TOMBALL, Texas (August 23, 2018) – Following the two most recent rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar championship, Riley Motorsport’s Ben Keating is pleased to announce a second entry for the remaining races of the 2018 season. Coming at an opportune time when Keating and team are looking to bolster their championship efforts, the charismatic…
DANVILLE, VA. Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports was knocked out of the lead late in Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in a contact incident that took away a likely victory for co-drivers Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen in Round Nine of 11 GT Daytona (GTD) races on the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar…
DANVILLE, VA. A three-race stretch-run that will decide the season championships in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge begins this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), August 17 – 19, and Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams are championship leaders or top-three title contenders in the driver, team and…
ELKHART LAKE, WI. Ben Keating and Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports rebounded from a Friday practice accident to qualify fifth for today’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Road America where later on Saturday the No. 46 TeamTGM Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Owen Trinkler and Hugh Plumb finished third in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race…
ELKHART LAKE, WI. Coming off a pair of season-best performances in the last two IMSA race weekends, a combined entry of eight Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Mercedes-AMG GT4 competitors will be looking for a third-straight Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing IMSA race weekend victory in the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America, August 3 –…
Mercedes-AMG returned to victory lane on Sunday in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, with Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen co-driving to the win in the GT Daytona (GTD) class in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Bleekemolen capitalised on a late-race restart to get around the #14 3GT Racing Lexus…
The IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship’s lone trip north of the border to the Canadian Tyre Motorsports Park concluded on Sunday afternoon with a second win for an LMP2 car in the Prototype class this season. After JDC-Miller’s Gainsco ORECA won at Watkins Glen last time out, Jon Bennett and Colin Braun’s #54 CORE autosport ORECA…
Mercedes-AMG returned to victory lane Sunday in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen co-driving to the win in the GT Daytona (GTD) class in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Bleekemolen capitalized on a late-race restart to get around the No. 14 3GT Racing Lexus…
Throughout the year, Continental Tire will focus on celebrating the fans, media, drivers, and teams and their contributions to sports car racing, including a weekly trip down memory lane in Sportscar365’s Continental Tire IMSA Reflections series. This week, Ben Keating reflects on his two Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup championships and what made winning…
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship resumes this weekend around the legendary streets of Long Beach in California for the BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix, and after two endurance rounds at Daytona and Sebring, it is the first of the sprint races to be held in 2018. The Checkered Flag looks ahead to the third…
