Las Vegas, Nevada | April 21, 2023 | Premier Racing will launch a new Porsche motorsports program beginning this weekend. The veteran race winning team will introduce longtime Premier SportsCar Service client Michael Londo (Las Vegas, Nevada) to the 2023 stable of Porsche one-make racing drivers. Londo will pilot the No. 111 Body Balance System Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car for the full season of Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West by Yokohama. The season-opening round will take place on the combination’s home track, Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, April 21 – 23.

 

Londo is not a new face at Premier, but he is new to the competition arm of the Kent Moore-led operation. He raced as a karter in his 20s before turning his attention to growing successful businesses such as Body Balance System but is now returning to his passion of racing. Working through a planned course of simulators, track days and heavy testing outlined as part of the Premier Racing Development program, Londo, Moore, team manager Sam Weber and Premier driving coach Craig Stanton developed a long term course for success. The Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West series, one step below the Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America on the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid North America, is a steppingstone from track days and club racing to full professional racing. The No. 111 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car is entered in the 991 class for the season. This is for previous generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars, the type 991.2.

 

Practice gets underway at the Pahrump, Nevada track on Friday, April 21 at 1:20 p.m. PT. A second 40-minute session at 4:20 p.m. will close the first day. Londo will wield the 500 hp car in qualifying on Saturday at 10:50 a.m. followed by the first of two 35-minute races at 2:40 p.m. Race 2 will take the green flag on Sunday, April 23 at 8:00 a.m.

Live timing and scoring of all sessions as well as streaming of both races can be found www.porschesprint.com.

 

Kent Moore, Team Principal, Premier Racing |

“Everyone at Premier Racing is very excited about this. Mike has been a great customer at our shop for years. He showed so much interest and raw talent, we began him in our Premier Racing Development program, making sure he had the tools to be a success before throwing him to the wolves. This past winter, we talked about taking this next step. It is a big one, so we really did our homework with testing. He aced everything we threw at him. He has proven himself to be one of the quickest guys we have put into a car. He listens, he learns quickly. That has been key to us deciding now is the right time. This is the next step and we are fully confident in where we stand entering this new program with Mike.”

About this weekend.

“We couldn’t ask for a better series than the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West or a better location for Mike to make his debut. Spring Mountain is our home track and he knows the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. We have done the majority of our testing here. So, he is very comfortable. That eliminates a major distraction. It will be daunting enough to go against drivers with experience in the series and with these cars in competition, but his surroundings will be familiar, and we feel we have a very good setup on the Porsche.”

 

Michael Londo, Driver, No. 111 Body Balance System Porsche 911 GT3 Cup |

“We have been working to put this together for a few years and the timing is now right. I have raced long enough to know Kent was who I wanted to drive with because of his expertise and wisdom with Porsches. This is just the first season, but the goal is to continue with Premier next year and beyond and keep the progression moving forward.”

 

About debuting at his local track |

“I don’t think many other teams have done any or much testing at Spring Mountain whereas I have hundreds of laps there. I feel it will give us a great advantage on the field. Being my first year in a car like this, we can use every advantage we can get.”

About his goals for 2023 |

“I am beyond super competitive in racing so the expectation for me is to win or podium this weekend and win the championship for this season.”

 

Sonoma, CA | The Californian sunshine broke through the rain clouds to help dry the track prior to the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West series kicking off Race 1 at Sonoma Raceway. Race 1 featured a full green flag session with 35 minutes of racing. Once again, all three Porsche classes of GT3 Cup 992, GT3 Cup 991, and Cayman were racing all together. An absolute dominant performance by Chris Bellomo propelled him into winning the GT3 Cup 992 class. In the GT3 Cup 991 class Laura Ely and Paul Nemschoff had a fierce battle back-and-forth with Ely ending up on top when time expired. Lastly, Michael Gaulke not only won the Cayman class, but also won the Apex award for Race 1 being the driver with the most overtakes for the race.

