Video’s after the jump!GMG Racing, the multi-series professional racing team and premier performance tuning facility for European vehicles in Southern California, will debut the world’s first World Challenge Audi R8 LMS at the Grand Prix of Long Beach for Round 3 of the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge series. The vehicle is just one of five being fielded by GMG for the race, the most of any team, which is fitting for an event practically taking place in the team’s back yard in Southern California. Continue reading ‘GMG Racing to debut World Challenge Audi R8 LMS at Grand Prix of Long Beach’
Tristan Herbert will be piloting one of two 2012 HPA/RennGruppe Volkswagen Jetta GLIs in the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge. Herbert exploded onto the pro racing scene in St. Petersburg last year setting the pole and winning the race. His accomplishments continued throughout the season as he amassed five podium finishes and culminated with earning the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Rookie of the Year. Grassroots Motorsports Magazine awarded his team’s independent privateer efforts with an Editor’s Choice Award as one of the Top 20 Achievements for 2011. Continue reading ‘Tristan Herbert signs with HPA Motorsports and RennGruppe’
Photo: © 2011 James BooneLate last year, Tristan Herbert finished 11th in his debut World-Challenge race. Over the weekend he took the Brimtek Motorsports VW GTI to a first ever win in the WC. With a lot of movement throughout the race, Tristan was able to take his 3rd place start to a win over Lawson Aschenbach by almost a second. Gallery after the jump! Continue reading ‘WCS: Tristan Herbert and Brimtek Motorsports win in St. Petersburg’
TruSpeed Motorsports, based in Costa Mesa, Calif., today announced the signing of Patrick Long to race the #45 PrivacyStar Porsche GT3 Cup Car in the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge Championships Series. After much speculation, Long will first race for TruSpeed starting with the season opener of the WC Series this weekend, March 25-27 on the streets of St. Petersburg, FL. Rob Morgan, 1996 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona GTS-1 class winner, runs TruSpeed Motorsports, and will drive the #46 Entrust/TruSpeed Porsche GT3 Cup for the season. Continue reading ‘TruSpeed Motorsports Announces Patrick Long as Pirelli World Challenge Driver’
Virginia based Brimtek Motorsports, has teamed up with German Auto Parts.com and announced today its participation in World Challenge for 2011. The team will field one Volkswagen GTI in the Touring Car (TC) class. Continue reading ‘Brimtek Motorsports joins the World Challenge Sports Car Wars’
