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GMG Global Motorsports Group Porsche Racing Team Getting Ready for the 2011 Season!

 
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Jan 31, 2011 04:36 |  #1

Since I will get to cover ALMS this year on top of the usual Formula Drift, XDC Drift, and Redline Time Attack, I stopped by GMG Racing on Thursday to chat and lurk around,

checking out the how they are getting ready for the upcoming 2011 season and whatever other crazy projects they have going on behind closed doors.

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First thing you notice after entering the shop lobby is a $500,000 997 GT3 RSR

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Panoramic shot of GMG's state-of-the-art 15,000 square feet shop. "The shop is a showroom", says Fabryce Kubyta, the shop's co-founder. Inside, you will find customer's street

cars - Porsches, Audis, and Ferraris - getting worked on side by side with ALMS Cup Cars by the very same technicians. With the experience of building, tuning, and racing at the

some of the highest levels of motorsports, the level of capability and knowledge here is probably unmatched almost anywhere. Also, interesting fact, Lexus corporate rented out

the Mustang AWD 500SE Chassis Dynamometer with a sound proof environmental control test cell at GMG for the filming of the LF-A commercial!

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Jame Sofrona's 997 GT3 Cup Car getting corner balance. Here, suspension tuning is a complicated science and is all about function, not just dumping coilovers at the lowest

setting and stiffening up the coilovers at the highest setting.

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Older 996 GT3 Cup Cars stored away, probably relegated to club racing duties now.

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Another 997 GT3 Cup undergoing a complete overhaul for the new race season with new motor, seats, and wiring


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GT3 Cup Car engine sitting on a palette

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Japanese imports are welcomed here as well, as they have built World Challenge R35 GT-Rs. Can you guys guess what shell this is?

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Stop-Tech's 997 GT3 Cup Car waiting to be loaded into the trailer for a long journey to Florida

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Jan 31, 2011 08:23 |  #2

Excellent coverage of the shop! If you'd posted these yesterday, I'd have looked for the cars at the Daytona 24hr. ;)


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Jan 31, 2011 09:30 |  #3

Awesome shots. Love the coverage you provided! My best guess for that shell...Lexus IS?


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Jan 31, 2011 10:17 |  #4

Great shots, Jerry! I'm guessing that bare shell is an EVO X


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Jan 31, 2011 10:22 |  #5

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good call, that's definitely what it is.


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Jan 31, 2011 10:31 |  #6

Excellent photos...makes me glad that the racing season is almost here again. I can't wait for the start of the ALMS season. Daytona is a great primer but I love seeing the GT and prototypes duking it out. Missed shooting the season last year but hope to make it to a few again this year.


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Jan 31, 2011 14:30 as a reply to  @ zerinS4's post |  #7

Thanks guys its an EVO


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Jan 31, 2011 22:21 |  #8

Heh, I live near Brumos and checked their car out and saw it at the track both days and saw it come in today in "as raced" condition :) Nice pictures.


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