Race 1 Podium Finishers:

GT3 Cup 992:

🥇 #68 Bellomo

🥈 #132 Washington

🥉 #042 Davoudi

GT3 Cup 991:

🥇 #09 Ely

🥈 #41 Nemschoff

🥉 #56 McInnes

Cayman:

🥇 #90 Gaukle

🥈 #42 Bonderson

MONTICELLO, NY (April 14th, 2023) – Monticello Motor Club (MMC), the World’s Premier Automotive Country Club, and USAC, one of auto racing’s oldest and most prestigious sanctioning bodies, have launched an exciting new partnership. The partnership will elevate MMC’s in-house racing series and race school experiences, and fortifies and streamlines the pathway for racers to USAC-sanctioned professional racing series.

Monticello Motor Club, nestled in New York’s scenic and historic Catskill Mountains, is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. In that time, MMC has established itself as the pioneer and leader in the automotive country club space. Monticello Motor Club’s nearly 700 members are individuals and families passionate about motorsports and relish unique & thrilling driving experiences; the members-only racing series are a core tenant of these experiences. Monticello Motor Club has facilitated members-only racing since its opening in 2008 and prioritizes improving and elevating the racing each season. The new partnership with USAC is designed to take MMC’s race series offerings to new heights.

MMC’s newly launched GT4 Sprint Championship, the Club’s highest level of competition, has been endorsed by USAC. This seven-race series is limited to factory-built GT4 class racecars and features MMC members competing in cars from Porsche, McLaren, BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Aston Martin, and more. USAC has partnered with MMC on this series to ensure that the rules & regulations and the balance of performance approach facilitates highly competitive and exciting racing for all racers and spectators.

In addition, USAC has endorsed Monticello Motor Club’s Racing School: successful graduation from MMC’s three and four-day comprehensive racing education programs will now qualify participants to receive a USAC-issued racing license. MMC’s Racing School is the first and only program race school program endorsed for USAC licensing.

USAC is the sanctioning body for many of North America’s most exciting road racing series, including Porsche Sprint Challenge, SRO GT World Challenge, USF Pro Championships, Radical Cup North America, and more. Many Monticello Motor Club members already successfully compete in these series, and many more desire to. The MMC and USAC partnership allows MMC better to support interested members on their path to professional racing, and MMC is sure to be a great feeder of participants to each of these USAC-sanctioned series.

 

To learn more about Monticello Motor Club visit: www.monticellomotorclub.com

To learn more about USAC visit: www.unitedstatesautoclub.com

Sebring International Raceway provided the perfect backdrop for the first Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama weekend of 2023 and gave an exciting glimpse of what to expect throughout the season. The historically bumpy, 3.74-mile racetrack hosted four races – two for Porsche GT3 Cup competitors and two for Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport competitors – to conclude three consecutive weekends of sports car racing action in Central Florida.

Porsche GT3 Cup:

Canadian Zachary Vanier dominated the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am class, winning both races and upping his statistics to three wins in four starts since his series debut in late 2022. Vanier qualified 0.091 seconds behind newcomer and WeatherTech Pole Position Award Winner Madeline Stewart to start second for Race 1, but capitalized at the drop of the green flag to lead by the end of the first lap. The Kiwi – only the second woman in a North American single-make series to win an overall pole position – kept Vanier in her sights early on, but finished third after losing a position on a late restart to last year’s Cayman GT4 Clubsport champion, Aidan Kenny. The results were duplicated in Race 2 on Sunday.

“I’m super happy with the performance,” said Vanier. “A huge thank you to the MDK Motorsports team for all their efforts.“My first time in the car was Friday for Practice 1, and it was a huge weekend of learning and understanding the car and the track with the heat and what the tire degradation would be like.

“Sweeping the weekend is a huge positive, but we’re just going to keep working and keep learning. It’s a long championship ahead with 14 rounds left, so it’s anyone game at this point.” The GT3 Cup Am class battle was not far behind the overall lead, as Christian Hodneland of JDX Racing and David Williams of TPC Racing swapped wins this weekend at Sebring.

