Palm Beach International Raceway Opener Features Three Races and Thursday Welcome Reception
PALM BEACH, Florida (February 11, 2015) – The Stuttgart Cup™ and Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy USA by Car Amigo 2015 racing season begins this weekend at the Palm Beach Grand Prix, February 12 – 14, where three different races highlight a schedule with more than six hours of total track time at Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR).
The now official Palm Beach Grand Prix competition schedule includes five practice sessions on Thursday, three more practice runs and qualifying on Friday and the popular twilight race that begins at 4:50 p.m. Friday evening. Two more races, which follow an 8 a.m. morning warm-up, highlight Saturday’s schedule. A sprint will be held at 10:50 a.m. while the weekend’s featured one-hour and 45-minute enduro goes green at 3 p.m.
Another big part of the weekend will be the combination Welcome Party and 2014 Awards Reception, Thursday, February 12 at 5:15 p.m., at The Larry Wilson Collection in West Palm Beach, just minutes away from PBIR.
The Larry Wilson Collection consists of more than 50 exotic cars in a beautiful garage setting, providing the perfect venue and appropriate atmosphere to honor 2014’s top Stuttgart Cup and Mission Foods GT3 Cup competitors while also kicking off this year’s new racing season.
Open to all Porsche Caymans, Boxsters and 996, 997 and GT3 Cup cars, the Palm Beach Grand Prix kicks off a full 2015 schedule for The Stuttgart Cup™ and Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy USA by Car Amigo. This year marks the second full season that The Stuttgart Cup™ and Mission Foods GT3 Cup series will race together.
The PBIR opener will be followed by 2015 stops to such iconic circuits as Sebring International Raceway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Road America, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Road Atlanta and Daytona International Speedway, among others.
Showcasing Porsche Caymans and Boxsters, The Stuttgart Cup™ is beginning its fourth year of racing and third full-season of competition this year. Partnering with Mission Foods GT3, which has been a fixture on classic and historic race weekends for the last several seasons, was an ideal collaboration that attracted strong competitor interest and the support of Pirelli Tire in 2014.
Both The Stuttgart Cup™ and the Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy USA by Car Amigo are managed by Americas Cup GT L.L.C. Both championships are sprint and endurance race based with The Stuttgart Cup™ open to all Porsche Caymans and Boxsters and Mission Foods GT3 open to all 2000 and later Porsche 911 GT3s and related models. Rules for both series are centered on power to weight ratio. All competing Stuttgart Cup cars must compete with stock make and model engine and transmissions with approved allowances for exhaust and intake modifications. Stuttgart Cup organizers also welcome all competitors with existing race-prepared Caymans or Boxsters to compete with body and engine modifications balanced within series power to weight ratio parameters. All such competitors will not be eligible for championship points or class-designated race wins, but the door is always open to all Cayman and Boxster competitors to get in on the action.
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