(United SportsCar Racing)
The new name and logo for the unified Grand-Am/ALMS series, which will debut in 2014 - the United SportsCar Racing series - was revealed at Sebring International Raceway on Thursday, March 14. The racing organization will be sanctioned by a reinvigorated IMSA.
(John Thawley ~ Motorsports Photography @ www.johnthawley.com ~ 248.227.0110)
Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) driver/owner Scott Sharp commissioned ESBG Design to create liveries for the Tequila Patrón-sponsored HPD ARX-03b race cars to run in the 2013 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patrón season. A longtime partner of ESM, ESBG Design created a dynamic livery for the Florida-based race team using black and featuring the Tequila Patrón bottle on the nose. Emerging from the Tequila Patrón are several Patrón Bees swirling about the cars with a trail of lime green. The lime green paint on the car is reflective, so both racing machines will pop under the lights at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida next week.
(John Thawley ~ Motorsports Photography @ www.johnthawley.com ~ 248.227.0110)The 2013 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón begins with the 61st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida on March 11-16. Qualifying for P2 cars takes place at 2:20 p.m. ET on Friday, March 15. Green flag for the 12 Hours of Sebring is 10:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16. SPEED's live coverage begins at 10:30 a.m. ET.
(Porsche Cars North America)This 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.8, the racing version of the classic Carrera RS 2.7 street car, was on display at Amelia Island last weekend. Now owned by British collector Philip Basil, it was ordered from the factory by Dr. David Helmick. He hired Brumos Racing to prepare the car, and teamed up with Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood to run the 1973 edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring. Gregg and Haywood had won the 24 Hours of Daytona two months before in a prototype RSR, but the Porsche factory took the car back for a complete tear down after the race. Helmick’s car was subsequently upgraded with features learned from the Daytona winner. Their overall victory at Sebring was one of the few times in history that a race team has won both races the same year. The car underwent a major restoration at Gunnar Racing in Florida in 2001.