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Wright Motorsports’ Porsche 911 GT3 R finishes fourth at Daytona
The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured fourth place in the GTD class at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Factory driver Patrick Long from the USA shared driving duties in the No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R with his compatriot Trent Hindman, Jan Heylen from Belgium and Klaus Bachler from Austria. Over long stretches, … Continue reading
WeatherTech Racing Finishes Sixth in Rolex 24 at Daytona
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.), Kevin Estre (France), Richard Lietz (Austria), and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) finished the 59th running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona sixth in GTLM. The story of the race was written 100-yards before the green flag at the start of the race. Estre had the … Continue reading
Wright Motorsports in the leading pack at the Daytona 24 Hours
The Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by the Wright Motorsports customer team lies in a promising position after three hours of racing at the Daytona 24 Hours. The 500+hp vehicle run by the experienced squad from the US state of Ohio currently ranks fourth in the GTD class after a turbulent start to the season-opening … Continue reading
WeatherTech Racing Running Sixth at Rolex 24 at Daytona
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.), Kevin Estre (France), Richard Lietz (Austria), and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) are in the thick of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona eight hours into the race. It was a tough start for the team. Estre was hit in the rear by the No. 25 BMW … Continue reading
Wright Motorsports Revises Rolex 24 Driver Lineup Following Incident in Practice
Following an incident in Michelin Pilot Challenge practice on Wednesday afternoon, the decision has been made to retire the No. 16 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport for the remainder of the weekend. The Wright Motorsports car’s leading driver, Ryan Hardwick, will also withdraw from the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season-opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech … Continue reading
WeatherTech Racing Ready for Rolex 24 at Daytona
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hindsdale, Ill.), Kevin Estre (France), Richard Lietz (Austria), and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) will start the No.79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche RSR from the second row in GTLM for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona on Saturday. The team had a very strong run in the new for 2021 … Continue reading
Wright Motorsports makes preparations for team’s 28 hours of racing at Daytona
Race week for the 59th Rolex 24 At Daytona kicks off this Thursday, and Wright Motorsports will run their first official race event of the 2021 season pulling double duty in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Michelin Pilot Challenge’s BMW Endurance Challenge. The longtime Porsche customer racing team, sponsored … Continue reading
Porsche Customer Teams Target Extending Brand’s Daytona Success
22 overall wins. 78 class wins. 42 wins for the Porsche 911. An entry every year since the race’s inception in 1962. The numbers speak volumes about Porsche history at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The numbers are no less impressive in the current day. The German sports car manufacturer shuttered its factory operation after … Continue reading
59 for 59th: Longtime Porsche Race Team Celebrated at the Rolex 24
As the Rolex 24 At Daytona commemorates its 59th running on January 30 – 31, it is only appropriate that the most famous car number in the history of the event, 59, is part of the celebration. No car number is more closely aligned with professional sports car racing or the 24 Hours of Daytona … Continue reading
Porsche customer teams achieve podium results in both GT classes at Daytona
The Porsche customer team WeatherTech Racing has successfully concluded its first campaign with the Porsche 911 RSR in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Works driver Kévin Estre from France and the American Cooper MacNeil claimed the third podium step in the GTLM class at the qualifying event for 24 Hours of Daytona. In the GTD … Continue reading
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