At this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, USA, Zak Brown will be racing his #16 1986 Porsche 962 in the IMSA GTP class. The Reunion takes place on August 15th – 17th, but the previous weekend sees the Pre-Reunion, a series of preliminary races ahead of the main event. On Saturday, Brown put his Porsche on pole position during qualifying, and led the race from the green flag to take his first win in this car. The following day Brown again started from pole position, and finished third having led the race in the early stages.
This car has won before at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion, taking victory at its debut at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2010, driven on that occasion by ex-Formula 1TM driver Stefan Johansson.
This all bodes well for the coming weekend of racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, when Brown and his Porsche 962 will be in action on all three days of the race meeting.
The Porsche 962 is one of the most successful sports cars in history, accumulating 54 wins in IMSA competition alone, 40 of which came between 1985-1987. The 120 chassis, owned now by Zak Brown, was heavily modified by Dyson Racing. A high-downforce nose and air tunnels under the car were designed by noted aerodynamicist, Dick Yagami.
This car won in its debut at the 1986 Six Hours of Riverside, commencing a streak of four podium finishes to start the season. Additionally, it earned wins at Charlotte and Sears Point helping Price Cobb finish second in the 1986 IMSA GTP Championship and Dyson Racing win its second Porsche Cup. It went on to collect a win at Watkins Glen in 1987 and another at Miami in 1988.
Source : United Autosports