The first round of the 2013 GRAND-AM Continental Sports Car Challenge would be one of missed opportunity for the pair of BGB Motorsports Porsche Carreras, which showed the speed to run at the front of the field but would ultimately be held back with penalties in pit lane.
The no. 38 BGB / CalciumPro Porsche Carrera of Dr. Jim Norman and Spencer Pumpelly was involved in a big incident during Thursday’s qualifying, when the Ford Mustang driven by Jack Roush, Jr. made contact with Norman in the chicane, causing the Porsche to sustain heavy damage. The team would work throughout the night to repair bodywork and suspension damage on the front of the Porsche, and Norman would have to start the race at the back of the GS field. Continue reading ‘Penalties Sour BGB Motorsports race at the BMW Performance 200′
The day had gone to plan for the APR Motorsport team at the Continental Tire 200 on the short course at Watkins Glen International. After a strong opening stint for Dr. Jim Norman, who started 11th and ran as high as fourth, his teammate Dion von Moltke had the no. 51 APR Audi R8 Grand-Am in sixth position with thirty minutes remaining in the two-hour race. Continue reading ‘More struggles for APR Motorsport’s Audi R8 Grand-Am at Watkins Glen’
Proving a quick study to the challenges of the Watkins Glen International circuit, Frank Stippler drove the no. 52 APR Audi R8 Grand-Am to second in the fifteen-minute qualifying session for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen. Stippler’s time of 1:51.018 was set on his first flying lap and would hold up throughout the rest of the session. Stippler will share the car with fellow German Marc Basseng in the six-hour race.
Continue reading ‘Frank Stippler puts APR Audi R8 on front row at Watkins Glen’
The no. 52 APR Audi R8 GRAND-AM will join the team’s stable, with drivers Marc Basseng and Frank Stippler piloting the car. Stippler, from Bad Munstereifel, Germany, drove the Audi Sport Test Car – dubbed the ‘Captain America’ car – during the Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Stippler has been a Factory Development Driver for the Audi R8 LMS since 2008. Continue reading ‘APR Motorsport enters two Audi R8 GRAND-AM for the Six Hours at the Glen’
The rolling hills of Mid-Ohio are a complete change of scenery from the street circuit of Belle Isle, but APR Motorsport was prepared for the change in scenery. After a relatively quiet week, where the team only raced its Rolex Series Audi R8 Grand-Am in Belle Isle, the entire team – and additional five Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge cars – took to the track for Friday’s qualifying sessions. Continue reading ‘APR Audi R8 Grand-Am to start 11th for the EMCO Gears Classic’
In the distinctive no. 51 APR Audi R8 Grand-Am, Dion von Moltke showed the car’s improved form by qualifying in seventh in the Rolex Sports Car Series’ GT-class – missing the pole setting time by a mere 0.4-sec in the car that he will share with Dr. Jim Norman. However, the car did not pass post-race technical inspection when the ride-height bar hit a bolt on the front spitter of the car. As a result, the car will start the race from the back of the GT field. Continue reading ‘APR Motorsport’s Audi R8 Grand-Am penalized after qualifying at Barber’
There isn’t an event more important for APR Motorsport than this weekend’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races at Barber Motorsports Park.
APR Motorsport’s home base is located just down the road from Barber in Opelika, and the team will enjoy considerable support from friends, family, customers, and employees for this weekend’s Porsche 250. The team will be hard to miss, as it brings seven race cars, several transporters, and a small army of staff. Continue reading ‘APR Motorsport ready to rebound at Barber Motorsports Park’
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Dion von Moltke and Dr. Jim Norman have been announced as co-drivers for the APR Motorsport Audi R8 GRAND-AM for the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season.
When he slides behind the steering wheel of the APR Motorsport Audi R8 GRAND-AM, von Moltke, from Coral Gables, Fla., will return home to the team in which he started his professional driving career. Von Molkte competed with APR in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in 2008 and 2009, taking three victories before moving to the Daytona Prototype ranks in 2010. The South African, also a student at Florida International University, returns to APR with a wealth of endurance racing experience under his belt with finishes at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Continue reading ‘APR Motorsport announce drivers for their Audi R8 GRAND-AM program’
