WeatherTech Racing is the latest team to confirm a star studded driver line-up for January’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.
2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GTC driver champion Cooper MacNeil will be joined by fellow GTC Champion Jeroen Bleekemolen, Damien Faulkner and Porsche Factory Driver Marco Holzer.
MacNeil’s GTC Championship year with Alex Job Racing included wins at Lime Rock, Road America and Virginia International Raceway.
Bleekemolen raced with MacNeil and AJR at Road America in 2012 with pole position and a commanding race win.
He won the 2011 and 2010 ALMS GTC driver championships. The Dutchman won the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 Class in 2008 and is the 2009 Porsche Supercup Champion.
Damien Faulkner rose through the ranks of racing with his start in open-wheelers. The Irishman won several British single-seater titles before making the switch to sportscars in 2000. In 2005 and 2006 he won the Porsche Carrera Great Britain title and was vice champion in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He made his ALMS debut in 2011 with wins at Sebring and Long Beach, as well as adding a second win at Long Beach in 2012.
Marco Holzer is a Porsche Factory driver who came up through the Formula BMW ranks. In 2008, he was on the UPS Porsche Cup Junior team where he posted a win at Hockenheim and finished an impressive fifth in the driver standings. Won the 24 Hours of Dubai overall in 2010. Was a co-driver in the 2011 debut of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid at the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring. He won five races in the International GT Open championship in 2012 and has had several starts in recent years with the Flying Lizard teams in ALMS.
“We have a lot of Porsche experience and speed in the car for this year,” said Alex Job.
“None of the four drivers has won at Daytona, which I think is a real motivator for these young guys. With a young group of racers that are hungry, it is our job to harness that excitement and manage it over the 24 hours. Speed won’t be issue. It doesn’t get much better than this at Daytona. We have a lot of expectations for late January.”
