Michael Cooper – RealTime Racing

August 5, 2024

RealTime Brings Legendary World Challenge Cars to Lime Rock Park Historic Festival 42

RealTime Racing, winners of 15 World Challenge Drivers’ Championships, will bring four of its turn-of-the-century World Challenge race cars to Lime Rock Park for the 42nd running the Historic Festival, August 30 – September 2. The cars are part of the Toyo Tires Turn-of-the-Century World Challenge Group created specifically for this year’s event. RealTime owner Peter Cunningham will drive the team’s first-generation Acura TSX, which the team won three World Challenge Touring Car Championships; […]

September 25, 2023

REALTIME STANDS UP TO SEBRING’S CHALLENGES

SEBRING, Fla. (Sept. 25, 2023) – Under the blazing Florida sun, RealTime Racing soldiered through a difficult weekend at Sebring International Raceway but still came within striking distance of a podium finish. Drivers Anthony Bartone and Adam Christodoulou earned top-10 finishes across the board with a highlight of fourth-place in Sunday’s Fanatec GT World Challenge America race. Bartone qualified fifth for both GT America sprint races. In Saturday’s race he hit cruise control from […]

August 21, 2023

HOME TRACK PODIUM FOR REALTIME RACING AT ROAD AMERICA

ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. (August 21, 2023) – RealTime Racing staged an epic comeback at its home track, Road America, to take its first Fanatec GT World Challenge Pro-Am podium of the season. Drivers Anthony Bartone and Adam Christodoulou finished third courtesy of a final lap pass by Bartone. The thrill of Sunday’s GT World Challenge race made up for the heartbreak of Saturday’s. Bartone had qualified the No. 43 Mercedes AMG-GT3 fourth overall for […]

June 20, 2023

REALTIME SCORES TOP-FIVE FINISH IN PRO-AM SEASON DEBUT AT VIR

ALTON, Va. (June 20, 2023) – In its first Fanatac GT World Challenge powered by AWS race in the Pro-Am category this season, RealTime Racing came away with a top-five finish and fastest race lap at VIRginia International Raceway. Newcomer Adam Christodoulou joined full-season driver Anthony Bartone in the 90-minute endurance races, while Bartone took home a pair of seventh-place finishes on his own in the GT America series. Having previously run as the […]

May 30, 2023

REALTIME MOVES TO PRO-AM CATEGORY IN FANATEC GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA

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

REALTIME TAKES THE GOOD WITH THE BAD IN CHALLENGING TEXAS RACE WEEKEND

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

STRONG PERFORMANCE FOR REALTIME RACING AT NOLA

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

REALTIME COLLECTS THREE VICTORIES IN SONOMA

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

REALTIME MAKES SUCCESSFUL MERCEDES DEBUT IN ST. PETERSBURG

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

REALTIME RACING FINISHES 2022 WORLD CHALLENGE SEASON IN INDIANAPOLIS

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

REALTIME ADDS TAYLOR HAGLER TO LINEUP FOR INDY 8 HOUR

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

REALTIME BACK IN ACTION AT SEBRING

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 […]

October 9, 2022

REALTIME RACING FINISHES 2022 WORLD CHALLENGE SEASON IN INDIANAPOLIS

October 3, 2022

REALTIME ADDS TAYLOR HAGLER TO LINEUP FOR INDY 8 HOUR

September 20, 2022

REALTIME BACK IN ACTION AT SEBRING

August 22, 2022

REALTIME RALLIES AT ROAD AMERICA FOR ANOTHER TOP FIVE FINISH

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 HEADS HOME TO ROAD AMERICA FOR LATEST ROUNDS OF GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA

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

REALTIME SCORES FIRST PODIUM OF 2022 AT WATKINS GLEN

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

REALTIME RACING HITS WORLD CHALLENGE HALFWAY MARK AT WATKINS GLEN

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. […]

June 14, 2022

REALTIME RACING BACK IN ACTION AT VIR

RealTime Racing returns to Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS racing this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. RealTime is no stranger to the 3.27-mile road course, scoring six World Challenge victories there over the years, including the team’s last visit, in 2019. Drivers Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper have a similar fondness for the circuit. The duos most recent victory came at VIR last season, where Vogel became the first […]

May 17, 2022

REALTIME RACING SET TO FACE NOLA FOR THE FIRST TIME

RealTime Racing is ready to show its cards in the Fantec GT World Challenge America season opener at Northern California’s Sonoma Raceway. The No. 43 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 will take to the track for two 90-minute races in the Pro-Am category with drivers Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper. Rounds Three and Four of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS at NOLA Motorsports Park will be full of firsts for RealTime Racing. […]