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02 Mar

Posted at 20:26h in Racing

Will Hardeman started the #19 WPD/Moorespeed GT3 Cup Porsche from the pole, his first pole position ever. In a radio interview after qualifying with Speed City announcer Les Kiser, the rookie driver revealed his plan for Race #1 was to get through turn one first and lay down qualifying laps to try to build a gap and go for the win. 17 laps later he took the checkered flag P1 with a 34-second gap to second place following that plan to the letter. Watch Race #1 on YouTube compliments of Competent Motorsports...

18 Feb

Posted at 10:38h in Racing

On Saturday morning, WPD/Moorespeed's Will Hardeman set a blistering 2:12.093 at the Circuit of Americas race track in Austin Texas on his 3rd lap of the 30-minute session to take the pole position in Qualifying #1 for the season opener of the Pirelli GT3 Trophy cup series Car Chief Robin Hayes pulled him in to save his tires for the race. The team nervously sat in pit lane the next 25 minutes for a challenger. But nobody was able to match rookie driver Will Hardeman's pace as he took the pole for Race #1 by 1.6 seconds over 2nd place. ...

16 Jan

Posted at 05:42h in Racing

WPD/Moorespeed's Porsche GT3 Cup Team will be running most all of the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama but additionally will be competing in the Pirelli GT3 Cup USA series at COTA twice for 2015. Feb. 24-25 IMSA Test New Orleans Motorsports Park March 6-8 Pirelli GT3 Cup Circuit of the Americas March 18-20 IMSA GT3 Cup Sebring International Raceway April 10-12 IMSA GT3 Cup New Orleans Motorsports Park Aug. 7-9 IMSA GT3 Cup Road America Aug. 21-23 IMSA GT3 Cup Virginia International Raceway Sept. 18-19 IMSA GT3 Cup Circuit of the Americas Sept. 25-27 IMSA GT3 Cup Laguna Seca Oct. 3-4 Pirelli GT3 Cup Circuit of the Americas...

08 Dec

Posted at 08:46h in Racing

The WPD/Moorespeed race team continued preparing for the 2015 IMSA GT3 Cup series by testing and racing at the HSR Sebring Historics December 4-7, 2014. Will Hardeman barely missed the podium securing a 4th place in the 1 Hr Night race on Friday night. A late caution kept Will who was charging hard from further moving up to the podium but a great run none the less. Saturday he moved onto the podium with a hard fought battle with veteran pro race Ron Zitza. Later that day in the Historic/Protype/GTM Enduro, Will climbed his way back from an early spin from contact to place 2nd in class HEGT3 and 7th overall. Darren and David were yet again very pleased with Will's and the entire team's performance....

16 Nov

Posted at 20:51h in Racing

The WPD/Moorespeed race team used the HSR Daytona Historics November 12-15, 2014 for testing and race simulation with new race driver Will Hardeman. Darren Law and David Moore were thrilled to coach young Will in his first races where he placed 4th in Race #1 and took his first podium and first race win in his second race ever with a hard-fought victory in Class HEGT3 and 6th overall in the Hawk Performance H/P & GTM Enduro....

15 Nov

Posted at 20:54h in Racing

WPD "Wholesale Parts Direct" of Austin Texas announced sponsorship agreement to run Will Hardeman in the 2015 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Series with Moorespeed. The Team will run under the name of WPD/Moorespeed in both the 2015 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup and Pirelli GT3 Cup USA series. Price Cobb and David Moore are providing personal coaching along with longtime friend of Moorespeed's Darren Law in preparation for the 2015 IMSA GT3 Cup Series by Yokohama....

13 Jul

Posted at 12:57h in Racing

Door Doctor/Moorespeed's Jesse Lazare takes his first career GT win at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bomanville Ontario Saturday, July 12th in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama. It was a four-man race for the most part of the race that tightened up the last few laps as the top four runners led by Jesse Lazare ran began working their way lapping the back of the field. Jesse was taken out of the Friday race by Angel Benitez Jr. sitting in second place who along with Colin Thompson and winner of race one, Sloan Urry looked for an opportunity that the young Lazare never afforded them. Team Manager Price Cobb came on the radio, "Jess you have 10 laps to go, drive them like qualifying laps and the win is yours". And that's exactly what young Canadian Jesse Lazare did, taking his first win In the Porsche GT3...

15 Jun

Posted at 21:00h in Racing

Le Mans Winner Helps Guide Young Canadian Star Jesse Lazare wanted to further his racing career, a challenge in its own right. But rather than just finding help, he found a mentor to push him and a series that gives him tough competition. Canadian Lazare, 17, is the driver of the No. 31 Door Doctor/Moorespeed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car fielded by Moorespeed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama. Original article courtesy IMSA: http://www.imsa.com/articles/lazare-finds-home-legend-cobb   The team is run by 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Price Cobb, who is much more than a general manager for Montreal resident Lazare – he’s a mentor and confidant. “Price is everything,” Lazare said. “He helps everyone out. He helps me, he helps the mechanics, and he’s even booking the hotels. It’s great to have him work with me. I never have to double-think on if he’s giving me the right information. I...

28 May

Posted at 21:06h in Racing

Lewis, Nielsen In Close Pursuit Of Teen Rookie Jesse Lazare is the only full-time driver from Canada in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, and he put that local knowledge to good use Friday to lead the opening day of practice at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Lazare, 17, from Montreal, turned a top lap of 1 minute, 20.565 seconds in the No. 31 Door Doctor/Moorespeed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car during the afternoon practice. Series rookie Lazare is a three-time Canadian karting champion who considers the 10-turn, 2.459-mile circuit at CTMP as his home track. Fellow series rookie Michael Lewis was just behind Lazare in second on the speed charts, with a top lap of 1:20.584 during the morning session in the No. 98 Competition Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian entry. Lewis is third in the championship with two victories this season. Another series rookie, Christina Nielsen, benefited from track knowledge with the third-best...

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