BRASELTON, Ga. – Team TGM’s impending debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the Rolex 24 at Daytona will feature four drivers who are doing double-duty for the team – competing for Team TGM in both the Michelin Pilot Challenge race and the Rolex 24.
After last week’s announcement that the team will be racing a Porsche 911 GT3 R in the GT Daytona category, team owner Ted Giovanis has confirmed the line-up for the team’s 24-hour endurance race debut.
Giovanis will make his first start as a driver in the Rolex 24 event and will be joined by Team TGM’s veteran sports car racer Matt Plumb and 2018 Michelin Pilot champions Owen Trinkler and Hugh Plumb.
All four drivers – Giovanis and Trinkler in car No. 64 and Hugh and Matt Plumb in car No. 46 – will also drive for the team in Friday’s four-hour Michelin Pilot Challenge event aboard the team’s pair of Chevrolet Camaros.
The quartet have their sights set on completing a total of 48 hours and 30 minutes of track time for Team TGM between the Roar Before the 24 test which includes a 100-minute qualifying race and the Rolex 24 weekend of practice and races for both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Michelin Pilot Challenge programs.
“The driver line-up was really a very easy decision to make because I had already done all the due diligence and consideration a couple years ago when I decided on Hugh, Owen and Matt to drive our Michelin Pilot cars. These guys bring with them such tremendous talent and experience, it was an easy decision then and it’s the same now,” Giovanis said.
“Together these three drivers have accumulated 21 previous Rolex 24 Hour race starts. I couldn’t be surrounded by a more knowledgeable and experienced group of drivers who I can depend on to take care of our equipment, while constantly pushing to the front. We already have a great relationship from the Michelin Pilot Series and keeping us together allows us to leverage on that synergy. These are the guys who I trust to race our cars in Michelin Pilot and I know I can count on them for the best result in the Rolex 24.”
Team TGM will return to IMSA competition after a hiatus in 2020 while Giovanis focused his efforts on the JKTG Foundation and its work toward the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine development.
The Roar before the 24 test will be held from Jan. 22-24 with the Porsche and Chevrolet TGM programs returning to Daytona Int’l Speedway from Jan. 28-31.