VIR – 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 […]

June 20, 2023

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

June 20, 2022

REALTIME EARNS ANOTHER TOP FIVE FINISH AT VIR

ALTON, Va. (June 20, 2022) – RealTime Racing endured another challenging weekend of Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS. After surviving a hard-fought Saturday race at VIRginia International Raceway with a fifth-place finish, Sunday brought nothing but heartbreak. Saturday – Qualifying Practice laps on Thursday and Friday took place in brutal temperatures that exceeded 95F, but GT World Challenge America teams were given a small reprieve Saturday morning for qualifying. Out […]

April 28, 2019

REALTIME SECURES FIRST WIN OF 2019 IN RETURN TO WORLD CHALLENGE

ALTON, Va. (April 28, 2019) – RealTime Racing made a strong return to Blancpain GT World Challenge America, finishing fourth in Saturday’s race and taking the win in Sunday’s race at VIRginia International Raceway. RealTime missed the first GT World Challenge America doubleheader of the season, but having recently taken delivery of its No. 43 Acura NSX GT3 Evo, the team was ready for Rounds Three and Four with drivers Dane Cameron and Bret […]

April 29, 2018

REALTIME CLAIMS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN VICTORY FOR HONDA CIVIC TCR

ALTON, Va. (April 30, 2018) – RealTime Racing earned the first North American victory for the Honda Civic Type R TCR in dominant flag-to-flag fashion at VIRginia International Raceway. The team followed it up with a second-place finish in Race 2 of the Pirelli World Challenge doubleheader. The combined results pushed driver Ryan Eversley into the TCR Drivers Championship points lead. Coming off of a double podium weekend at Circuit of the Americas, Eversley […]

May 1, 2017

REALTIME ACURA MAKES BIG GAINS IN SPRINT-X AT VIR

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. […]