Today at Daytona, the Lexus GTD entry was confirmed. The effort will be led by F Performance Racing, which is owned by Paul Gentilozzi. Confirmed as a driver is Scott Pruett and announced today was Sage Karam.
The RC F GT3 is set to run a limited schedule in 2016 in anticipation of a full schedule effort in the 2017 IMSA Weather Tech SportsCar Championship. The agreement gives the Japanese Luxury automaker a presence in GT Daytona (GTD) class the race series through the 2018 season.
According to Paul, “our program is a building experience, and having Scott Pruett as a teammate/mentor is really a priceless commodity. I am sure Sage will fit in with our group and help us get a first victory for Lexus and F Performance Racing.”
Pruett and Gentilozzi have known each other personally and professionally for nearly 30 years. “Scott and I have won Daytona together twice as teammates,” Paul said. “He won a Trans-Am championship driving for me. I was his first drive back after he got injured in Indy cars (in 1990). We’ve just always had a close and trusted relationship. There aren’t many relationships in motorsports that you can count on for 30 years. When it came time for Scott to accept another challenge, I couldn’t think of a better guy to do it with.”
Gary Horrocks
