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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Secure Three GT3 Race Wins in Season-Opening SRO America Race Weekend in Sonoma

by MikeApril 1, 2025

SONOMA, California – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams JMF Motorsports, Regulator Racing and CrowdStrike by Riley combined for a trio of Mercedes-AMG GT3 race wins Saturday and Sunday in the season-opening SRO America event weekend at Sonoma Raceway. The victories accounted for half of the weekend’s six podium appearances by Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams in a competitive weekend that moved this year’s championship campaigns in both GT World Challenge America and GT America powered by AWS off to solid starts.

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Triple GMG Racing Entries for Season-Opening IMSA Carrera Cup North America Doubleheader at Sebring International Raceway

by MikeMarch 12, 2025

– Patrick Mulcahy in the No. 54 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and James Sofronas in the No. 14 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Set for Full Season Carrera Cup Pro-Am Campaigns

– Kyle Washington Kicks-Off Season of Select Carrera Cup Masters Class Races at Sebring in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

– Washington and Sofronas Run Special Mobil “Pegasus”-Branded Liveries in Support of the 73rd Running of the Mobil 1™ Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday

SEBRING, Florida (March 12, 2025) – Championship-winning Porsche competitors GMG Racing and team drivers Kyle Washington, Patrick Mulcahy and James Sofronas will campaign a trio of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entries in this week’s season-opening IMSA Carrera Cup North America doubleheader at Sebring International Raceway. Debuting series rookie Mulcahy and two-time Porsche racing champion Sofronas will each run their first full season Carrera Cup efforts in 2025 while Washington’s select schedule of races includes the Sebring opener, the season-ending race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and possible other rounds in between. (more…)

Keen’s Buildings Joins Rick Ware Racing for Season-Opening NHRA Gatornationals

by MikeMarch 6, 2025

Leading Prefab Building Manufacturer To Serve as an Associate Partner of Clay Millican’s Top Fuel Dragster in Season-Opening NHRA Gatornationals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 6, 2025) – Keen’s Buildings, a leading garage and prefab building manufacturer serving the southeastern United States, has joined Rick Ware Racing (RWR) as an associate partner of the Top Fuel dragster Clay Millican will drive in the season-opening NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series event this weekend at Gainesville Raceway.

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TPC Racing Brings Four Entries to Porsche Sprint Challenge Season-Opening Race Weekend at Sebring International Raceway

by MikeFebruary 27, 2025

– TPC Racing Enters Three Type 992 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars in Top Tier Porsche Sprint Challenge Class

– Returning 2023 Type 992 Am Champion David Williams and Shaun McKaigue Compete in 992 Masters in 2025 in the No. 237 Quality Brand Group Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and No. 234 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars Respectively

– Tillman Schmid and Evan Hinkle Set for First Season Sharing the No. 277 Monoflo International Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Stepping Up to 992 Pro-Am

– Tom Kerr Returns for Second Consecutive Masters Class Campaign in the No. 74 TPC Racing Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport

SEBRING, Florida (February 27, 2025) – Championship-winning team TPC Racing brings a four strong entry of Porsches in three different classes across a pair of USAC Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama series for this weekend’s season-opening event at Sebring International Raceway, February 27 – March 1. (more…)

NASCAR Cup Series Carries Season-Opening Momentum to Atlanta

by MikeFebruary 20, 2025

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

ATLANTA, Ga. – While last weekend’s 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening DAYTONA 500 provided all the drama expected of The Great American race, fans have every reason to anticipate the same sort of high-excitement in Sunday’s Ambetter Health 400 (3 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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