Just three American drivers set for full-time duty in GTP class, which opens its season at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Jan. 28-29.
M Hybrid V-8 at RLL Racing, and Floridian Ricky Taylor, the longest serving driver in IMSA’s prototype ranks, as one of three Americans at the top. Taylor will drive the Acura ARX-06 entry of his father Wayne Taylor.
Doonan said that GTP manufacturers tell him they want to hire American drivers, but where will those drivers come from? It’s an old saw, but being seasoned by several seasons in Europe sometimes produces the best road racing results. There are three Brazilians who will pilot GTPs during the 2023 WeatherTech season—Filipe Nasr , Pipo Derani and Augusto Farfus . Each spent formative years in Europe. Australian Matt Campbell, who will drive a Porsche 963, moved to Europe after racing Porsches in Australia. A factory driver, he advanced to GTP from a championship season in GTD Pro last season with Pfaff Motorsports.
“That was kind of the pressure in the situations that I was used to throughout my career, given the different opportunities that presented themselves,” said Braun. He first worked with Michael Shank at age 25 in a one-off drive. Due to his oval experience in NASCAR and his prototype background, he was the perfect candidate to set a record lap at Daytona of 222.971 mph on board Shank’s Ford-Riley in 2013.
Dickinson was invited to participate in a Porsche Supercup race at Silverstone last year as part of his education in the junior program. “I was able to get my first up close and personal look at that style of driving,” he said. “I had an idea of what to expect going into it in terms of the level of aggression. Once you got into the fight, it was way beyond what I was used to.”
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