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REXY THE “GT3 RAWR” READY TO TAKE ON LAGUNA SECA WITH PRIAULX AND JEANNETTE

Rexy, the beloved dinosaur-wrapped AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R heads to the Monterey Peninsula this weekend for MOTUL Course de Monterey Powered By Hyundai N. Following an on-track incident in the FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps, full-season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driver PJ Hyett suffered a lumbar sprain and has decided to opt out of this weekend’s festivities at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Hyett, who will be replaced this weekend by teammate Gunnar Jeannette, will use the time to rest and recover, prioritizing next month’s running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jeannette, who doubles as a driver and Team Manager at AO Racing, will compete alongside co-driver Sebastian Priaulx in the No. 80 Porsche 911 “GT3 Rawr.”

AO RACING STOMPS TO SEBRING TWELVE HOUR WITH FULL SEASON T-REX LIVERY

As Samuel L. Jackson’s character Ray Arnold said in 1993’s Jurassic Park, hold on to your butts. After racing under a special one-off livery at Daytona International Speedway, honoring the 1983 Rolex 24 At Daytona race winners, AO Racing has retired their Swap Shop livery in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for their full season livery. The No. 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R has transformed into the GT3 Rawr, ferociously dominating the competition as a Rexy Tyrannosaurus Rex.

WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR THE 24 HOURS AT DAYTONA

Drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, ILL.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) came away from the Roar test three weeks ago with a lot of laps under their belts and optimism for the race this weekend. The team, on the strength of the Scuderia Corsa prepared No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3, had a fault-free run at the test allowing the drivers to focus on getting laps and the team to get a set-up on the white and black Ferrari that satisfied all four drivers.

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