Amid a cadre of historic, even legendary, Porsche race and street automobiles in attendance at Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7, September 28 – October 1 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, might be 36 equally offered Porsche race automobiles; all constructed throughout the final three mannequin years. For the primary time in its historical past, Porsche Rennsport Reunion will host a weekend of a present nationwide championship. The Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America is the premier one-make race collection in the US and Canada using the most recent Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race automotive, Kind 992, to problem one of the best street and road race programs on the continent.

Introduced on September 25, 2020, with its debut occasion weekend at Sebring Worldwide
Raceway, March 18 and 19, 2021, Porsche Carrera Cup North America was 30years within the making. As with all nationwide Carrera Cups worldwide, Porsche manages the single-driver per-entry collection. Within the U.S., Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA) manages the collection, whereas the Worldwide Motor Sports activities Affiliation (IMSA) acts as official sanctioning physique in addition to manages scrutineering and steward on-track exercise. The Porsche Carrera Cup North America is one in every of 26 Porsche one-make championships competing in 28 nations.

“Porsche has taken a singular strategy to racing since its starting,” supplied Porsche Motorsport North America president and CEO Volker Holzmeyer. “It’s not one thing as well as that we do, it’s what we do. Motorsport is the guts of Porsche and one-make racing is the blood. What we do with our one-make collection on the Motorsport Pyramid is create expertise on the driver stage and progress alternatives for the groups. Within the Am and plenty of within the Professional-Am class, that is the last word vacation spot. For our Professional class drivers, it is a step. We see them come from Porsche Dash Problem up by means of Carrera Cup and transfer into larger collection with Porsche. That is distinctive. Right here in North America, we will present how somebody involves Carrera Cup, learns and strikes to the subsequent stage with the Porsche 911 GT3 R and wins in open competitors. We’ll see the subsequent Patrick Lengthy come from right here and ultimately race for total victories within the Porsche 963. Driver growth is why Porsche one-make racing exists and I consider we’ll accomplish this aim.”

The 16-round, eight weekend championship has raced from coast-to-coast in 2023, returning the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for a second consecutive season. Every 40-minute race counts towards a season-long driver and crew championship in every of three lessons: Professional, Professional-Am and Am. Study extra about every class right here.

All rounds of the 2023 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America could be discovered on IMSA.television, the NBC Peacock streaming app and PorscheCarreraCup.us. All rounds are archived on the collection YouTube channel: Porsche Motorsport North America TV: (https://www.youtube.com/c/PorscheMotorsportNorthAmerica). The specialists of IMSA Radio present commentary and colour for the race calls. Extra on Porsche Carrera Cup North America could be discovered at www.PorscheCarreraCup.us.