It’s that time of year again! MINI USA and the MINI JCW Race Team , with LAP Motorsports Team Owner Luis Perocarpi at the helm, are getting ready to compete in their second full season in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series. The team plans to field three cars for the ten race season, which now includes two four-hour and eight two-hour endurances races. The season kicks off this Friday, January 27, at 12:15 pm EST with a four-hour endurance race at the world famous high banks of the Daytona International Speedway in Florida.
The MINI JCW Team will welcome back full time drivers Mat Pombo and Derek Jones in the #73 MINI JCW, the pair who landed the team’s best performance last season with a second place finish at Road Atlanta. The team will also welcome back part time driver from the 2016 season James Vance, who will drive full time this year with Mike LaMarra in the #37 MINI JCW. Mark Pombo and Nate Norenberg will also pilot the #52 MINI JCW this weekend at Daytona.