May 30, 2023
SAUKVILLE, Wisc. (May 30, 2023) – RealTime Racing will make the move to the Pro-Am category of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS beginning at VIRginia International Raceway, June 16 – 18. Pro driver Adam Christodoulou will join Anthony Bartone in the No. 43 Mercedes-AMG GT3. Christodoulou is a veteran sports car driver who has raced in the world’s most prestigious endurance events, including two wins at the Nürburgring 24 […]
May 22, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (May 22, 2023) – In the latest rounds of GT America powered by AWS and Fanatec GT World Challenge America, RealTime Racing’s results did not match the team’s potential. Still, drivers Anthony Bartone and Andy Pilgrim took away plenty of positives from a weekend that didn’t necessarily look successful on paper. In the 40-minute GT America races, Bartone is the sole driver, and Saturday’s race was an exercise in frustration for him. He […]
May 1, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (May 1, 2023) – It was another busy race weekend for RealTime Racing as it ran in both Fanatec GT World Challenge America and in GT America powered by AWS. Though there were some missed opportunities, the team came away from NOLA Motorsports Park with a pair of top-10 finishes and two victories. The weekend saw a RealTime sweep of the Am-category in GT World Challenge America, where Bartone and Pilgrim share the […]
April 3, 2023
SONOMA, California (April 3, 2023) – Following a successful GT America powered by AWS debut on the streets of St. Petersburg, RealTime Racing added a Fanatec GT World Challenge America program to its docket. After four races at Sonoma Raceway last weekend, RealTime came away with three first-place trophies. With the addition of the GT World Challenge America program, RealTime pared down its GT America effort to one car for Anthony Bartone and used its […]
March 7, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 7, 2023) – SRO GT America powered by AWS veterans RealTime Racing came away with three top-five finishes in their first-ever race event with Mercedes-AMG GT3 machinery last weekend. Drivers Anthony Bartone and Andy Pilgrim showed great speed and composure on the streets of St. Petersburg. For the 2023 season, RealTime Racing has teamed up with Bartone Bros Racing to run the No. 43 and No. 427 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in GT […]
October 9, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (October 9, 2022) – What started as the best race of the 2022 season for RealTime Racing (RTR) ended with a string of setbacks that ultimately forced the team to park the No. 43 Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22 with 90 minutes remaining. A seventh-place finish in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS finale did not reflect the effort put in by the team at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. RTR qualified […]
October 3, 2022
SAUKVILLE, Wis. (Oct. 3, 2022) – For the eight-hour finale of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS, RealTime Racing (RTR) has recruited two-time Michelin Pilot Challenge Champion Taylor Hagler. Hagler joins RTR fresh off of winning her second TCR championship in IMSA last week. The Texan is a graduate of the HPD GT3 Academy and did a full season of GT World Challenge America last year in an Acura NSX GT3 Evo. […]
September 20, 2022
Only three more races remain in the 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season. The next two take place at Sebring International Raceway in Central Florida, a track famous for its storied racing history and infamous for its bumpy race surface. RealTime Racing (RTR) looks to continue its streak of finishing in the top five at each track on the calendar, but also has its sights set on a return to the […]
August 22, 2022
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (August 22, 2022) – RealTime Racing’s (RTR) home track wasn’t the kindest to the local team. An incident in Saturday’s race prevented them from capitalizing on a strong qualifying performance, but the group bounced back for a fifth-place finish on Sunday. Just 30 minutes from RTR’s home base in Saukville, Wisconsin, is Road America: a legendary four-mile road course popular across the motorsports world. To celebrate the arrival of the Fanatec GT […]
August 16, 2022
RealTime Racing (RTR) is riding a wave of positive momentum into its home track this weekend: Road America. The latest rounds of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS will take place in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, a mere 30 minutes away from the RealTime shop in Saukville. The last time RTR raced in World Challenge at Road America, in 2019, it came away with its 100th race victory. The team hopes to put […]
July 25, 2022
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 25, 2022) – RealTime Racing put in an inspired performance in Saturday’s Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS race to claim its first podium of the season. Drivers Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper backed up Saturday’s third-place finish with sixth-place result on Sunday. Saturday – Qualifying Following two practice sessions on Friday, Vogel and Cooper took turns qualifying the No. 43 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 on Saturday morning. Both […]
