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 7, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 7, 2017) – RealTime Acura had a Texas-sized race weekend at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, taking part in three Pirelli World Challenge Sprint-X races. Both Acura NSX GT3 entries made steady progress over the trio of races and collected five top-10 finishes in the Lone Star State. Though a standard Sprint-X weekend consists of a two 60-minute races, a third was added to makeup for a rained-out race […]
July 31, 2017
LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 31, 2017) – At Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the track where it debuted the Acura NSX GT3 last year, RealTime Acura collected three top-10 finishes in Rounds Six and Seven of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships. QUALIFYING On Friday, Ryan Eversley and Peter Kox took the wheels of their No. 43 and No. 93 Acura/HPD/RealTime Acura NSX GT3s for qualifying around the 13-turn, 2.258-mile road course, which is only 65 miles […]
June 26, 2017
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (June 26, 2017) – Less than an hour from the RealTime Racing shop is the team’s home track of Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. There, Peter Kox earned another top-five finish for the Acura NSX GT3 in the Pirelli World Challenge GT category. He and teammate Ryan Eversley were not as fortunate on the second day of competition. The 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course is a fan and driver favorite in […]
May 28, 2017
LAKEVILLE, Conn. (May 28, 2017) – RealTime Acura completed its best weekend yet in Pirelli World Challenge Sprint-X competition, scoring a pair of top-five finishes at Lime Rock Park. The Wisconsin-based squad showed its strength as a team by making Acura the only manufacturer to have two cars in the top-seven on Friday and two cars in the top-six on Saturday. Fresh off a soggy weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the rain seemed […]
May 1, 2017
ALTON, Va. (May 1, 2017) – RealTime Acura took part in the first rounds of the Pirelli World Challenge Sprint-X Championship at VIRginia International Raceway. After a rough race on Saturday that saw both cars sustain crash damage, the team bounced back and put both Acura NSX GT3s back in the fight on Sunday. The Sprint-X format lengthens the race time from 50 to 60 minutes and includes a mandatory pit stop for driver change. […]
April 10, 2017
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 10, 2017) – Between the treacherous concrete-lined streets of Long Beach, California, RealTime Acura got both of its Acura NSX GT3s to the finish line. Ryan Eversley finished 11th and Peter Kox finished 13th in the third round of the Pirelli World Challenge GT Championship. Qualifying Following an overnight rain storm in Long Beach, RealTime faced tricky track conditions on Saturday morning. The track was quite wet, but would likely […]