2015 PETIT LE MANS ROAD ATLANTA POST-RACE REPORT

  RISI COMPETIZIONE – 2015 PETIT LE MANS ROAD ATLANTA POST-RACE REPORT   Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU) Toni Vilander (FIN)   Braselton, Georgia (October3, 2015)…The 17th annual Petit Le Mans IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship finale at Road Atlanta was one for the history books. …

2015 PETIT LE MANS ROAD ATLANTA PRE-RACE REPORT

Road Atlanta, the historic road course nestled in the North Georgia mountains, has been home to the iconic Petit Le Mans race since 1998. The Houston, Texas-based Risi Competizione Ferrari team has been part of that history since the inaugural race.   That first year of the 1,000-mile/10-hour “mini” Le Mans race was won by …

BREAKING NEWS: TONI VILANDER JOINS RISI COMPETIZIONE FOR PETIT LE MAN

The three-time Petit Le Mans winning team of Risi Competizione, has invited Finish Ferrari driver, Toni Vilander, back to its stable for the 17th annual Petit Le Mans, the finale for IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, on October 3, 2015. He will join full-season drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Pierre Kaffer for the 10-hour/1,000-mile Saturday race …

2015 LONE STAR GRAND PRIX AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS RISI COMPETIZIONE CAPTURES ANOTHER PODIUM

  Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU)     Houston, Texas (September 19, 2015)…The No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia team captured its fifth podium finish of the 2015 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in the Lone Star Le Mans race today at Circuit of the …

Ferrari Super Fans–All In For the Prancing Horse

This article was written by Rachel Wenzlaff, a member of the 2015 Young Journalist program conducted at COTA.      The Circuit of the Americas is considered Risi Competizione’s home track. The Ferrari team is based out of Houston but COTA is the closest track to their home base.   The two and a half hour …

One Man's Quest To Fill An Encyclopedia

By Rachel Wenzlaff, a member of the Young Journalist Program.      Surrounded by some of the most expensive cars in the world at the Lone Star Le Mans, Shane Slement carried a priceless book in his hands… that was also probably worth a hefty sum of money.   The Saturday morning autograph session kicked …

One Man’s Quest To Fill An Encyclopedia

By Rachel Wenzlaff, a member of the Young Journalist Program.      Surrounded by some of the most expensive cars in the world at the Lone Star Le Mans, Shane Slement carried a priceless book in his hands… that was also probably worth a hefty sum of money.   The Saturday morning autograph session kicked …

Risi Comp at COTA: A Race and Post Race Gallery

  Daulton Venglar, one of the Young Journalists at COTA this weekend in a program sponsored by Risi Competizione and COTA, took this gallery of photos of the Risi Comp Ferrari 458 on its’ way to a second place finish in the TUDOR series race. 

Gallery: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas

The photos in this gallery were shot by Daulton Venglar and by Taylor Wiseman. This year’s Young Journalist Program was a double-header: cover the IMSA TUDOR 2 hour and 40 minute race in the morning and then the World Endurance Championship 6 Hour race in the afternoon. One of the projects that we asked the …

Dave Sims

Written by Rachel Wenzlaff as part of the Young Journalist Program For a man that says he does as little as he can, Dave “Beaky Sims” sure does a lot.   The drivers ultimately make the car accelerate, turn, brake and stop, but there would be no car to race without Dave Sims.   Simms has been …