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GT3 RACING: WEATHERTECH AND SRO AMERICA

With over 20 years dedicated to driver development with Porsche machinery and multiple championship titles on our resume, Wright Motorsports is running full speed ahead into the 2024 race season.

We have announced our continuation in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GTD effort via IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup endeavor, with the addition of the Long Beach Grand Prix. 

Our SRO America plans will be announced in the coming months. 

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is the top sports car racing series in  North America, bringing manufacturers and competitors together from all over the world to race across some of the most famous and iconic road courses in the world. The 11-race championship features a series of shorter sprint races as well as legendary endurance races, such as the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The series consists of five classes, all competing within their own divisions as well as the overall finishing result. Every car has a minimum of two drivers in each race, sharing the driving duties over the course of the event. Wright Motorsports competes in the GTD class, a class comprised of both professional and amateur-ranked drivers. 

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No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R

Following a highly successful inaugural season competing in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America’s Pro/Am class, Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer are poised to ascend to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class for the upcoming 2024 season. The dynamic duo will participate in the five races of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, in addition to an extra race at the prestigious Long Beach Grand Prix.
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ADAM ADELSON

No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R | IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup

After participating in track days in a Porsche 911 GT3 in 2018, Las Vegas native Adam Adelson began his racing career in 2019 at age 22. He found his feet in the Porsche Sprint Trophy West and by 2021, advanced to the competitive ranks of the Pirelli GT4 America and the new GT America powered by AWS. He returned for a sophomore season in both series, finishing second in GT4 America with co-driver Elliott Skeer after accumulating three wins and eight podiums. In GT America, he celebrated two wins and five podiums, racing solo in the single-driver sprint series.

Adelson and Skeer's promotion to the GTD class comes on the heels of an impressive 2023 season in the GT World Challenge Pro/Am class, where they secured six victories and an additional podium finish. The pair, along with Wright Motorsports, clinched second place in the championship standings, taking the title fight to the season finale at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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ELLIOTT SKEER

No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R | IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup

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The 2023 season saw Skeer’s return to Wright Motorsports after the racer secured the 2015 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama (now Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America) with the team. Since then, Skeer has competed across North America’s most competitive series, including the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and the Pirelli GT4 America Pro/Am class.

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JAN HEYLEN

No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R | IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup

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Jan Heylen has had a successful run with Wright Motorsports, earning podium finishes at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and Petit Le Mans his last full-season IMSA season with the team in 2014. Heylen celebrated victory at the 2020 Twelve Hours of Sebring with Ryan Hardwick and Patrick Long. In addition to racing with the team in IMSA, Heylen has been a part of Wright's 2017 and 2020 efforts in Pirelli World Challenge and SRO America's GT World Challenge, and coaches in the team’s Porsche GT3 Cup USA efforts. In 2021, Heylen celebrated nine championships with Wright Motorsports, securing titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Michelin Pilot Challenge, and GT World Challenge America. That season, he was awarded the prestigious Porsche Cup, given annually to the most successful Porsche driver in the world.
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No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R | Rolex 24 At Daytona

FRED MAKOWIECKI 

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Adding to the formidable lineup, Frenchman Fred Makowiecki will join the trio for the season-opening and longest race of the year, the Rolex 24 At Daytona. With victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Twelve Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans, Makowiecki, is no stranger to endurance racing success.

SRO America [2024 PENDING]

Sanctioned by SRO America, the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is one of the premier North American GT series, sanctioned by SRO America. Racing across the best circuits from Sonoma to Indianapolis, this series offers exciting GT3 Racing action. The three-day race weekends will feature 90-min double-header races for complete and exciting race weekends. All races air live on youtube.com/GTWorld. 

The GT America Powered by AWS features a single-driver 40-minute sprint format, including GT3, GT2 and GT4 machinery for bronze-only drivers. Makes such as Audi, Aston Martin, Porsche, Ford, McLaren, and Toyota are represented on the GT America grid. Wright Motorsports won the inaugural championship in 2021 with driver Charlie Luck.

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Wright Motorsports has expanded to a two-car effort as the Ohio-based team enters a new season in the 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS and GT America Powered by AWS. Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer will race the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R (type 991.2) in the Pro/Am class. Adelson will also contest an entry in the GT America series, a separate sprint racing effort for Bronze-rated drivers.
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CHARLIE LUCK

No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 R

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this year, GT America champion Charlie Luck returns to the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro/Am class championship alongside son-in-law Jan Heylen.

Luck raced for four years in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama before joining the GT America powered by AWS series. With Wright Motorsports, Luck dominated the inaugural season of the GT America series with thirteen pole positions, nine wins, and an additional four podium finishes. He not only won the Masters class, but also the overall drivers' championship. 
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JAN HEYLEN

No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 R

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Though this will be the second year the pair share a car for a full-season program, Luck and Heylen have a longstanding relationship, going back to Luck’s days in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA with Heylen as his coach. For the last six years, Heylen has acted as Luck’s coach, helping guide his progress through the ranks to race and capture the overall title in the GT America championship. In 2021, following great success with  Wright Motorsports in the team's various programs, Heylen was awarded the Porsche Cup, an honor awarded annually to the most successful private Porsche driver.
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No. 120 Porsche

Wright Motorsports has expanded to a two-car effort as the Ohio-based team enters a new season in the 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS and GT America Powered by AWS. Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer will race the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R (type 991.2) in the Pro/Am class. Adelson will also contest an entry in the GT America series, a separate sprint racing effort for Bronze-rated drivers.
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ADAM ADELSON

No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R

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After participating in track days in a Porsche 911 GT3 in 2018, Las Vegas native Adam Adelson began his racing career in 2019 at age 22. He found his feet in the Porsche Sprint Trophy West and by 2021, advanced to the competitive ranks of the Pirelli GT4 America and the new GT America powered by AWS. He returned for a sophomore season in both series, finishing second in GT4 America with co-driver Elliott Skeer after accumulating three wins and eight podiums. In GT America, he celebrated two wins and five podiums, racing solo in the single-driver sprint series.

Adelson and Skeer's promotion to the GTD class comes on the heels of an impressive 2023 season in the GT World Challenge Pro/Am class, where they secured six victories and an additional podium finish. The pair, along with Wright Motorsports, clinched second place in the championship standings, taking the title fight to the season finale at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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ELLIOTT SKEER

No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R

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The 2023 season will see Skeer’s return to Wright Motorsports after the racer secured the 2015 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama (now Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America) with the team. Since then, Skeer has competed across North America’s most competitive series, including the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and the Pirelli GT4 America Pro/Am class.

The Car

Porsche 911 GT3 R

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TECHNICAL SPECS

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ENGINE MOUNTS: Water-cooled six-cylinder boxer motor in rear 

POWER OUTPUT: about 565ph depending on the FIA BoP (restrictor)

TRANSMISSION: Porsche six-speed sequential dog-type transmission

WEIGHT: ABOUT 1250 kg, depending on BoP

IMSA WEATHERTECH | TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING | MARCH 13-16

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