Porsche has recently announced plans to send a works team to contest a U.S. sports car championship for the first time.
Two 911 RSRs will race in the new Tudor United SportsCar Championship which celebrates its debut in 2014. The team will be campaigned under the direction of Porsche North America, which is based at Porsche Motorsport North America in Santa Ana, CA, Los Angeles.
The Tudor United SportsCar Championship was created from the merger of two popular U.S. sports car championships, the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Series.
"North America is Porsche’s largest market for sports cars and race vehicles," said Porsche motorsport head Hartmut Kristen. "For this reason we decided to contest the United SportsCar Championship with a full works programme, similar to our commitment in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship 2013 as Porsche AG Team Manthey. The fact that there is now a top-level championship in America in which we can race, made it easy for us to decide on sending a works outfit from Weissach for the first time to compete in American sports car racing."
