Pataskala, Ohio (13 August 2019) \u2013 British driver Alice Powell will make her IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut at Virginia International Raceway alongside Katherine Legge in the No. 57 Caterpillar Acura NSX GT3.<\/p>\n
Powell finished her latest racing series on a high note by scoring her first victory of the season and placing third overall in the championship. In addition to her race win, she earned podium finishes at the Hockenheimring, Circuit Zolder and TT Circuit Assen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During her time competing in the top open wheel series in Europe \u2013 Formula Renault, GP3 and Formula 3 \u2013 Powell won several awards for her achievements. In 2009, at just 16 years old, she was the youngest female to compete in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship. She also won the British Women Racing Drivers Club Goldstars \u2018Elite\u2019 Category award and was the first woman to win a Formula Renault Race in the UK, going on to become the first woman to win a Formula Renault Championship (2010).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With two powerhouse British drivers competing in the Michelin GT Challenge on Sunday, August 25th (NBCSN 1:30pm ET), Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing is poised for another strong showing at Virginia International Raceway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span> Last year, Legge stood on the podium at VIR. She is looking forward to making another podium run with her new teammate in the No. 57 Caterpillar Acura NSX.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to VIR and to a fresh start after the last couple of races where we haven\u2019t had the best results,\u201d said Legge. \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to racing with Alice. She is a well-respected driver and just won her latest race. We\u2019ll all help her get even more comfortable with the Acura NSX so her speed translates to sports car racing. And, being a fellow Brit, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll share too many laughs. I know we have made a lot of changes to the car for VIR, and last year was a strong race for us so hopefully we can get back into a rhythm next week.\u201d The Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway will air on Sunday, August 25th<\/sup>, on NBCSN starting at 1:30pm ET.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pataskala, Ohio (13 August 2019) \u2013 British driver Alice Powell will make her IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut at Virginia International Raceway alongside Katherine Legge in [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meyer-shank-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1425,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions\/1425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cI am very excited to be joining Heinricher Racing and Meyer Shank Racing for the next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship,\u201d said Powell. \u201cThis is such a successful and well-respected team. I am looking forward to working with them and settling into driving the Acura NSX GT3. It will be my first time racing in the States and only the second endurance race of my career, so I am very keen to experience VIR.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Heinricher Racing No. 57 Caterpillar effort is pleased to have Alice Powell join the team at VIR as a substitute for Bia Figueiredo,\u201d said team principal Jackie Heinricher. \u201cThis is a fantastic track for her USA debut alongside veteran driver Katherine Legge.\u00a0Our goal has long been to develop female talent and Alice has the talent deserving of our attention. The entire MSR crew has worked hard to sort our car, and we look forward to shaking off the issues of the past few races to fight back to the top.\u201d<\/p>\n