LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — GT Celebration Series has signed a new three-year extension with Pirelli North America to supply racing tires for the growing Morgan Performance Group sports car tour.
The 2023 schedule is slated for nine races, beginning at Apex Motor Club test days in Arizona on Feb 6-7.
Since the inception of the GT Celebration series in 2019, Pirelli has been a major partner with the sports car campaign that includes GT3, GT4, LMP3, Porsche Cup and BMW M2 machinery.
Heading into its fourth season, the GT Celebration series, led by MPG president and CEO Rob Morgan, MPG Executive Vice President Nick Lester and MPG Senior Vice President and Sporting Director Kelly Collins, entered the 2023 sports car season with some exciting new developments with four divisions including GT Celebration (three classes), Prototype Celebration (two classes), Cup Celebration (four classes) and M2 Celebration (three classes).
“We are extremely pleased to extend our partnership with a great company like Pirelli,” said Morgan, a former NASCAR and sports car racer. “Having a prestigious tire manufacturer such as Pirelli assists our series in providing the best products for our racers and teams. Pirelli has been the trailblazer for decades in racing tires and we are working with the company to continue their leadership in sports car competition. We are anxious to hit the track with Pirelli in 2023.”
“We’re delighted to renew our partnership with the Morgan Performance Group,” said Orazio Mastracchio, Pirelli North America Racing Manager. “Motorsports represents an essential part of Pirelli’s research and development program, as an open-air testing laboratory. This is why we place such an emphasis on motorsport in every global territory, as it is only by pushing the extremes of performance on track that the best Ultra High-Performance tires are created for the road.”
“As well as providing great entertainment, this agreement enables us to further enhance the connection between road and track with our high-technology P Zero products.”