Laguna Seca, CA | The inaugural event of the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West took place at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this past weekend. Round 1 of the 2022 Championship saw 19 entries representing 8 teams attacking to the 2.238 mile, 11 turn circuit under ideal and sunny weather conditions for two races. The weekend featured Kelly Moss’s Kay Van Berlo winning pole position in the 992 class in addition to coming away victorious in both races. In the Cayman class, a similar story unfolded with Micheal Gaulke winning pole and earning back-to-back wins in both races to also leave the weekend with a strong lead in the Championship standings for the Flying Lizards squad. Lastly, in the 991 class, Paul Nemschoff of Flying Lizards was first to cross the stripe in Race 1, while Sam Parnagian claimed the Race 2 victory for his BR Racing team.
Race 1 Podium Finishers :
GT3 Cup 992:
🥇 #3 Van Berlo
🥈 #98 Metni
🥉 #68 Bellomo
GT3 Cup 991:
🥇 #41 Nemschoff
🥈 #56 McInnes
🥉 #777 King
Cayman:
🥇 #90 Galke
🥈 #154 Harvey
🥉 #71 Camusi
Race 2 Podium Finishers:
GT3 Cup 992:
🥇 #3 Van Berlo
🥈 #98 Metni
🥉 #68 Bellomo
GT3 Cup 991:
🥇 #75 Parnagian
🥈 #09 Ely
🥉 #41 Nemschoff
Cayman:
🥇 #90 Galke
🥈 #154 Harvey
🥉 #71 Camusi
Laguna Seca, CA | The Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West finished off an entertaining weekend with the sprint race two of two. The second race of this opening round saw a full green flag 35 minute race. Race 2 saw Van Berlo sweeping the weekend with his second victory in the GT3 Cup 992 class in addition to Micheal Gaulke winning back-to-back races in the Cayman class. For the GT3 Cup 991 class we saw the new face of Parnagian on top of the podium winning Race 2.
Race 2 Podium Finishers:
GT3 Cup 992:
🥇 #3 Van Berlo
🥈 #98 Metni
🥉 #68 Bellomo
GT3 Cup 991:
🥇 #75 Parnagian
🥈 #09 Ely
🥉 #41 Nemschoff
Cayman:
🥇 #90 Galke
🥈 #154 Harvey
🥉 #71 Camusi
Laguna Seca, CA | The Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West kicked off its inaugural season with a 40 minute sprint with the three classes of GT3 Cup 992, GT3 Cup 991, and Cayman sharing the track together. The race was highlighted by the GT3 Cup 992 victory by Van Berlo, GT3 Cup 991 by Nemschoff, and the Cayman victory of Galke. It is important to note the GT3 Cup 991 performance of King who spun out in both practices and qualifying, but was able to turn things around to end up on the podium.
Race 1 Podiums:
GT3 Cup 992:
🥇 #3 Van Berlo
🥈 #98 Metni
🥉 #68 Bellomo
GT3 Cup 991:
🥇 #41 Nemschoff
🥈 #56 McInnes
🥉 #777 King
Cayman:
🥇 #90 Galke
🥈 #154 Harvey
🥉 #71 Camusi
Laguna Seca, CA | The Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West comes to WeatherTech Raceway to start the inaugural season of the brand new series. Qualifying was highlighted by the three classes of GT3 Cup 992, GT3 Cup 991, and Cayman all taking to the track together for a 35 minute session. The qualification session will set the grid for Race 1 which will partake this afternoon. Top three qualifiers can be viewed bellow:
GT3 Cup 992 Top 3:
1️⃣ #3 Van Berlo – 1:25.625
2️⃣ #98 Menti – 1:27.437
3️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:27.522
GT3 Cup 991 Top 3:
1️⃣ #09 Ely – 1:28.797
2️⃣ #75 Parnagian – 1:28.981
3️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 1:29.278
Cayman Top 3:
1️⃣ #90 Galke – 1:34.653
2️⃣ #154 Harvey – 1:34.990
3️⃣ #71 Camusi – 1:35.337
BRM, a French watchmaker with a focus on one-of-a-kind luxury timepieces, is proud to be the exclusive timepiece of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America Series.
