Porsche Carrera Cup North America Round 1

Sebring, Florida

Published on Tuesday, 21st of March 2023

So the time had finally come after 9 months of planning, where we finally got to embark on an extremely exciting phase of our history and launching our new Porsche Carrera Cup team in the US.

We had signed exciting young Aussie Tom Sargent back in October and Canadian single-seater hot-shot Thomas Nepveu in December. To avoid any confusion we have decided to rename the drivers after the national furry animal of their respective countries, so Thomas is ‘Beaver’ and Tom is ‘Wombat’!

We had tested at NOLA in Louisiana to shakedown the new team, crew, drivers and cars in February then two tests at Sebring in the weeks before the race ‘weekend’, so confident we were going to leave the weekend with Wombat in the top 3 of the championship and Beaver in or close to the top 10.

It was particularly appropriate that our first race weekend in the US should be as a support to the classic American sports car race, the 12 Hours of Sebring, which just happened to include MR’s Australian Carrera Cup champions, Matt Campbell and Jaxon Evans.

McElrea Racing drivers at Sebring, Florida 2023

McElrea Racing crew at Sebring, Florida 2023

McElrea Racing drivers Jaxon Evans and Tom Sargent at Sebring, Florida 2023 — **MR 'Pro' Champion Jaxon Evans & Tom Sargent 'Pro' #17**
Porsche Carrera Cup North America Round 1 @Sebring, Florida 2023

Tom Sargent #17

Pro

Andy McElrea

David Gahagan

2^nd

Tom Sargent #17 racing at Sebring, Florida 2023

Thomas Nepveu #24

Pro

Andy McElrea

Doug Peterson

P12

12^th

Thomas Nepveu #24 racing at Sebring, Florida 2023 — **Thomas Nepveu #24**
Porsche Carrera Cup North America Round 1 @Sebring, Florida 2023

Summary

What an amazing weekend – both drivers hit their target’s with Tom ‘Wombat’ Sargent sitting 2nd in the championship and Thomas ‘Beaver’ Nepveu 12th.

It was also quite surreal to see McElrea Racing sitting 2nd in the North American Teams Championship, right amongst the established heavy weights.

We are well aware that there is a long season ahead and we will need to use the same focus as always to stay near the front, but confident we are going to have a fun year!