Grand American GT
The premiere series of Grand-Am is the Rolex Sports Car Series which originated in 2000 as a successor to the defunct United States Road Racing Championship. Combining classes of Sports Racing Prototypes and Grand Touring-style production-based cars, the series is centered around the 24 Hours of Daytona but includes a wide variety of American, Canadian, and Mexican tracks.
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Prominent Teams
SpeedSource
In 1995, Sylvain Tremblay established SpeedSource to provide full-service race services and custom components to both club level and professional series drivers. With countless wins, and multiple driver and team championships, SpeedSource is now one of the largest road racing teams in the country. SpeedSource is committed to develop emerging technologies and build in-house each of its cars to remain at the forefront of road racing in the US.
In 2008 the SpeedSource Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 team won the GT class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona to kick off the 2008 GrandAm season. Read More.
Team Hypersport
Formed in 2002, Hyper Sport LLC is a professional sports car racing team competing at the top levels of American endurance sports car racing. Having just completed its most successful season yet, Hyper Sport garnered 2nd Place Team and Driver’s Championship honors with its Supercuts Ford Mustang FR500-C program. Beginning in the American Le Mans Series in a factory-backed Panoz GTLM, Hyper Sport has advanced into Grand Am sanctioned road racing and has competed both in the Rolex and Koni Challenge Series in BMW, Infiniti, Ford and Mazda products.
Since late 2005, A-list movie and television actor Patrick Dempsey has been a co-owner and driver for Hyper Sport in both its Koni Challenge and Rolex Series activities. Bringing a new level of media value and competitive spirit to the team, Patrick has proven himself on track as well as ensured that Hyper Sport and its partners receive a huge return on branding investments.
The Hyper Sport team currently resides in a 10,000 square foot shop facility in Atlanta, Georgia. This state-of-the-art facility is equipped with all the engineering, fabrication and materials to build and maintain multiple road race cars. In addition to its technical capabilities, Hyper Sport can administered successful marketing partnerships during the last two years with high profile companies such as Mazda, Ford, Supercuts, New York & Company, CitiFinancial, Amgen and Specialized Bicycle.
Racer's Edge
Racers Edge Motorsports is a professional auto racing team with a long history of success dating back to their first season of competition in 1990. The team has won championships in every race series they have participated in, including including four professional championships and seven amateur titles. They have established themselves as one of the premier teams in North American Road Racing, with achievements in both open wheel racing and sports cars.
A small, close-knit company, Racers Edge Motorsports is a full service organization with expertise in all aspects of race team operations; from mechanical preparation, chassis engineering, data analysis and driver development, to the design and execution of motorsports marketing programs. With over 17 years in business, they have the experience, skills and knowledge to make it all work, and results prove it!
For the 2008 racing season, the team will compete in the Grand-Am Rolex Series, in a specially built, race prepared Mazda RX-8.
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