3GT Racing is an American racing team formed by Paul, Tony and John Gentilozzi.
3GT will compete at the 2017
IMSA SportsCar Championship
The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...
with two
Lexus
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RC F GT3 under the brand 3GT Racing, with
Scott Pruett
Scott Donald Pruett (born March 24, 1960) is a former American race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, CART, IMSA, Trans-Am and Grand-Am. He and his wife Judy have three children and are children's book authors.
Pruett started racing go ...
and
Sage Karam
Sage Rennie Karam (born March 5, 1995) is an American professional racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 43 and 45 Chevrolet Camaros for Alpha Prime Racing and part-time in the IndyCar Series, drivi ...
as two of the drivers.
Team history
3GT Racing was formed to race the
Lexus RC
The Lexus RC (Japanese: レクサス・RC, ''Rekusasu RC'') is a compact executive two-door coupé manufactured by Lexus, Toyota's luxury division. The RC which according to Lexus stands for "Radical Coupe" is a two-door coupé version of the Le ...
F GT3. Owned and operated by five-time
Trans-Am Series
The Trans-Am Series is a sports car racing series held in North America. Founded in 1966, it is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA).
Primarily based in the United States, the series competes on a variety of track types includ ...
Champion,
Paul Gentilozzi and his longtime partners, Tony and John Gentilozzi, the East Lansing, Michigan-based team principals have been involved in motorsports for more than 46 years and they have claimed more than 75 victories and 15 manufacturer and driver championships. Pruett and Karam will drive the No. 14 RC F GT3. Drivers
Jack Hawksworth
Jack W. Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British professional racing driver from Bradford, West Yorkshire. , he competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for AIM Vasser Sullivan.
He has also raced in the Star Mazda Championsh ...
and
Robert Alon
Robert Alon (born July 10, 1990, in Santa Monica, California
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will drive the No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3. 3GT Racing signed four drivers to complete its driver lineup for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's endurance events in 2017.
Austin Cindric
Austin Louis Cindric (born September 2, 1998) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang for Team Penske.
Prior to competing in stock cars, Cindric raced with a v ...
,
Dominik Farnbacher
Dominik Farnbacher (born 26 September 1984 in Ansbach) is a German sports car racing driver, and currently an SRT factory driver, driving an SRT Viper GTS-R in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Career
After beginning his career in karting ...
,
Ian James and
Gustavo Menezes
Gustavo Menezes (born 19 September 1994) is an American racing driver, currently racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Career
Karting
Menezes began karting in 2002, but took his first championship in 2005 in the IKF ...
will join 3GT Racing for the four Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup races, which include the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida, Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen and the Petit LeMans powered by Mazda at Road Atlanta. James and Menezes will share the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 with Sage Karam and Scott Pruett, while Cindric and Farnbacher will team with Robert Alon and James Hawksworth in the No. 15 entry.
See also
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Rocketsports Racing
Rocketsports Racing was a motor racing team based in East Lansing, Michigan in the United States.
Team history
Rocketsports was founded in 1985 by racing driver Paul Gentilozzi to compete in the Trans-Am series. It competed in Trans-Am until 200 ...
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RSR Racing RSR Racing was an American sports car racing team formed from the defunct Rocketsports Racing. In the spring of 2009, Paul Gentilozzi and his sons, Tony and John, founded RSR in partnership with Jaguar Cars Ltd. to build and race the Jaguar XKR in ...
References
External links
Team Website
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
American auto racing teams
Companies based in Ingham County, Michigan
Sports in Lansing, Michigan
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams
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