26 Aug

Posted at 21:49h in Racing

Moorespeed and driver Will Hardeman progressed to a season-best finish at VIRginia International Raceway during Rounds 11, 12 and Round 4 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama series. Hardeman finished fourth after starting third in the rescheduled Round 4 Sunday, Aug. 23. The race was rained out in two previous scheduled dates. Round 4 was long anticipated for Hardeman and Moorespeed. The team qualified a season-high third at NOLA only for the race to be postponed...

30 Apr

Posted at 19:03h in Racing

Will Hardeman sat with David Moore in a passenger sports car a year ago at Circuit of the Americas in their hometown of Austin, Texas. Hardeman and his father, whose family runs a successful auto dealership group in Austin, received an opportunity to drive their sports cars at speed around the COTA circuit during a charity event. Hardeman asked his friend Moore, owner of an Austin-based vintage, racing and exotic preparation shop and race team Moorespeed, to join him to offer tips. They had a blast, thrashing the car around the circuit at a brisk pace behind a pace car. It was Hardeman’s first experience in a performance car on a racetrack, and he relished it. But he had no dreams of competition. “I thought that was as good as it got,” Hardeman said of his charity track day. Moore had other ideas. At higher speeds, Hardeman’s driving lines weren’t tidy. His...

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. ...

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...

09 Jan

Posted at 21:15h in Racing

Price Cobb won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990. He won three consecutive North American Porsche Cup titles from 1986-88 and the Porsche Cup as the most successful privateer Porsche driver in the world in 1994. But recently he made a confession about his stellar sports car driving career. “Quite frankly, I know I did well because I surrounded myself with stars,” Cobb said. “I know I wasn’t that good as a driver, but the effort was that good, and it made me look like a star. So today, I try to do that for others. My main deal in life today is to help others.” Cobb is doing just that for Moorespeed, an Austin, Texas-based team that is returning to competition for the first time since 2001, this season in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, starting with the first two rounds March 13-14 during the...

05 Oct

Posted at 21:20h in Racing

U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship We would like to extend a personal invitation to visit our Moorespeed Paddock/Lounge at the SVRA races this weekend Oct 25-27th. We are located in Paddock B and our transporter is along the fence right at the entry of the outside of turn 13 which is a great vantage point for viewing turns 12, 13, 14 and 15. Look for Price Cobb or David Moore at the transporter and either would be glad to show you around. We have complete hospitality setup with hors d'oeuvres and beer/wine. Hope to see you out there. If you did not know, there are 520 entries for the weekend....

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