In Race 1, Hodneland was aggressive on a late restart to jump ahead for the win while in Race 2, Williams kept his rivals at bay. Both drivers were within two seconds of Vanier on Saturday to finish on the overall podium, while Hodneland was just .342 seconds from Williams at the checkered flag on Sunday.

Ashley Freiberg – the only woman before Stewart to win an overall pole position in a North American single-make series – made her triumphant return to racing with two wins this weekend in the 991 GT3 Cup class. Vanier’s MDK Motorsports teammate, Freiberg had spirited battles with Robert Tutino in both races but came out on top after her program with the team was only announced earlier in the week.

“I haven’t been racing very much lately, so to be honest I was just focused on my own performance and doing the best job I could behind the wheel,” said Freiberg. “I have to give a huge thank you to Yokohama Tire, Shift Up Now and MDK Motorsports for giving me this opportunity. I’m so grateful for being back behind the wheel.”

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport:

In his series debut, 17-year-old Nickolas Maloy made a quick first impression at Sebring – being the WeatherTech Pole Position Award Winner with Tatum Racing for both Cayman GT4 Clubsport races – but it was John Jodoin who stole the show in the Pro/Am class. During Race 1, Jodoin overtook Maloy on the first lap and went on to pace the field during a lengthy full-course yellow and the 15 minutes of green flag action that followed.But while Jodoin sailed to Saturday’s victory, he faced a tougher battle versus Maloy on Sunday.The youngster held on to the top spot for several laps before relinquishing the lead, but loomed large in Jodoin’s mirrors throughout the race. In the closing minutes, the pair battled door-to-door a handful of times before Maloy ultimately finished runner-up by just 0.286 seconds.

“I’ve never driven this car before,” said 24-year-old Jodoin after his Race 1 win with Fall-Line Motorsports.

“It was the first weekend and the first time with the team. I just felt at home with it and felt really good. Once I got the start at the beginning, I was off it a little bit to keep the tires good. I had them super warm when we were going yellow, so the car was ready to go.”

Sweeping the victories in the Am class was RS1’s Tom Kopczynski, or “Tom K.,” who mixed it up with the Pro/Am competitors and finished on the overall podium in both races. In Race 1, dueling Am drivers Alain Scalzo and Jason Golan nearly got tangled on track, but the battle upset Scalzo’s car enough to send his Porsche spinning. After the full-course yellow, Golan dropped back in the pack and Tom K. snuck by to finish second overall. With Scalzo’s car unable to return for Race 2, Tom K. started first in the Am class and was uncontested to the checkered flag, finishing third overall.

“I definitely allowed prudence to be the better part of valor this time,” said Tom K after Race 2. “I didn’t want to screw up all by myself and make a big error to let Joe in or Jason. Slow and steady, it sounds stupid, wins the race and that’s what I did.” Golan wound up second in Race 1 and third in Race 2, while Kathryn Mead and Joseph Rizzo also collected Am class podium trophies this weekend.

With Sprint Challenge’s North American championship now underway, the series heads to Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Nevada to kick off the 2023 USA West circuit, featuring six events that geographically align for teams based in the Central and Western United States.

PSCUW’s first visit to Spring Mountain is scheduled for April 21-23, while PSCNA will return to Barber Motorsports Park one week later as part of the IndyCar Series Grand Prix weekend in Alabama.

 

Sebring, FL | Round 1 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge is in the books after a successful weekend of action pack racing with a total of four races taking place throughout the weekend. Round 1 was highlighted by weekend sweeps in the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am, 991 GT3 Cup, Cayman Pro/Am, and Cayman Am classes. Two MDK Motorsports teammates, Zachery Vainer (992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am) and Ashley Freiberg (991 GT3 Cup) were responsible for two of the Round 1 sweep with the Fall-Line Motorsports entrant, John Jodoin (Cayman Pro/Am), was responsible for the third with the RS1 entry, Tom Kopczynski, achieving the fourth sweep.

