Sofronas Drives Pirelli Fitted Porsche to Record-Breaking Win

In only its second weekend racing Pirelli P Zero Racing Slicks, US based tuner GMG Racing posted another win – this time capturing qualifying by nearly three seconds over the next-fastest car, before going on to knock out the competition and the Porsche Owner’s Club Racing Weekend race at Willow Springs Raceway with a ten-second margin. GMG’s Porsche 997 WC Cup car set the fastest time ever in a standard Cup car (non-RS or RSR) with a time of 1:19.7. Driver and GMG co-owner James Sofronas is new to Pirelli Motorsport, but after sweeping the BMW CCA (Car Club of America) Club Race CM Class during the BMWCCA West Coast season finale club race, and following that up with a huge weekend at Willow Springs in his Porsche – Pirelli reports that he is a believer.

“This was the first time we ran the Pirelli slicks on our WC car,” explained Sofronas.  “Once again we were the fastest car leading practice in the morning, and when qualifying came around, we set the pace with a 1:19.7 and won the overall pole by over 3 seconds!” Once the green flag dropped, Sofronas took a commanding lead on the first lap and lead the entire sprint race winning by over seven seconds. During the race, James equalled his qualifying time with a fastest race lap of 1:19.7 and then cruised to victory.

“Pirelli once again showed it makes the best tyres in the world!” Sofronas exclaimed.