR Scuderia racing cars at Autosport International today, revealing a striking red, white and blue livery that carries across the team’s entries in the FIA GT, British GT and Formula Renault UK Championships.

    • RUMOUR - FIA GT, LMS......Simonsen to Race in 4 Series + Le Mans in 2008???:

      It has revealed that Australian based Dane, Allan Simonsen will be racing in four different race series in 2008.

    • Astuti Motorsport To Run Kaias Aston Martin In 2008 Australian GT Championship:

      John Kaias has joined Melbourne based Astuti Motorsport in his ‘all out’ bid for success in the 2008 Australian GT Championship.

    • The FMSC View - 2007 Top 10 FIA GT Moments and Issues:

      The 2007 FIA GT season was one of the closest on record and was a rebuilding season for the category after the relationship ended with the WTCC. A few moments stood out to us at FeedMeSportsCars and here they are in our 2007 review of the FIA GT.