 

Cayman Race 2 saw 35 minutes +1 lap of green flag racing. WeatherTech Pole Position Award winner Nick Maloy battled with John Jodoin the entire race with John Jodoin taking the checkered flag first in the Cayman Pro/Am class and a P1 Overall finish. Taking 2nd place in the North American Cayman Pro/Am class and P2 overall was Nick Maloy. Rounding out the Cayman Pro/Am podium after a 2nd place finish in Race 1 was Paul Bocuse with a P4 overall finish. In the North America Cayman Am class, Tom Kopczynski found himself back on top of the box with a P3 Overall finish. Coming in 2nd place for the Cayman Am class was Joseph Rizzo with a P7 Overall finish. Rounding out the Cayman Am podium with a P9 Overall finish was Jason Galon.

The GT3 Cup also saw 35 minutes +1 lap of green flag racing. Zachery Vainer was once again on top of the box in the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am class with a P1 Overall finish. In 2nd place in the class with a P2 Overall finish was Aidan Kenny. Wrapping up the North America GT3 Cup Pro/Am podium in 3rd place with a P3 Overall finish was Madeline Stewart. In the North America 992 GT3 Cup Am class was David Williams with a P4 Overall finish. Coming in P5 Overall for a 2nd place finish in the 992 GT3 Cup Am class was Christian Hodneland. Rounding out the 992 GT3 Cup Am class was Mark Kvamme with a P6 Overall finish. On the 991 GT3 side of things, Ashley Freiberg once again found herself victorious in the class with a P10 Overall finish. Coming in 2nd place with a P12 Overall in the North America 991 GT3 class was Daniel Hanley. Wrapping up the 991 GT3 Cup podium was Tim Kezeman with a P13 overall finish.

🏁992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am Race 2 Podium 🏁

🥇 #206 Vanier (P1 Overall)

🥈 #222 Kenny (P2 Ovreall)

🥉 #282 Stewart (P3 Overall)

🏁992 GT3 Cup Am Race 2 Podium 🏁

🥇#237 Williams (P4 Overall)

🥈#232 Hodneland (P5 Overall)

🥉 #243 Kvamme (P6 Overall)

🏁991 GT3 Cup Race 2 Podium 🏁

🥇 #122 Freiberg (P10 Overall)

🥈 #144 Hanley (P12 Overall)

🥉 #114 Kezman (P13 Overall)

🏁Cayman Pro/Am Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #39 Jodoin

🥈 #4 Maloy

🥉 #71 Bocuse

.

🏁Cayman AM Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #52 Kopczynski

🥈 #12 Rizzo

🥉 #80 Golan

Sebring, FL | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama’s third season of racing kickedoff off at Sebring International Raceway with two races on Friday. Both Cayman GT4 Clubsports and GT3 Cups Cars took to the track for their own respective 35 minute + 1 lap race under the Florida sunshine.

Qualifying in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America Cayman class saw 17 year old Nick Maloy take home the WeatherTech Pole Position Award with his first race with the series with a lap time of 2:14.871. Coming in P2 during qualifying was Jodoin who was .120 off of Maloy’s pace with a lap time of 2:14.991. In the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup class the Australian native Madeline Stewart with a lap time of 2:05.509. With the winning of the WeatherTech Pole Position Award, Stewart becomes the 2nd female in North American One Make Series to win the overall poll position, behind fellow series competitor Ashley Freiberg.

Winning the first North American Cayman race in the Pro/Am class for the 2023 North America Championship was John Jodoin with a P1 Overall finish. Jodoin won the Cayman race after starting the race in the second position. In 2nd place for the Cayman Pro/Am class was Paul Bocuse who took P3 Overall. Rounding out the Cayman Pro/Am podium in the 3rd position was Tillman Schmid who claimed P5 Overall. On the other side of the Cayman class was the Am class. Victorious in the Cayman Am class was Tom Kopczynski with a P2 Overall. P2 in the Cayman Am class was claimed by Jason Golan taking P4 Overall. Wrapping up the Cayman Am podium was Kathryn Mead with a P8 Overall finish.

