Carrera Cup North America will race at Rennsport VII!

BY PETER LINSKY

If you haven’t made up your mind about attending the seventh edition of PCA’s Rennsport Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this fall, here’s a bit of welcome news to help your decision.

Porsche has just released its 2023 Carrera Cup North America schedule for 2023, and the picturesque 2.1-mile circuit on the Monterey peninsula has been added to the schedule. And note that it won’t simply be the “2023 Carrera Cup North America”, but the “2023 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup”, just so you don’t confuse it with the regular old standard Carrera Cup series. The Deluxe Corporation, an American payments and business technology company, has signed up as the major name sponsor.

This year’s North American Carrera Cup contests, pitting many leading professional and semi-pro drivers and teams against one another in identically-prepared 911 GT3 (992 series) coupes, begins March 15-16 at Sebring, piggy-backing onto the IMSA/WEC 12 Hours Super Sebring weekend, followed by inclusion at the Long Beach IndyCar/IMSA races April 14-16, the Formula 1 event at Miami International Autodrome (Who came up with that name?) May 5-7, the IMSA weekend at Watkins Glen, New York, on June 22-23, the NASCAR race at Road America on July 27-29, the IMSA weekend at Indy September 15-17, then Laguna Seca, and winding up at the Circuit of The Americas Formula 1 weekend October 20-22. The season will comprise 16 40-minute sprint races. At season’s end, Porsche will crown champions in three different categories.

All events will be streamed live to an international audience of Porsche and motorsport enthusiasts, but you’ll want to be there to watch live. n