Designed with exceptional technical precision and never mass-produced, the company’s timepieces exemplify true luxury lifestyle. BRM is synonymous with individuality, exemplified with the new unique Porsche Sprint Challenge designed timepieces. BRM has built global relationships with racing’s elite, establishing a presence in more than 20 countries.
BRM will launch three timepieces exclusively for the Porsche Sprint Challenge Series, each watch fully customizable with racing colors and car numbers matched to team liveries.
The Series North America Champions in 992, 991 and Cayman classes will receive a custom automatic timepiece that is matched to team colors, recognizing the achievement as Series Champion for 2022.
BRM will be on display throughout the season in the Evolve Transporters VIP Hospitality Center.
Sebring, FL| The Porsche Sprint Challenge North America kicked off the 2022 season this past weekend at Sebring with a growing number of 62 entries taking to the track. The weekend saw the introduction of the Evolve Hospitality Tent to the series as well as the introduction of livestream and time services to the porschesprint.com website. Round 1 of racing saw a competitive Cayman, GT3 Cup 992, and GT3 Cup 991 classes take to the track for two races each. Strong performances from both Grant Talkie (GT3 Cup 992) and Adian Kenny (Cayman) were on display as they both captured back-to-back race wins. Round 1 race results can be viewed below.
Cayman Round 1 Race 1 Results:
🥇 #22 Kenny
🥈 #119 Krainz
🥉#13 Iarossi
Cayman Round 1 Race 2 Results:
🥇 #22 Kenny
🥈 #119 Krainz
🥉#23 Weir
GT3 Cup 992 Round 1 Race 1 Results:
🥇 #981 Talkie
🥈 #27 Carazo
🥉 #98 Menti
GT3 Cup 992 Round 1 Race 2 Results:
🥇 #981 Talkie
🥈 #27 Carazo
🥉 #98 Menti
GT3 Cup 991 Round 1 Race 1 Results:
🥇 #99 Zdanis
🥈 #36 Levitas
🥉 #54 Piscitell
GT3 Cup 991 Round 1 Race 2 Results:
🥇 #54 Piscitell
🥈 #46 Boden
🥉 #36 Levitas
Elliot Forbes-Robinson, an icon in road racing and multi-series Champion, has joined the Porsche Sprint Challenge team as the Series Competition Advisor. Elliot was introduced in his new role today to the PSC Team Managers during the initial team meeting for the 2022 season.
In this new role, Forbes-Robinson will interact between Drivers, Teams and Series Official’s throughout the race season and offer advice and guidance on competition oversight and driver development.
An overall winner of the Daytona 24, Elliott has over 51 major road racing victories spanning a 30 year driving career.
Stop by the Evolve Hospitality and have a Warsteiner with Elliot!
Evolve Concepts prepares for the second year of Porsche Sprint Challenge by Yokohama Hospitality with the completion of their best-in-class transporter line. Evolve extends the partnership with USAC and the Porsche Sprint Challenge program‘s record-breaking participation. The 2022 transporter will debut at the series season opener in Sebring March 11-13.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN | Porsche Sprint Challenge by Yokohama gears up for its return to the world famous, Sebring International Raceway, to kick off its second season of the one-make series. After a successful and competitive 2021 season, Porsche Sprint Challenge continues their strong growth and will be returning with 58 entries for the Sebring opener, marking a nearly 100% increase from 2021.
Due to this unprecedented growth, series officials made the call late last season to split out the Cayman class into its own championship for 2022 and is leading off with 24 entries for the opener. The GT3 Cup classes will be combined into their own multi-class group with 34 starters; 15 in the 992 class and 19 for the 991 class.
The action will get underway Saturday, March 12th with the Cayman class hitting the track at 8:00am and the GT3 class following at 8:40am for their first practice sessions of the year. Follow along all weekend with live timing and broadcast available on FloRacing and porschesprint.com
