Tuesday, February 18, 2014

TUSC: Five Audi R8 LMS cars heading to the Sebring Test


By Johan Laubscher

Round two of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship will be the Twelve Hours of Sebring in March. The official Sebring Test will be held this week, Thursday to Friday, 20-21 February.

Five Audi R8 LMS cars will be taking part in the test, all within the GT Daytona (GTD) class. All five of the cars, from four different teams, were seen at the season opening 24 Hours of Daytona.

Flying Lizard Motorsports will again be entering their two cars (#35 and #45), both of which are currently listed with TBA as their driver line-ups.

A single car each will again be entered by Fall-Line Motorsports, GMG Racing and Paul Miller Racing. The #46 Fall-Line Motorsports R8 LMS will be driven by Christopher Mies, Charlie Putman and Charles Espenlaub. The #32 GMG Racing R8 LMS will have James Sofronas, Alex Welch and Marc Basseng behind the wheel. Paul Miller Racing’s #48 R8 LMS will be driven by Matthew Bell, Christopher Haase and Bryce Miller.

The Sebring Test will have four sessions, two each on Thursday and Friday.

The entry list for the Sebring Test can be seen HERE