First Photos: The Audi R8 GT3, read about it here!

PK Carsport were close to a podium

PK Carsport
SRT
CR Scuderia
Belgian Racing
Michelin
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Mike Davis’ No. 11 Ford Mustang Cobra

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.

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.

It was a difficult weekend that could have yielded more for Christian Montanari

Christian Montanari
Paolo Ruberti
Thomas Biagi
Davide Rigon
Joel Camathias
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Phoenix had a successful weekend on the streets of Bucharest

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.

Eric Curran leads Randy Pobst at Mosport International Raceway.

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 .

From pole to victory for Fassler and Deletraz

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.

Car problems have forced the withdrawal of the Jet Alliance Aston Martins

Jetalliance Racing has withdrawn both cars from the race for safety reasons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

The Phoenix team have bounced back from a disappointing Spa with a pole in Romania

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.

Team boss, Chris Niarchos chats to Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, the Prime Minister of Romania

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.

SPEED GT polesitter Eric Curran in the No. 30 Whelen Engineering Corvette.

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.

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.

It was very wet in 2007 but it is predicted to be very hot in 2008

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.

Cost-effective and durable solution provides tyre information to driver and engineer for touring and GT3/GT4 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.

The start of the Silverstone event

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.

Sutton and Meadows on their way to the win and 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.

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

John Bowe won in the wet upon his return to the Australian GT Championship

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.

Tommy Archer leads Andy Pilgrim and the field at Road America

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.

Tommy Archer took pole by a tiny margin from Jason Daskalos

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

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

The last time SPEED Touring Car was at Road America Peter Cunningham wore No. 1 on the side of his car.

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.

John Bowe will be racing the CCC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3

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.

The Lotus Elise will try to continue its giant killing run at Phillip Island

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.

The Vitaphone Maserati team took a dominant 1-2 finish

Spa 24h: The Last 12 Hours

Hour 24

• When the checkered flag fell at the end of the Total 24 Hours of Spa it was the Vitaphone Racing and BMS Scuderia Italia teams which emerged victorious. Vitaphone's exploits were particularly impressive - they scored maximum points, being in first and second places at each of the three times when points were awarded
• The G3 win was taken by the nr 123 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S.

After repairing the car from a qualifying accident, SRT led from the start but they would be the first retirement

SRT
Scuderia Ecosse
Davide Rigon
Joel Camathias
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Paolo Ruberti and the BMS Scuderia Italia team were able to take out GT2

Paolo Ruberti
Tomas Enge
Jos Menten
Michelin
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CR Scuderia did an exceptional job for a team competing in their first 24 hour event

6 Hours
Midnight
14 Hours
24 Hours
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The Vitaphone team celebrates as their winning car crosses the line

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.

The Vitaphone Maserati drivers celebrating their win

The results for the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

The Start of the 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa

Spa 24h: The First 12 Hours

Hour 12

• The #1 Vitaphone Maserati and BMS Scuderia Italia secure the second allocation of points as they lead at half distance
• The #102 McDonalds Porsche Bi-Turbo takes the lead in the G2 class
• The #122 Eurotech Ascari has an extended pit stop to repair radiator

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'.

The Gigawave Aston Martin will start eighth

The starting grid for the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

The IPB Lamborghini solved many problems in for the last qualifying session

CR Scuderia
Tomas Enge
Jos Menten
Michelin
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Tomas Biagi posing with fellow Pole winner, Pedro Lamy

SRT
Gillet
Thomas Biagi
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A great last lap from Lamy put the Larbre Saleen S7R 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.