{"id":8048,"date":"2025-04-23T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=8048"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:16:22","slug":"racing-to-end-alzheimers-looks-to-restart-at-road-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/racing-to-end-alzheimers-looks-to-restart-at-road-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing to End Alzheimer’s looks to restart at Road Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

The team will compete in the HSR Prototype Challenge series as part of the legendary Mitty weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta<\/em><\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES (April 23, 2025) \u2013 The Racing to End Alzheimer\u2019s \/ Forbush Performance team looks to get its racing season underway this weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, competing in the 48th annual Mitty Presented by Hagerty weekend.<\/p>\n

The No. 33 Ligier JS P315 LMP3 prototype race car will be driven by tech entrepreneur and veteran sports car racer Matt Forbush in the trio of Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Prototype Challenge Presented by IMSA series races. The team had planned to make its series debut in the season opener at Sebring, but mechanical gremlins put the introduction off until Road Atlanta \u2013 and Racing to End Alzheimer\u2019s founder Phil Frengs is more than ready to get this new venture underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to wait a little longer than we originally planned, but we\u2019re excited to finally get started in the series,\u201d said Frengs. \u201cThis is a new initiative for us, acting as an ancillary effort to our exciting new IMSA sports car campaign, which will be announced shortly. It\u2019s great to bring the purple and yellow Alzheimer’s colors to the HSR series, and to an entirely new fan base. We love coming to Road Atlanta and know the fans will come out to see the amazing cars on a historic vintage racing weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The HSR Mitty Presented by Hagerty is one of the longest running and most prominent events in North America for historic motorsports. The Prototype Challenge series will contest three races on the weekend: two 30-minute sprint races and a 90-minute enduro.<\/p>\n

Fans at Road Atlanta (and fans at home) can\u00a0donate to the cause<\/a>\u00a0and place their loved one\u2019s name on the No. 33 LMP3 prototype. Friends and family members who have been affected by Alzheimer\u2019s or other forms of dementia are proudly displayed on the car as the team races at some of the most famous tracks in North America. All donations are matched by Frengs\u2019s company Legistics, with 100% going to the team\u2019s two beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

Despite the delay in debuting the team, Forbush is excited about the chance to bring the Racing to End Alzheimer’s message of hope to a new paddock. The Mitty regularly draws a large crowd, and he knows how eye-catching the livery will be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to finally racing this car, but we all know there\u2019s a much bigger picture to this,\u201d said Forbush. \u201cThat makes it exponentially more fun and rewarding, to be doing all this for a good cause. We already have names on the fin of the car \u2013 my stepmom’s mother passed away from Alzheimer’s and having her name on there is cool. So for a bunch of reasons, I think the car just looks great. It catches everybody’s eye and that leads to questions of what the names mean, so we can start that conversation \u2013 because so many people have been affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia in their family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forbush, a longtime GT car racer (GT cars are high-performance versions of street cars) also looks forward to racing a prototype for the first time. A recent test at Road Atlanta gave him the chance to learn and progress \u2013 a process he expects to continue all season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a good amount of seat time so it was very a productive test,\u201d said Forbush. \u201cI\u2019m still very new to this type of car, but I feel good about my pace and about the car as well. This is a learning year for me but I\u2019m really looking forward to it. The entry list is strong for this series this weekend and we know that, given the vintage nature of some of the classes, this will be the hardest and toughest racing all weekend. I can\u2019t wait to put the Racing to End Alzheimer’s prototype on track.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by IMSA sprint race takes the green flag Saturday at 2:10 p.m. ET, with the enduro at 6:05 p.m. The second sprint race takes place Sunday at 12:50 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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