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Photo: Conquest Racing Conquest Racing has drafted in Fran Rueda to complete the team’s lineup for next weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The FIA Silver-rated driver will join full season pilot Albert Costa and the team’s former IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup driver, Lorenzo Patrese, who has stepped into a season-long seat as Manny Franco takes a pause from GTD competition. It will mark Rueda’s IMSA debut although the 29-year-old Spaniard boasts previous experience and success in Ferrari 296 GT3 machinery. “This is an incredible opportunity and I’m really excited to join everyone at Conquest,” said Rueda. “I have been beyond impressed with both the preparation and presentation of the team, and this looks to be a weekend where we truly can fight for victory. “Working with Albert and Lorenzo makes this a very easy program for me to join, and it couldn’t have been made possible without the incredible support of the program that Man...

Photo: Racingpixels/Creventic Marcus Littlewood extended his championship lead at the midpoint of the inaugural Radical Cup Europe season, taking back-to-back podiums at Circuit Paul Ricard. The reigning Radical Cup UK champion currently sits at the top of the standings for the one-make championship with 201 points. The British driver triumphed in the pair of 50-minute races at Paul Ricard, converting pole position into a win in Race 1 before backing it up with a second place finish in Race 2 on Sunday. Littlewood previously netted the same results at the season opener at Mugello in March,  driving his No. 3 RSR Radical SR3 XXR. Despite mid-table results in the second round at Spa-Francorchamps, Littlewood still holds a healthy lead of 49 points to STEP Motorsport drivers Sebastian Schou and Morten Stromsted. The Radical Cup Scandinavia champions took a standout win in Race 1 at Spa, sharing driving duties in the No. 38 Radical. Radical Norway driver Erlend Juan Olsen sits 17 po...

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Photo: GT World Challenge Australia Renee Gracie and Will Davison gave OnlyFans Racing its first outright victory in last weekend’s GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS round at Queensland Raceway. The occupants of the No. 181 Ferrari 296 GT3 prevailed by a little under four seconds in Saturday’s opening round of the weekend, giving Am class champion Gracie her first overall win since returning to the Pro-Am ranks with her long-time backer. Sunday’s race was won by Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG pair Sergio Pires and Brendon Leitch, who move into the championship lead at the halfway point. Gracie took the start of the first race second behind the No. 56 Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Justin Tigani, younger brother of team owner Nathan who was standing in for an absent Shane Smollen alongside Oscar Targett. However, by the end of the opening stint Gracie had managed to pass Tigani on-track for the lead before pulling away to the tune of some three...

Photo: Andrew Miterko/SRO Memo Gidley collected his seventh GT America powered by AWS victory of the season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta to complete his latest weekend clean sweep. In a near carbon copy of his performance in Saturday’s Race 1, Gidley’s SKI Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II controlled proceedings from pole position and was never challenged after holding the lead at the start. The 40-minute contest commenced in overcast conditions which gradually cleared and ran caution-free for the duration, allowing Gidley to concentrate on building his advantage over closest pursuer Tony Davis. The HP TECH Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO driver was 4.804 seconds behind at the finish of a largely quiet race, in which he was unable to pressure Gidley but faced little threat from behind. Joel Cortes recorded his first GT America podium finish of the season aboard his No. 19 RS1 Porsche 911 GT3-R after capitalising on a mistake from Kyle Washington. The GMG Racing Porsche driver ...

Photo: Dan Bathie/McLaren Bryson Morris and Daniel Hanley delivered a first victory for Bryan Herta Autosport in the first of two McLaren Trophy America races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta this weekend. BHA’s No. 98 McLaren Artura Trophy EVO survived an attritional closing phase of the 50-minute race to win on its maiden appearance in the championship by 7.705 seconds from Kaia Teo and Paul Holbert’s  No. 8 Forte Racing entry, as several contenders fell by the wayside. Much of the race was dominated by Patrick Liddy and Tanner Harvey’s No. 24 Forte Racing entry, which took the lead when polesitter Jeff Cook’s No. 5 GMG Racing machine was issued with a drive-through for a false start. Liddy handed over to Harvey with a comfortable lead, but this was gradually eroded by a chasing pack headed by the sister No. 53 Relapsing Polychondritis Motorsports/Forte entry of Kevin Madsen. Madsen, sharing with team manager Jon Miller instead of Neil Lanberg this weekend, had just taken t...

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Spencer Pumpelly and Luca Mars took victory in the second Pirelli GT4 America race of the weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after a storming restart. The No. 028 RS1 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport drivers claimed a third outright win of the season by 1.661 seconds over the Pro-Am Blackdog Racing McLaren Artura GT4 of Michael Cooper and Tony Gaples, making up for their defeat to Cooper on the final lap of Race 1 , to extend their lead in the Silver class standings ahead of the summer break. Mars had run comfortably in third during the 60-minute race’s opening stint, holding off Kenton Koch’s No. 94 Random Vandals BMW M4 GT4 Evo, as polesitter Cooper gradually pulled clear of Matheus Leist in the No. 47 Nolasport Cayman. Mars came in at the earliest opportunity to hand over to Pumpelly, who was pressuring Nolasport’s Matt Travis for second when the race was transformed by a full course yellow caused by debris. That eradicated the lead Cooper ha...