RENNtech Motorsports Wins at Indy!

RENNtech Motorsports with drivers Michael Auriemma and Matheus Leist win the final race of SRO Pirelli GT4 America 2024 season.

WHAT A RACE! WHAT A SEASON!

RENNtech Motorsports Team with drivers Michael Auriemma and Matheus Leist scored overall victory in SRO’s Pirelli GT4 America Race 2 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The win at the prestigious track also marked the final race in the 2024 racing season, where Auriemma and Leist placed 4th and RENNtech Motorsports Team 5th in the Pro-Am category.

The Stuart, FL, based Team celebrated the 2nd win and 3rd podium finish of the season and their 6th season of racing in the SRO Pirelli GT4 America -series. 

“It is great to win at Indy - Michael and Matheus drove a fantastic race, and the Team did an outstanding job delivering a winning car. The season was eventful, and we are happy to go home with the win here today”. 

Said Team Owner Hartmut Feyhl.

“I was going for it today. You know we had a few chances through the year, but today was great. We had a great car. RENNtech gave us a very good car, a very good car, and Mercedes was great today! Just very happy with this win, Michael drove a great race today. Very happy to come out with the overall win here at Indy!”.

Said Matheus Leist

“We really wanted to go home with this - We started the season with a win, we wanted to end with a win! We feel that we are a good driver combo, we had some ups and downs throughout the year, but clearly Matheus can drive and we look forward to being back next year.”. said Michael Auriemma

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RENNtech Motorsports fielded two Mercedes-AMG GT4’s in the 2024 SRO Pirelli GT4 America series.  The #89 RENNtech Motorsports AMG GT4 driven by Michael Auriemma and Matheus Leist, and P1 Group Only Fans Mercedes-AMG GT4 driven by Alex Vogel and Matt Bell, lined up at 7 tracks and 13 races across the nation in the 2024 -season.

About RENNtech Motorsports:

RENNtech designs, engineers and develops high performance automotive solutions for European Luxury and Performance Vehicles, in addition to our bespoke restoration, mechanical and electronic service solutions, and our world renowned Custom Classic Constructor builds since 1989. 

The RENNtech Motorsports Team fields the #89 Mercedes-AMG GT4 racecar, and operates race support for private teams in GT4, GT3 racing. Founded by Hartmut Feyhl in 2018, the team has scored podiums on legendary tracks across the United States, in both Sprint style and Endurance Racing. Employing a team of highly skilled engineers, mechanics, and drivers, RENNtech strives to achieve excellence on and off the track. Our passion for motorsports drives us to constantly push the boundaries of what is possible, and our commitment to teamwork, collaboration and excellence is what puts RENNtech at the forefront of the quality and standards required in the automotive tuning and performance world that all others are measured against!  

RENNtech Motorsports scores first Podium of the Season

Watch the highlights of Race 1 at NOLA Motorsports Park.

A flawless performance in New Orleans, puts Michael Auriemma and Tommy Johnson and the MB Gram #89 RENNtech AMG GT4 on the podium in the AM Class.

After qualifying in an outstanding P6 in Class, Tommy Johnson started the Sunday race for RENNtech. Johnson pushed hard while avoiding a couple early race scuffles as he was able to survive both Safety Car periods without any incidents.

Tommy Johnson started Race 1 P6 and gained one position before driver change.

At the half way mark, Michael Auriemma took over from Johnson with the car in P5. While steadily increasing his pace, Michael closed the gap to the leading cars. He crossed the checkered flag close to our competitors and steered clear of a few potential incidents. The #89 AMG GT4 finished P3 in class due to 2 post race penalties and scored the first podium for RENNtech Motorsports in 2023.

 

Michael Auriemma continued the race in P5 and finished P, getting our first podium of the season.

“We had a good weekend - the Team delivered a great car for the race and scoring our first podium feels fantastic! We intend to capitalize on this momentum moving forward, and we’ll be looking for more Podiums at COTA” said Team Owner Hartmut Feyhl.

Severe weather on Saturday led to delays in the schedule. Due to the nearing sunset, Saturdays Race ultimately had to be postponed and will be made up during Round 6 at Sebring International Raceway Sep 22-24. With only Race 1 in the books, RENNtech Motorsports left NOLA with 15 additional points keeping MB Gram #89 RENNtech Motorsports AMG GT4 in the hunt for the championship.

The next race weekend will be held May 19 – 21, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX.

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