Finishing victorious in the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am class and finishing the race in P1 Overall was Zachery Vanier. In 2nd place for the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am class was the defending Cayman Champion Aidan Kenny who took P4 Overall. Rounding out the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am class was the WeatherTech Pole Position Award Winner Madeline Stewart who finished P5 Overall. In the North American GT3 Cup Am class Christian Hodneland who took 2nd Overall in the Cup Race. David Williams raced his way in P2 in the 992 GT3 Cup Am Class with a P3 Overall Finish. Rounding up the Am class in the GT3 North American class was Mark Kvamme in a P6 Overall finish. On the 991 GT3 Cup side of things Ashley Freiberg won the class in a triumphant return to racing with a P8 Overall finish. Coming in 2nd place in the 991 class was Roberto Tutino with a P12 Overall result. And wrapping up the 991 GT3 Cup with a P13 Overall result was Scott Zdanis.

🏁992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #206 Vanier (P1 Overall)

🥈 #222 Kenny (P4 Overall)

🥉 #282 Stewart (P5 Overall)

🏁992 GT3 Cup Am Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #232 Hodneland (P2 Overall)

🥈 #237 Williams (P3 Overall)

🥉 #243 Kvamme (P6 Overall)

🏁991 GT3 Cup Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #122 Freiburg (P8 Overall)

🥈 #178 Tutino (P12 Overall)

🥉 #199 Zdanie (P13 Overall)

🏁Cayman Pro/Am Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #39 Jodoin

🥈 #71 Bocuse

🥉 #77 Schmid

🏁Cayman AM Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #52 Kopczynski

🥈 #80 Golan

🥉 #12 Rizzo

The Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama season will kick off at Sebring International Raceway this weekend, hosting the first of eight double-header weekends for PSCNA, with nearly 50 cars in attendance across five classes and two sets of races.

One set will feature Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car models – 19 entries with Type-992 GT3 Cups and 13 entries with 991 GT3 Cups – while the other will feature 16 Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars.

Coming off back-to-back events with the FIA World Endurance Championship 1000 Miles of Sebring and the IMSA-sanctioned Twelve Hours of Sebring just last week, the 3.7-mile racetrack has held a PSCNA event each year since the series’ inception in 2021.

The driver and eventual class champion who swept both Cayman GT4 Clubsport races at Sebring last season, Aiden Kenny, returns to defend his victories, albeit now in the top-tier 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am class with ACI Motorsports.

One of the drivers joining Kenny in the Pro/Am field will be Madeline Stewart, who was newly named with Porsche Carrera Cup North America champion team JDX Racing. Stewart, who hails from Queensland, New Zealand, finished a two-year stint in the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia series racing 991 GT3 Cup cars before making her switch to the U.S. and now the 992 GT3 Cup. Stewart had the opportunity to test with JDX at Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama before getting a glimpse of the Sebring bumps earlier this month.

Scott Zdanis is another returning driver with prior winning experience in the North American championship at Sebring. Zdanis took the first checkered flag of the 991 GT3 Cup season in 2022 en route to finishing third overall in the championship standings and will be back on the grid with his team, MGM.

Many of the nearly 20 teams this weekend at Sebring plan to field multiple entries, as Fall-Line Motorsports tops the list with nine; MDK Motorsports with five; the trio of JDX, Kelly Moss Road and Race, and RS1 with four; and others rounding out with two to three cars.

One such team is Tatum Racing with three cars and its stable of drivers bringing a range of experience. John McInnes – with assistance from his driver development coach Parker Thompson – will pull double duty this season between the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America and USA West series in the 991 GT3 Cup class.

