While preparing the No. 06 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for its fourth GT race start, CORE autosport looks forward to Road America where Porsche finished on the podium last year.

Road America is the longest circuit the ALMS travels to, 4.048 miles in total with three long straighaways, which makes aerodynamics and braking performance extremely important.

NOTEWORTHY

Patrick Long finished on the podium last year in the Flying Lizard Porsche. He has two ALMS wins at Road America.

Tom Kimber-Smith won the PC category last year at Road America with Alex Popow in CORE’s No. 06 entry. It was his first ALMS win.

The Road America event is a doubleheader with GRAND-AM. Long will do double duty, racing in the Rolex Series with Park Place Motorsports.

GT Qualifying Lap Record: 2:04.415

GT Race Lap Record: 2:05.882

Patrick Long : “I don’t really know what to expect at Road America. We’ve been quick on the straight-line speed and we’re good in braking and those are two things you need at Road America. We’re taking each race, one weekend at a time and focusing on growing as a group. Results are what we all want, but at the same time this is all about growing for the future and I think we’re achieving both. We had a great qualifying effort at the first event and then a rough race. At the second race we had a rough qualifying and a strong race. We’re looking to put the two together.”

Tom Kimber-Smith : “Road America was my first ALMS win. It’s a fast, flowing track and very much like European tracks I think. It’s over a minute and 20 seconds, which is quite astonishing for an American track. I think the undulations and the fact that it was my first win just bring back good memories. GT has been a lot harder than I thought it would be. I think the team has done an incredible job so far and there’s still a long way to go, but I’m really looking forward to it.”

Source : CORE autosport