Perhaps there’s still room for the true small efforts in IMSA. Gino Manley–by day the used car manager at a dealership in Jacksonville, Florida–and a group of friends made it to this year’s big weekend at Daytona, driving an Audi RS3 in the Michelin Pilot Challenge race this past January.
Gino works with AOA Racing, an Atlanta race rental outfit. “We run a few MX-5 Cup cars–ex-Skippy cars–that we rent for track days and run primarily in WRL,” he explains. Last year, the team had the opportunity to buy a used TCR Audi. They planned to run it with World Racing League.
“Once we had the car,” he continues, “we realized it was still IMSA eligible.” Funded co-drivers allowed the team to run the Audi last year at the Petit Le Mans and season-ending Sebring…
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