Meanwhile, McInnes’ teammate, Nickolas Maloy, makes his series debut this weekend driving in the Cayman GT4 Clubsport Pro/Am category. Maloy, just 17 years old, seeks a coveted spot with the Porsche Motorsport Junior Driver Program based on his performance throughout the season.

In total, six drivers will compete for the 992 GT3 Cup Pro/Am wins this weekend, and 13 drivers each for the 992 GT3 Cup Am and 991 GT3 Cup wins. Nine drivers will run for the first pair of Cayman GT4 Clubsport Pro/Am wins and seven entries are set for the Am class.

All four 40-minute races this weekend listed below will stream live on FloSports, in addition to the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama YouTube channel.

More information can also be found at www.porschesprint.com and on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Saturday, March 25
Cayman GT4 Clubsport Race 1: 1:20 p.m. ET
GT3 Cup Race 1: 4:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 26
Cayman GT4 Clubsport Race 2: 10:20 a.m. ET
GT3 Cup Race 2: 12:40 p.m. ET

Speedway, IN | Madeline Stewart is set to race in Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama as part of a two-year program with JDX Racing that will see her make the step into Carrera Cup North America in 2024.

Coming off the back of two seasons in the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia,

Madeline will be making the transition into racing in the United States with reigning Porsche

Carrera Cup North America champions JDX Racing.The Queensland based Kiwi will spend her year traveling between Australia and the USA to fulfill her racing commitments and is looking forward to the challenge of racing in a new championship.

“I’m really excited for this new opportunity, racing in America. JDX have such a great

pedigree and had such a strong 2022 Carrera Cup Campaign. I’m really looking forward to

working with them and I’m confident that I’ll learn a lot. It’s also great to have Byers Porsche

on board for 2023 and I’m excited to build a relationship with them. This will be my first time racing a Porsche 992 Cup Car and to have the chance to race at such iconic circuits such as Sebring, Circuit of the Americas and the Indy Road Course is a dream come true. We’ve had a successful first test at Barber Motorsport Park so I’m excited to see what we can do this year.”

The series in America is run to closely simulate GT3 racing with rolling starts, ABS and

traction control. It provides a logical next step in the Porsche Pyramid and helps open many

opportunities for the future.

This week, Madeline completed her first test with JDX Racing at Barber International

Raceway in Alabama. She will spend the next week in Colorado with team before heading to

Florida for a two-day test at Sebring. JDX Racing co-owner, Jeremy Dale, was impressed by

Madeline’s first test.

“We are very excited about our program with Madeline. She is very focused and serious

about her goals in motorsport, and we intend to give her all the tools she needs to achieve

those goals. Sprint Challenge is quickly becoming a proving ground for young drivers on their way to Carrera Cup, and we think this program is ideal preparation for our planned 2024 campaign in the ultra-competitive Carrera Cup North America championship. We have just completed our first test at Barber, and Madeline did an exceptional job in her first outing in the 992 Cup Car. I want to thank Madeline and her sponsors for having the confidence in JDX Racing to guide her on her journey. We’re all in!” Madeline’s first race will be at Sebring, Florida, 24-26 March.

2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge North America Schedule

Sebring International Raceway 24-26 March (USAC)

Barber Motorsport Park 28-30 April (IndyCar)

Virginia International Raceway 2-4 June (USAC)

Mid-Ohio 30 June – 2 July (IndyCar)

Road America 11-13 August (USAC)

Circuit of the Americas 25-27 August (USAC)

Indy Road Course 6-8 October (GT World Challenge USA)

Speedway, IN | Tatum Racing is a family owned and operated business with over 5 decades of Motorsports experience. JT and Patsy are responsible for the teams logistics and day to day operations. Their son, Shawn Tatum, is Team Principal and Crew Chief. The crew for 2023 will consist of Technicians Will Higgins, Sheldon Marra, Chad Deppe and Dougy Trupski. During the 2022 season the Tatum Team and Racing Community lost a fellow crew member. During this time of loss, the Porsche Sprint Challenge and Racing Communities came together as a whole with overwhelming support.

