19 Aug Zach Robichon and Moorespeed Persevere to Stay Perfect in IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup USA With Hard-Earned Sunday Victory at VIR
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Robichon and Moorespeed Score Second-Straight GT3 Cup Challenge USA Weekend Sweep in No. 19 CAG/Moorespeed Porsche GT3 Cup DANVILLE, Virginia (August 19, 2018) – Zach Robichon and Moorespeed stayed perfect on the season with their fourth IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama race win together in as many races Sunday at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), but the path to today's checkered flag was far from easy. In their previous three victories – a doubleheader sweep at Road America two weeks ago and Saturday at VIR – Robichon and Moorespeed were never challenged in flag-to-flag romps to the checkered flag from the pole. Robichon started from the pole again for Sunday's second and final 45-minute race of the weekend but it soon became apparent he and the Moorespeed team were going to have to dig a little deeper to earn their fourth victory. Robichon led the race's opening lap only to drop to second place a lap later when he...
25 Jun Will Hardeman and No. 19 CAG/Moorespeed Porsche GT3 Cup Team Withdraw from IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Races at Watkins Glen
Unexpected Family Obligation Forces Hardeman to miss Watkins Glen Doubleheader After Winning Start to 2018 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Season AUSTIN, Texas (June 25, 2018) – Will Hardeman and the No. 19 CAG/Moorespeed Porsche GT3 Cup team will not compete in this weekend's IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama races at Watkins Glen International due to a recent and unexpected family obligation that requires 100% of Hardeman's focus. Moorespeed fully backs Hardeman's decision and has shifted its attention from achieving success on the track with its team driver to doing everything possible to support Will and his family. Moorespeed has requested on their behalf that the team's friends, fans, and racing family keep the Hardemans in their thoughts and prayers and respect their privacy. No decision has been made regarding Hardeman's competition plans beyond this weekend. In their fourth-year racing together in IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup, Hardeman and Moorespeed were having their...
16 Feb WPD/Moorespeed Race Team Tests at Circuit of the Americas
#19 WPD/Moorespeed Porsche GT3 Cup Team finished a very productive two day Test at their home track COTA. The team tested both the 2016 Porsche GT3 Cup 991 that driver Will Hardeman will use to compete in the 2016 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama series but also the 2014 Porsche GT3 Cup they will run together in Pirelli World Challenge Will Hardeman enthusiastically stated "It was the best test of my life" Our Two Day Winter Test home at COTA could not have gone better. The team hasn't been together since the finale at Laguna. I needed a break. The program Dave and the team put me through last year was super intense. I was still a little worried I might come back at a sub par level. This winter I thought a lot about the bad habits I'd developed and really worked on eliminating them mentally and it...
16 Jan WPD/Moorespeed Race Team announces 2016 Schedule
#19 WPD/Moorespeed Porsche GT3 Cup Team will be competing in the 2016 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama but jump starting the season at home in The 6 Hours of the America at COTA with Blancpain GT and Pirelli World Challenge. Click Here For The Full Schedule...
26 Aug Moorespeed, Hardeman Earn Highest Finish of the Season at VIR
Moorespeed and driver Will Hardeman progressed to a season-best finish at VIRginia International Raceway during Rounds 11, 12 and Round 4 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama series. Hardeman finished fourth after starting third in the rescheduled Round 4 Sunday, Aug. 23. The race was rained out in two previous scheduled dates. Round 4 was long anticipated for Hardeman and Moorespeed. The team qualified a season-high third at NOLA only for the race to be postponed...
05 Aug Hardeman's Homework Could Pay Off with Podium Visit at Road America
Moorespeed co-owner David Moore and driver Will Hardeman will celebrate at Road America, and they prefer the location to be on the podium. Hardeman celebrated his one-year racing anniversary July 31, seven days before the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama field hits the track at Road America on Aug. 7-9. Moore will celebrate returning to the track that hosted his first race as a professional driver. Moore believes Rounds 9 and 10 at Road America represent the best chance so far this season for Hardeman to earn his first Platinum Cup podium finish in the No. 19 Moorespeed/WPD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. Hardeman and Moorespeed raced in the Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA series July 31-Aug. 2 at Road America, giving Hardeman extra track time under race conditions as he learns yet another new circuit. Hardeman earned two second-place finishes at that event. "We'll be working on seat time and...
30 Apr Hardeman Takes Incredible Journey from Track Day to Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama
Will Hardeman sat with David Moore in a passenger sports car a year ago at Circuit of the Americas in their hometown of Austin, Texas. Hardeman and his father, whose family runs a successful auto dealership group in Austin, received an opportunity to drive their sports cars at speed around the COTA circuit during a charity event. Hardeman asked his friend Moore, owner of an Austin-based vintage, racing and exotic preparation shop and race team Moorespeed, to join him to offer tips. They had a blast, thrashing the car around the circuit at a brisk pace behind a pace car. It was Hardeman's first experience in a performance car on a racetrack, and he relished it. But he had no dreams of competition. "I thought that was as good as it got," Hardeman said of his charity track day. Moore had other ideas. At higher speeds, Hardeman's driving lines weren't tidy. His...
03 Mar Hardeman & #19 WPD/Moorespeed Qualify P1 again and win Race # 2 in the rain soaked Circuit of the Americas on Sunday
Will Hardeman capped off a perfect weekend for the hometown crowd at COTA by taking the Pole in both qualifying sessions on Saturday and Sunday and then leading from start to finish in both races for the double header victory. Sunday the WPD/Moorespeed team arrived to COTA in a rainstorm. Morning practice was cancelled by officials. Qualifying for Race 2 was very wet. Hardeman who had never driven in the rain before used the first half of qualifying to get the feel of the car. When Moorespeed's David Moore told him "Its time to get with the program" he delivered instantly again qualifying P1. Will went on to victory with a margin of over 10 seconds to the second and third place cars of IMSA regulars. The team heads to Sebring with great momentum for the IMSA GT3 Cup season held in conjunction with the 12 Hours of Sebring. Watch Race #2 on YouTube compliments of...