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NARS Modern Sportscar Championship – Round 2 at Twin Ring Motegi

Race Report by Matthew Overton Image by Jerry Chen Broadcast by Ross “Tnadz” Smith February 18, 2021 – For the second round of the Virtual Modern Sportscar Series, the drivers and their support teams made the round-world trip from Florida to meet the rising sun in Japan to test themselves against the Motegi circuit in the Tochigi Prefecture. Conditions were almost ideal throughout the weekend, with all the visitors remarking on the excellent facilities and the support they received from the local organizing committee. Enjoying the weekend most fully was the Ferrari factory delegation, hosted to the event by their Nissan colleagues who were to be disappointed by the results of the race at their ‘home’ track. While not every driver was able to make the long trip – with Daytona LMH AM winner Jose Florez and GTE AM 2nd place finisher Dan Minges among them - it was > more

VWSC 2021 – 60 Minutes of Twin Ring Motegi

Race Report by George Angelidis & Matthew Overton Images by Jerry Chen Broadcast by Ross “Tnadz” Smith February 20, 2021 - It was truly a day for the partisans of the Rising Sun with Nissan getting a full return on the effort they put into attracting and staging Round 2 of the VWSC ‘21 Championship at their ‘home’ track. A total of 30 cars and drivers arrived early in the week to complete testing and preparations for the weekend. It was clear that many teams had been hard at work during the break since Daytona, though not all were able to put past difficulties behind them, as the race was to show. Qualifying LMH-Pro Storm Rider Racing driver Ahmed Abdallah set the pace with his Nissan by grabbing pole ahead of LMH-Pro contender driver Marouane el Idrissi and his Triploski GorillAAAH Nissan. In the GTE field, it was the > more

CMS-TXL GT3s at Twin Ring Motegi

September 25, 2019 - This week's CMS-TXL GT3 Series drivers took on the tough and twisty Twin Ring Motegi GP circuit under the lights. Paul Darling took the pole with a 1:47.528 lap time, beating out Leif Peterson by just over a tenth of a second. Samuel Scott started third overall, taking the top spot in the AM class, and Tyler Holhubner grabbed the Silver class pole, starting 11th. The field took the green as the sun disappeared, and the same story was happening up front as Darling paced away from the rest of the field for a commanding lead and eventually a nearly one minute win over the rest of the field. Behind him, The Pro class battle for second was broken up by D'Oleo who not only won the AM class but also finished in second overall. Kenneth Rodriguez finish in third overall, and second in the > more

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