After their 2022 Inaugural year in Porsche Sprint Challenge; Tatum Racing based at Utah Motorsports Campus is excited to be campaigning another two car team in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North American Series and the Porsche Sprint Challenge West Series for 2023.

2022 brought lots of excitement, dedication and hard work as Tatum Racing campaigned two 991.2 Porsche Cup Cars in the Porsche Sprint Challenge West Series, with limited time to prepare for the season. The team came together to prepare for the season with phenomenal attitude to get the job done. With John McInnes in the # 56 and Chris Haunold in the #00 both had fantastic results throughout the entire season.

2023 will again find John McInnes returning in his 991.2 Cup Car #156; to both the Porsche Sprint Challenge North American and Porsche Sprint Challenge West Series. With 2 overall wins at his home track at Utah Motorsports Campus and two more class wins at the historical Indianapolis Motor Speedway, John is excited as ever to see what 2023 will hold.

Joining the Tatum Racing Team for the 2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge North American Series will be 17 year old Nick Maloy making his Rookie Debut. Nick will be driving his 2020 GT4 Cayman Clubsport in the PRO/AM Class. He will be competing for the Championship in his class and also hoping for a spot on the Porsche Motorsport Junior Driver Program. Nick is a dedicated and talented young driver that has set goals to achieve and enhance his driving abilities. Tatum Racing will be giving 110% effort in helping Nick achieve his goals and dreams in 2023.

Parker Thompson the 2022 Carrera Cup Champion , will again be providing Driver Development and Coaching during the 2023 Season. John McInnes gained a great deal of understanding about the car having Parker as the Coach last Season. John is looking forward to improving his Race Craft and will be fighting for the Championships in both Porsche Sprint Challenge Series in 2023.

Speedway, IN | Continuing to forge ahead with a diversity program, the inclusion of Women in Motorsports, Black Sheep Racing has added Devin Alexandria Hofmann to the squad as she will be the Car Chief for Championship-Winning driver Laura Ely in 2023. Starting her passion for cars and motorsports at young age, Devin was destined to have a career in the automotive industry and the fast-paced life of motorsports.

“I am excited to have Devin as part of the BSR family in 2023, and this is just another example of our ‘Women in Motorsports’ efforts,” explained Laura Ely. “With such a passion for motorsports in general, her intense school program, and growing resume, Devin is a perfect example of what motorsports needs for women both now and in the future.”

Starting her love for cars when she was young, hearing the lop of the muscle cars and turbo spools of the tuner cars, she instantly wanted to know everything about them and how to make them faster. Devin went to school learning to use CAD/CAM and designed car parts for local race shops as a hobby after graduating from Augusta Technical College with a Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate’s Degree.

“I just love cars,” explained Hofmann. “The thrill of racing and making something that is already fast, faster, is a huge passion and I cannot wait to get started with Black Sheep Racing. A huge thanks to Laura and everyone in the program, and I hope that I can help make the team back-to-back champions.”

The hobby of making car parts led her to build and racing her own car, a 2015 Subaru STi, in grassroots ‘Time Attack’ where she worked with her sponsors to test and develop performance parts on track with her own car. During this time, Devin got picked up by BMW Manufacturing doing lean manufacturing engineering as well as testing and analysis for new products. This change motivated Devin to go back to school and get her Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

Devin’s love for the physics and data analysis of race cars led her to volunteer for teams ranging from NASA Spec Miata, WRL, GTO, to Super Trofeo to Trans-Am TA2. Devin has been working for teams doing pit crew work, data, and mechanic jobs in between her day job at GE Gas Turbine as a Lead Manufacturing Engineer and her own grassroots racing program.

Ely added, “Devin’s drive to learn and grow in this sport makes us happy to have her as one of the newest members on our team for the 2023 season.”