PT Autosport’s Hollingshead ready to shine at his home race

MILLVILLE, NJ (May 13, 2025) – PT Autosport with Copeland Motorsports’ rookie Zach Hollingshead has struggled early in his Toyota GR Cup rookie campaign, learning both a new car and new tracks.

Now, the 22-year-old Lake City, Fla. native looks with eager anticipation to racing his No. 88 PT Autosport Toyota GR86 Cup Car at a track he knows better than any other – Sebring International Raceway.

“I’m excited going into Sebring because it’s a home track for me and I think that we’ll have a lot more success,” said the 2024 PT Autosport Aspiring Driver Shootout champ. “Hopefully I’ll have a much better idea of what the car should and should not be doing since I won’t be learning the track. I’ve done over 20 races here, plenty of track days in Spec Miata, and the GR Cup test back in January.”

Hollingshead has balanced learning new tracks and the new car, which required changing his racing line and braking points, but feels as though that January test, combined with lessons learned from four races this season, will shorten the learning curve.

“It’s always tough learning a track especially during a race weekend,” said Hollingshead. “It’s a balance of learning the racing line while making setup changes and still having the confidence to go out and be as precise as possible. Luckily, the Copeland team has tons of video and data from past team drivers that can help aid that process – but in the end there is nothing that compares to being in the car. I will be able to tweak the small stuff much earlier in the week and hopefully have more confidence going into the race. The biggest challenge for me would be battling the heat. Afternoon sessions in Sebring are notorious for changing how the setup works but I’m looking forward to experimenting with that.”

PT Autosport team principal Jason Myers acknowledges Hollingshead’s limited experience but knows that his Sebring familiarity is one large factor in his favor this weekend.

“Zach has had a lot of learning on the fly as we rolled through the first two races at Sonoma and COTA having never turned a lap on those tracks,  said Myers. “That’s a lot to ask and I think his modest performance has shown he’s still got a to learn, but he’s got a good baseline. Sebring is one of his home tracks, and he’s got lots of experience here, so I’m looking forward to him taking what he’s learned so far and applying it at Sebring.”

The Toyota GR Cup series will contest two 45-minute races at Sebring – race one will take the green flag Saturday at 1:40 p.m. ET, with race two Sunday at 10:05 a.m. Both races will be broadcast live at www.grcup.com.