Albuquerque, Jarvis, Mortara and von Moltke to drive.
One surprise from the Audi end of year announcement of its factory and customer plans for 2012 was the news that Alex Job Racing has teamed up with Audi Sport customer racing to field the #24 WeatherTech Audi R8 Grand-Am for the 2013 Rolex 24.
Alex Job Racing will provide car preparation support and Audi Sport customer racing will provide engineering support as needed.
Brad Kettler, Technical Director, Audi Sport customer racing, USA, is looking forward to working with Alex Job Racing.
“I have known Alex for over 20 years as friends and competitors,” Kettler said. “Alex Job Racing is an obvious choice with their strong history at Daytona and in GT racing. Alex and his team have extensive racing experience and we are glad that we could partner up for the Rolex 24 Hour. We ran the Audi R8 GRAND-AM at the Rolex 24 last year for the first time and developed it for the North American circuits over last season. We look forward to the Rolex 24 at Daytona next month.”
The team will feature Audi drivers Filipe Albuquerque, Oliver Javis, Edoardo Mortara and continuing his association with Audi Sport customer racing is Dion von Moltke.
Alex Job:
“I’ve watched the way Audi works over the past 12 years, and they do everything to a very high standard,” Job said. “Combine our seasoned crew with a strong driver line-up and the R8 Grand-Am, and I believe that is a very strong endurance package.”
WeatherTech’s David MacNeil has his colors on a second entry in the big race.
“We are aggressively expanding the WeatherTech brand in Europe,” David MacNeil, founder and CEO of WeatherTech, said. “When Alex brought the prospect of partnering on the Audi R8 GRAND-AM entry at Daytona to me, it was an easy marketing decision to make.”
