Showing posts with label Grand-Am Rolex Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand-Am Rolex Series. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Video: Onboard the Audi R8 GRAND-AM at Daytona


By Tarek Ramchani

The prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona is this weekend, round 1 of the newly formed TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Last year Audi took a sensational 1-2 victory in the GT class with the Audi R8 GRAND-AM.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Rolex Series: Audi teams 2013 season review


By Tarek Ramchani and Johan Laubscher

The Audi brand had a very mixed season in the demanding Rolex Series GT class this year. The American "R16" won the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona with a terrific 1-2 result.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Rolex Series: Fall-Line Motorsports Grand-Am team scores another Top-10


Fall-Line Motorsports Press Release

Monterey, CA (September 9, 2013) - Al Carter and Bryan Sellers drove the #46 B+ Foundation/ Fall-Line Motorsports Audi R8 GRAND-AM yesterday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and finished 9th for the Continental Tire Sports Car Festival in the Rolex Series GT class.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Rolex Series: Sixth in qualifying for Fall-Line Motorsports Audi R8 at Laguna Seca


By Tarek Ramchani

The Grand-American Rolex Sports Car Series is at Laguna Seca this weekend, the penultimate round of the season. A single Audi R8 GRAND-AM is taking part in the event from Fall-Line Motorsports.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Rolex Series: Fall-Line Motorsports Grand-Am Rolex team confident for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca


Fall-Line Motorsports Press Release

Buffalo Grove, IL (September 4, 2013) - The Fall-Line Motorsports GT program is coming off a strong finish at Kansas Speedway where just a few short weeks ago the team and their Audi R8 captured a top-5 finish in only their fifth race with the newly-formed GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series team. 

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Rolex Series: Fall-Line Motorsports GT Program earns Top-5 finish at Kansas


Fall-Line Motorsports Press Release

Kansas City, KS (August 20, 2013) - The Fall-Line Motorsports GRAND-AM Rolex GT program is still in its infancy, being "born" less than two months ago ahead of the Watkins Glen race event. This past weekend, however, Mark Boden and Bryan Sellers brought home their Audi R8 in fifth position after running a very strong race and turned the third fastest lap of the 2 hour and 45 minute race, showing the strength of the Audi R8 and the overall Audi Sport Customer Racing program.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Rolex Series: Fall-Line Motorsports Grand-Am Rolex team ready to tackle Kansas Speedway


Fall-Line Motorsports Press Release

Kansas City, KS (August 15, 2013) - The Fall-Line Motorsports GT program rolled into Kansas Speedway earlier this week with high expectations. With just two full events under their belts, the newly-formed Fall-Line GRAND-AM Audi R8 team will contest the SFP Grand Prix at the brand new road course configuration at the Kansas Speedway.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Rolex Series: Fall-Line Motorsports announcement on the Rolex GT race at Road America


Fall-Line Motorsports Press Release

Elkhart Lake, WI (August 10, 2013)- During practice yesterday at Road America, the Fall-Line Motorsports team made the decision to focus their efforts on conducting additional testing working in conjunction with GRAND-AM and forego the GRAND-AM Rolex Series VisitFlorida.com Sports Car 250 race.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Rolex Series: Unfortunate end for the Audi R8 GRAND-AM in the NAEC


By Johan Laubscher

The Grand-Am Rolex Series headed to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, for the Brickyard Grand Prix. This event was the eighth round of the Rolex Series, and more importantly, it was the third and final round of the North American Endurance Championship. Two Audi R8 GRAND-AM teams were again entered in the GT class for this event.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

USCR: Audi R8 in GT, what about Daytona Prototypes or LMP2 power?


By Tarek Ramchani

Grand-Am Road Racing, the American Le Mans Series and its series sanctioning body IMSA (International Motorsport Association) has published the classes structures and regulations for the newly formed United Sportscar Series

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Q&A: Interview with Dion von Moltke - Daytona 24 Hours winner


By Johan Laubscher

Dion von Moltke has been a very busy race car driver in recent years. The young South African has been seen in a variety of race cars, including the Audi R8 GRAND-AM in North America. He was seen in the #51 APR Motorsport Audi during 2012, and most recently in the factory Audi Sport customer racing R8 GRAND-AM at Watkins Glen. His highlight of the season, without a shadow of a doubt, was when he won the Daytona 24 Hours (GT class) in the Alex Job Racing R8, sharing the car along with his teammates Filipe Albuquerque, Oliver Jarvis and Edoardo Mortara.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Rolex Series: Audi R8 GRAND-AM Makes Successful Return at Watkins Glen


Audi of America Press Release

  • Drivers and pit crews gain valuable experience and achieve competitive lap times amidst difficult driving conditions
  • Both Audi R8 GRAND-AM cars finished race at Watkins Glen and can build upon their performances
  • Hunt for GRAND-AM GT endurance championship continues at Indianapolis Speedway on July 26th, 2013

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Rolex Series: Audi R8 GRAND-AM returns to contest endurance championship


Audi Press Release

  • Audi R8 GRAND-AM, winner of Daytona 24 Hour race, returns to GRAND-AM racing for Watkins Glen
  • Two Audi R8 GRAND-AM race cars will contest the endurance championship
  • Fall-Line Motorsports to race in Audi R8 GRAND-AM for remainder of the season

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Rolex Series: Full schedule for Fall-Line Motorsports at Watkins Glen


Fall-Line Motorsports Press Release 

Buffalo Grove, IL (June 26, 2013) - We are halfway through the 2013 GRAND-AM Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge Series and Fall-Line Motorsports heads to Watkins Glen International looking for redemption. 

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Rolex Series: Fall-Line Motorsport Steps Up To GT With Audi-Customer Racing


Fall-Line Motorsport Press Release

Buffalo Grove (June 20, 2013)- Audi customer-racing is returning to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series with Fall-Line Motorsports for the remainder of the 2013 season starting with the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International on June 28-30.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Audi welcomes US DTM initiative


Audi Press Release

  • Plans for new US race series with DTM racecars
  • Possible new fields of competition for the Audi RS 5 DTM
  • Development Boss Wolfgang Dürheimer: “Of interest to Audi”

Ingolstadt/New York, March 26, 2013 – a new and promising opportunity in motorsport opens up for Audi: as announced at a press conference today in New York, the organizers of NASCAR and GRAND-AM plan a US based race series for DTM racecars like the Audi RS 5 DTM.