Second season for the fastest growing one-make series in North America
promises bigger fields and intensified competition

TORONTO, November 22, 2011 –– Porsche Canada today announced the 2012 schedule for the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada series, North America’s fastest growing single-make racing series. The GT3 Cup Challenge Canada grows from six to nine races and adds two new venues.

The series, developed in conjunction with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), and Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA) of Santa Ana, CA, was announced in March of this year and is designed to develop new drivers and prepare them for competition in the American Le Mans Series.

The five-event, nine-race Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada season kicks off at the annual Victoria Day SpeedFest at Mosport International Raceway in May. Drivers in the series’ Platinum and Gold Cup are then invited to join their American counterparts at the prestigious Formula One Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, followed by a new venue for the series – the Summer Festival at historic Circuit Mont-Tremblant.

The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada will once again compete alongside the U.S. GT3 series at Mosport International Raceway at the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, part of the American Le Mans Series powered by Tequila Patrón season. The series will finish at the first venue the series visited in their inaugural season, Calabogie Motorsports Park.

“We are extremely proud of this year’s expanded schedule,” said Joe Lawrance, President and CEO of Porsche Canada. “It is a clear demonstration of Porsche’s commitment to the future of racing in Canada. When we launched the series last year, the fields were small, but the racing was highly competitive and professional. By the last weekend at Mosport, the fields had tripled and the racing was some of the best we’d seen. All in all, it was a great first year, but this year promises to be even better.”