IGT Announces New Staff Positions
Ron Zitza – Race Steward
Well known sportscar racer and prep-shop owner, Ron Zitza has been racing for over 45 years in a variety of cars and series. Over his career Ron has also been a professional instructor and owns the successful ZOTZ Racing. Now passing the baton at ZOTZ to his son Eric, Ron will step into the Race Steward role for International GT starting at Road Atlanta.
Marcelo Jacir – Technical Director
A familiar face as the technical inspector for the past few years at our Sebring race, MJ is the Principal Director of MC1| Motorsport, a Porsche, Ferrari and McLaren facility in Florida. MJ pursued professional racing in his 20s spending time in Europe racing Formula Renault and Formula 3. Additionally MJ has experience racing sportscars, specifically Porsche powered cars.
Bill Riddell – Director of Driver Development and Safety
Possibly best known as the founder of International GT, Bill Riddell has a 30+ year career in sportscar racing and a passion for both developing drivers in their racecraft and for the safety of the sport. Stepping into this new role with the Series, having raced many times of the circuits IGT visits, Bill will be on hand to assist drivers and teams in ensuring the safest yet most competitive environment possible.
Updated Road Atlanta Schedule and Load In
We just received an updated schedule from SVRA for the Road Atlanta weekend.
The significant change is with the Caymans/Cup 3.6 cars now joining with Groups 6,12 in SVRA, as the stock cars were added to Group 10, making Group 12 a much better choice for the IGT cars.
Click on the photo to link to the updated Road Atlanta schedule.
Important Notes:
- IGT is now the first session on Thursday test day.
- ALL IGT cars, Caymans and GT3.6 included will run in the IGT test day sessions on Thursday (highlighted in red).
- Driver’s Meeting will be early on Friday at 7:45am.
- ALL IGT cars, Caymans and GT3.6 included will run in the IGT enduro on Sunday morning.
- Paddock load in is scheduled for 1pm on Wednesday. It’s our understanding that there is no scheduled on-track sessions that day so the 1pm load in time will stand. When you enter the main gate there will be signs to direct you to the IGT line for load in. We will be using the tower paddock.
- Any IGT competitors who entered Group 10 for extra track time will now run with Group 5a, 9, 11 – this category has a very low car count for SVRA so lots of space for IGT cars wanting the extra sessions.
- Please check session times carefully, this official schedule is quite a bit different from earlier versions.
IGT Reception Returns to Lucky Dog Garage
Join us on Friday, March 25 at 4:30pm for the International GT reception at one of our favorite spots, the Lucky Dog Garage.
Located across the street from Road Atlanta’s main gate, the Lucky Dog Garage is the ultimate “man cave” with so much racing memorabiliaand cool cars to see.
Championship Points Early Leaders
It’s very early days in the 2022 season and the championships will undoubtedly come down to the wire at Daytona in December but let’s take a look at who’s out to an early lead.Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy: Tom Pank (Ultra Performance), Maranello Cup: Juan Fayen (FMS Motorsports), Stuttgart Cup: Andy Pilgrim (Regal Motorsports).
Road America May 19-22
Road America registration is open now. Click on the photo of Juan Gonzalez to link to registration. It’s an American classic circuit, one of the longest in the US at over 4 miles. If you have any questions contact Julie@internationalgt.net or call 770-380-7770
Marketplace
FOR SALE: 2018 Porsche GT3 R Wright Motorsports Factory Race Car campaigned by Patrick Long and Christina Neilsen.
- 2018 IMSA GTD class series entrant: Daytona, Sebring, Mid-Ohio, Belle Isle, Watkins Glen, CTMP, Lime Rock, winner at Road America, VIR, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta. Additionally, Laguna Seca California 8 hour International GT (#911) race driven by R. Dumas, D. Werner, F. Makowiecki.
- Actual car used in the 2019 movie “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, actors Milo Ventimiglia-Denny Swift, Kevin Costner-Enzo, Amanda Seyfried, Produced by Patrick Dempsey
- 2019-2021 International GT series campaigned by Professional racer Joe Varde and amateur Mark Sandridge
- Data management system with computer and history, set-up information, etc.
- Spare parts include spare motor, spare transmission, body parts, too many other spares to mention.
Contact Joe Varde @ 813-235-3350 or jvrtampa@aol.com
Kernodle Photography
The official photographer for International GT is John Kernodle. Click on the photo to link to the Kernodle Photography website and see special offers from John to International GT competitors.
2022 Schedule
