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Porsche will attempt to beat the long-standing lap record around the Nurburgring Nordschleife with its upgraded 919 Hybrid Evo LMP1 car this month. The lap record stands at a 6m11.13s recorded by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 in qualifying for the 1983 Nurburgring 1000km… New rules for the top class of the World Endurance Championship have been given the green light and will be introduced in time for the 2020/21 season. The FIA World Motor Sport Council statement said that the target is for manufacturer budgets to be one quarter of current levels in LMP1 and that there will be “freedom of design based on a hypercar concept”… Ferrari has become the eighth manufacturer to sign up for the Suzuka 10 Hours round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge in August with a factory-supported entry. The Taiwanese Hubauto team has entered a second Ferrari 488 GT3 for works drivers Davide Rigon, Miguel Molina, and Matt Griffin… Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon surged into the Indycar championship lead after a controlled victory at Texas Motor Speedway, taking advantage of Penske’s woes. Penske had taken a 1-2-3 in qualifying with Josef Newgarden leading Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, but they struggled with tyre blistering and fuel economy during the race. Dixon survived several restarts to win convincingly and move 23 points ahead in the standings… Clint Bowyer claimed a second NASCAR Cup Series win of 2018 by leading a StewartHaas Racing 1-2-3 in a Michigan race shortened by rain. Bowyer had run within the top 10 throughout the race and was third in the opening stage, and finished stage two in second place behind his SHR team-mate Kevin Harvick. Rain had initially delayed the start of the race by over two hours and with 67 laps of the 200 remaining, it returned prompting the race to be declared and full
points awarded…