July 21, 2022
The halfway point of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season has arrived at Watkins Glen International. RealTime Racing (RTR) drivers Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper will return to the wheel of the No. 43 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 for Rounds Seven and Eight in upstate New York. The team has had a busy five weeks since VIR, where its Round Six race ended with a heavy impact in the tire wall. […]
September 16, 2016
TORRANCE, CA (Sept. 16, 2016) – Acura Motorsports today announced that RealTime Racing will continue to head the manufacturer’s program in the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge in 2017. RealTime will field a pair of new Acura NSX GT3 race cars, now being prepared for FIA homologation. A long-time Acura partner, RealTime will again contest the Pirelli World Challenge, switching to the new NSX GT3 from the Acura TLX GT, which the Wisconsin-based team has used to […]
August 15, 2016
TOOELE, Utah (Aug. 15, 2016) – A promising start to the Pirelli World Challenge weekend at Utah Motorsports Campus ended in heartbreak for RealTime Acura. After a strong top-five finish on Saturday, both cars exited Sunday’s race early. Drivers Ryan Eversley and Spencer Pumpelly were able to make solid progress through practice in their Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX-GTs. When it came time to qualify, Pumpelly put his No. 34 eighth on the grid and Eversley’s […]
June 26, 2016
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (June 26, 2016) – At Road America, only 30 miles from the team’s shop, RealTime Acura swept the Pirelli World Challenge GT doubleheader, including a one-two finish in Saturday’s race. The No. 42 and No. 43 Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX-GTs were strong out of the box on the ultra-fast four-mile, 14-turn permanent road course. Come qualifying on Friday afternoon, it looked like it might be an all-Acura front row, but Ryan Eversley’s […]
May 28, 2016
LAKEVILLE, Conn. (May 28, 2016) – They may have been down a car, but RealTime Acura still packed a punch in the latest rounds of the Pirelli World Challenge at Lime Rock Park. Taking over Peter Cunningham’s Acura TLX-GT, Ryan Eversley scored a sixth and fourth-place finish. Following an accident in the second race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Eversley’s No. 43 Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX-GT needed to return to the RealTime shop in Wisconsin […]
May 23, 2016
BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada (May 23, 2016) – RealTime Acura earned an overdue Pirelli World Challenge GT podium at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Ryan Eversley scored a third-place finish in Saturday’s race, while Peter Cunningham took home the VP Fuels Hard Charger Award and MotorTrendOnDemand.com Clean Pass of the Race Award. RealTime’s best result of the season thus far started with its best qualifying performance. Eversley stunned pit lane with a 1:15.682 lap on his final flyer, […]
April 24, 2016
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 24, 2016) – The 2.283-mile Barber Motorsports Park is notorious for having few passing zones, but Peter Cunningham and Ryan Eversley still managed to advance in their pair of RealTime Acura TLX-GTs. Cunningham even earned himself the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award on Saturday for his climb through the Pirelli World Challenge GT field. Qualifying is crucial at a circuit like Barber, but unfortunately both RealTime Acuras qualified outside the top 10. […]
April 17, 2016
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 17, 2016) – Both of the RealTime Acura TLX-GTs survived contact on the streets of Long Beach to finish seventh and 12th in the latest round of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships. Despite an early pit stop for Ryan Eversley and a hard hit for Peter Cunningham, both drivers were able to improve on their starting positions. The Long Beach event doesn’t afford much track time, so after two practice sessions totaling […]
March 14, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 14, 2016) – In the concrete caverns of the St. Petersburg street course, Ryan Eversley and Peter Cunningham kept their Acura TLX-GTs clean through two races and collected another pair of top-10 finishes. The second round on the Pirelli World Challenge GT calendar was only a few short days after the first. As soon as the RealTime Acura transporters were packed up on Sunday in Austin, Texas, they were en route to […]
March 7, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (March 7, 2016) – RealTime Acura came away with another top-10 performance for the Acura TLX GT in season opening weekend for the Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas (COTA). Peter Cunningham and Ryan Eversley both had their share of tangles with the rest of the GT field, but were able to rebound and make progress in the development of their new rear-wheel drive machines. For the 2016 World Challenge season, the […]