The number
of present brands in the 2015 season of Pirelli
World Challenge just goes up, as Nissan announced a two car campaign for
the whole season in the GT category
of the American sprint racing championship.
On Thursday
(19), Nissan North America announced that two Nissan GT-R GT3 models to Brian Heitkotter and James Davison, in
partnership with Always Evolving and with support of AIM Autosport. In fact,
the Nissan GT-R GT3 PWC program was intended to be run by Andretti Autosport, but passed to the hands of AIM Autosport and
Always Evolving in the last moment.
Always Evolving was present in Pirelli World Challenge last
year, fielding two Ford Mustang Boss
302S models in the GTS category,
meaning they already have experience in the competition, and with AE comes the
sponsorship of Replay XD to follow the NISMO sponsorship. ÁIM Autosport the 2014 season in the United Sportscar Championship, as they inherited the car, structure
and championship achievements of Level 5
Motorsports, and ended fourth in the GTD
class Drivers and Teams standings.
About the
drivers, Brian Heitkotter, winner of
the American version of the Nissan GT
Academy in 2011, spent the 2014 between the Continental Tire Sportscar Championship in the GS class and in Pirelli World Challenge in the TC class, respectively in the Nissan
370Z and in the Nissan Altima
models. James Davison comes from a
long and still existing relationship with TRG-AMR,
as the Australian driver raced full time on TUSC as well in CTSC in Aston
Martins. Thanks to Always Evolving, Davison got a last minute entry in the 2014
Indy 500, finishing the race in 16th
place.
Although
the Nissan GT-R has raced before in PWC, it was in SCCA GT spec, meaning that
this season marks the debut not only of the 2015 version of the Godzila, as
well of the machine in FIA GT3 spec.
PHOTOS: Always Evolving, Pirelli World Challenge
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