Triarsi Competizione announced Tuesday (Jan. 7) that they have signed Stevan McAleer and Sheena Monk to drive their new No. 021 Ferrari 296 GT3 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship full-time in 2025. For the endurance races, they will be joined by Mike Skeen. Ferrari factory racer James Calado will join the team for Daytona.
Monk will bring sponsorship to the team from JG Wentworth, a consumer financial company likely best known for their commercials with opera singers. While no scheme was unveiled, expect the No. 021 in Daytona to be adorned in white and green.
“It’s tough to grasp the magnitude of the opportunity in front of me and candidly, I haven’t felt this kind of optimism for a program in a long time,” Monk stated in the press release. “I’ve had the chance to test the Ferrari 296 GT3 with Triarsi and it
was refreshing to see a GTD team with such an outstanding level of professionalism. We’ve also assembled the most competitive lineup I’ve ever been a part of so I’m eager to combine that with the remarkable capabilities of the 296 to garner strong results for the folks at JG Wentworth.”
Both Monk and McAleer come to Triarsi Competizione after racing an Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 for Gradient Racing last year. The original plan was that Monk would share the Acura for the full season with Katherine Legge. McAleer was only originally scheduled to drive at Daytona.
However, Legge left the team after Sebring after getting a part-time ride in the NTT IndyCar Series. McAleer was drafted back into the team for the remainder of the season. Ultimately, Monk ended up 12th in GTD points. The duo’s best finish of the year was a third at Road America in August (pictured above). McAleer ended up 16th in points after missing Sebring.
Skeen joins the team after running last year at Korthoff/Preston Motorsports in their Mercedes. He was originally going to drive full-time alongside Mikael Grenier, but the team switched his role with Kenton Koch after Canadian Tire Motorsport Park to the endurance spot. In eight races, Skeen had two third-place finishes (Long Beach and Indianapolis) in the No. 32 Mercedes.
Calado only raced last year at Daytona and Sebring in the GTD Pro class for Risi Competizione. Alongside fellow Ferrari racers Alessandro Pier Guidi, Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra, Calado earned a class victory in the Rolex 24, then finished second at Sebring with with Rigon and Serra.
Outside of IMSA, Calado was…
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