The IMSA Weathertech Championship sequence has only one extra race left on the calendar – the Petit Le Mans, which kicks off September twenty eighth at Street Atlanta. Groups are gearing up for an intense race to shut out the season. That’s very true for Porsche, whose buyer groups are in competition for a championship title in each the GTD and GTD Professional courses. A win in each courses can be a candy sendoff for Porsche’s 991.2 GT3 R race automotive, which can be changed by an all-new 992-based racer for the 2023 season.
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The outgoing GT3 R made its debut within the endurance sequence on the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona. The 510-hp, naturally aspirated flat-six-powered machine has been key to Porsche’s buyer groups — Pfaff Motorsports in GTD Professional, Wright Motorsports and Hardpoint in Professional-Am GTD. Collectively, these three groups have nabbed 14 victories, together with each championship since 2019 for his or her respective courses. Particularly, Pfaff Motorsports is among the most profitable Porsche IMSA groups ever, bringing the outgoing 991.2 GT3 R to the Driver, Group and Producer titles in 2021, together with 11 wins and 5 pole positions.
Pfaff Motorsports Group Supervisor Steve Bortolotti stated the 991.2 “has been a really particular automotive for us as we had just about all of our ‘firsts’ in IMSA with it.” He provides, “The pedigree it has amassed is unbelievable, and I’m pleased with the job each our workers and Porsche have achieved to maintain a chassis with over 55,000 kilometers [34,175 miles] on it nonetheless working in tip-top form on the sharp finish of a particularly aggressive discipline.”
Bortolotti hopes to ship off the 991.2 GT3 R with a twelfth victory at Petit Le Mans.
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The 992-generation GT3 R will debut alongside Porsche’s Penske-backed GTP hypercar on the Rolex 24 at Daytona on January twenty sixth by means of the twenty ninth, 2023.