Expanded Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 Cup Race Format in Action Two Weeks from Today at the HSR Atlanta Fall Historics at Road Atlanta
BRASELTON, Georgia (September 4, 2015) – Officials from America’s GT Cup confirmed today 2016 plans to feature The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy USA exclusively at race events in which the pair of Porsche-based racing series can be showcased in their own run group.
The 2016 Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 Cup calendar of events is still being finalized, but each event will be similar in format to the weekend schedule the series will follow at the upcoming HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) Atlanta Fall Historics at Road Atlanta, September 18 – 20.
The Road Atlanta race begins exactly two weeks from today with opening practice and qualifying. As the schedule model for 2016 and beyond, the three-day Fall Historics weekend will feature Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 competitors in their own practice, qualifying and three sprint-race sessions. Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 teams will also participate in Sunday’s B.R.M. Enduro Challenge, a one-hour event that will be the weekend’s points-paying Enduro race.
“Our Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 competitors have consistently asked for event weekends where they can regularly race in their own run groups,” said Ken Fengler, Competition Director and General Manager of America’s GT Cup, the operating organization of both racing series. “The Fall Historics offers a preview of this format and we are confident in being able to deliver a 2016 schedule of race events that will all showcase The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 Cup in their own run group.”
Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 entries are still being accepted for the Atlanta Fall Historics. Entries received by this Labor Day Monday, September 7, will avoid late fees. The entry form can be downloaded by clicking here.
The Atlanta Fall Historics provisional schedule can be downloaded by clicking here.
An ample off-track schedule is also in place for The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 at the Atlanta Fall Historics. For the second year in a row, longtime historic and vintage racing supporters, Jerry and Lara Peters, will host a Stuttgart Cup/Mission Foods GT3 welcome reception at their well-known and nearby race shop, the Lucky Dog Garage. The event is open to all registered Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 competitors and begins at 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 18.
A unique prize will be among the awards competitors will be racing to win at Road Atlanta. Official America’s GT Cup partner Pirelli Tire North America has donated a pair of weekend passes to the United States Grand Prix Formula 1 race at Circuit of The Americas, October 23 – 25. All registered Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 competitors racing at Road Atlanta will have a chance to win the tickets.
The Atlanta Fall Historics is the first race after the successful premiere of The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 on the syndicated and online television network, Car Show TV (CST) last month.
The first-ever broadcast offering for The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3, the pilot premiere on CST provides an overview of the two Porsche-based racing series and highlights from June’s SVRA race weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The episode is available now on the Car Show Television (CST) On Demand channel, which can be found on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and www.CarShowTV.com.
The Stuttgart Cup/Mission Foods GT3 Cup pilot program also aired in South Florida, Tampa, and Boston on the Auto Channel in addition to other locations throughout the country on Untamed Sports TV. Check your local listings for complete broadcast and air times or www.CarShowTV.com for all CST programming.
Produced to showcase and introduce both The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 Cup, the CST premiere is primarily focused on the overview of both racing series. Additional episodes will delve deeper into team and competitor profiles, offer partner-supported features and further promote America’s GT Cup and possible future projects.
A full three-day event for The Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3, the Atlanta Fall Historics schedule begins Friday, September 18, with morning practice and a pair of afternoon qualifying sessions. Saturday, September 19, features doubleheader sprint races with the featured one-hour B.R.M. Enduro going green at Noon on Sunday, September 20. A non-points bonus sprint is also on the schedule Sunday afternoon to close out the weekend.
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