Team News, Changes, and Introductions
Alright Gentlemen,
Season 2 of the Snail-Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge series is almost upon us. We had a successful and great Season 1, and with some subtle changes to the teams structure and the new for season 2 implementation of success ballast, I expect this season to be even better. Our Roster is full with 16 full time primary drivers, and 7 Reserves signed up.
With the change of the teams structure going from 7 teams, with up to 3 drivers max per team to 8 teams with 2 drivers per team, we had some driver/team changes.
To start with, TOPP Racing was dropped from the list with the Moorespeed and Wright Motorsports teams being added to round out the 8 team roster. All other teams remain in the series. With these changes, came some driver moves.
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To start, 2nd place in the teams championship, TPC Racing, had 2 drivers, sign with other teams, leaving a vacancy under the new rules, while
@Rob Brown (#66), the Season 1 Drivers Champion remains.
@llNovall (#4), Season 1's 2nd place points finisher, from Flying Lizard Motorsports and winner of the Teams Championship, has moved to his home state race team, TPC Racing in an effort to help bring home a second drivers championship for the team and to take the top spot in the Teams Championship for Season 2.
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@Phlano099 (#44) remains at Flying Lizard Motorsports with
@Roman_GT23 (#23) joining the team after making the move from JDX Racing. This pairing expects to present a continued challenge for the teams Championship, with both drivers having strong chances at a Drivers Championship run.
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The ACI Motorsports team has remained intact with both drivers,
@nmcp1 (#17) and
@GCimprezaFTW (#55) returning. Despite this team having some driver turnover until the signing of GCimprezaFTW, they placed 3rd in teams points with the solid and consistent efforts by nmcp1.
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JDX Racing has an entirely new drivers roster for Season 2.
@Bologna_Duc (#88) left Kelly-Moss R&R to lead up his new team in the Coca Cola liveried Porsche with
@Xradkins (#60) as his team member. Keep an eye on this driver duo, as they could potentially be a formidable challenger for the season.
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@Moby45 (#59) continues to race with Kelly-Moss R&R in his Brumos livery Porsche with
@DesertPenguin (#99) coming from TPC Racing. Both drivers performed well despite late or limited entries throughout the 1st season. With their full time efforts, both drivers are more than capable of placing Kelly-Moss R&R toward the top.
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NGT Motorsports retained
@TomMang_68 (#68) from Season 1, and gained
@MBarry (#11) from the series retired team, TOPP Racing. Tom had a batch of mid pack finishes, and hope's to better his performance for this season.
@MBarry was a late Season 1 entry with only 3 events raced, but performed very well for 2 of the race events with an early retirement in the final race. Expect MBarry to be a strong contender in the drivers points race for Season 2.
Moorespeed and Wright Motorsports are our new team entries for Season 2.
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Austin, Texas based team, Moorespeed, recruited hometown driver
@TEX36 from TPC Racing, who was a major contributor to a successful Teams points run for season 1, finishing 6th in drivers points. The team also reached out and paired him up with
@Noob01_lmdead from NGT Motorsport. Both were very solid contenders in Season 1, and should put up a solid effort in Moorespeed's inaugural season for this series. Good luck to the team and drivers.
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And Lastly, Wright Motorsports has signed
@PrivateSmiles (#7) from Kelly-Moss R&R, and new to our series
@RadStewart (#45) to make a showing in their opening season in the series. Welcome, and good luck to the team and drivers.
All teams have a Reserve car on the ready with a strong group of Reserve drivers to fill in when needed.
Good luck to all our teams and drivers for our opening race this Friday, 7/24 and for the season.
Pre-Race Brief to be posted tomorrow afternoon. Also, we may still have 1 open grid spot to fill if not confirmed by
@PrivateSmiles by 5pm est today. Any Reserve drivers interested in racing tomorrow night, please reply here. Catch you all tomorrow
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