This weekend’s Porsche Endurance Challenge Circuit of the Americas 6 Hour features a “who’s who” of Porsche stars, including four drivers who have launched their careers via massive success in Porsche Carrera Cup North America.
Between the four of them, these racers have won an incredible 63 percent of all Porsche Carrera Cup North America races between them.
In addition, the quartet has three championship victories and one holds the record for the most wins in series history.
All four will be behind the wheel this weekend for the final round of the inaugural Porsche Endurance Challenge, which will feature a six-hour battle at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.
The “Fantastic Four” includes Dutchman Kay van Berlo, who holds the record for the most Carrera Cup wins with 13, plus championship winners Parker Thompson, Riley Dickinson, and this year’s champ, Loek Hartog.
Van Berlo – who also took the GT4 America Pro-Am title with ACI Motorsports’ boss Curt Swearingin this year – will join forces with fellow Dutchman Hartog this weekend as the duo drive alongside Kellymoss Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama champion Michael Clark.
Hartog clinched the 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Pro championship this year at Indianapolis in what was the most competitive championship battle yet staged. Six different drivers visited victory lane in the Pro class this year, but Hartog’s consistency and seven wins earned him the crown.
Van Berlo, Hartog, and 2023 series champion Riley Dickinson all have one thing in common – they have taken the Kellymoss “Racing for Children’s” entry to championship success.
Last year, Dickinson scored the most dominant title win in series history, recording an impressive 11 victories from 16 races. The performance earned him a spot alongside van Berlo as a Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver.
He continued his winning ways in 2024 in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge competition. Joined by former Carrera Cup teammate Michael McCarthy – the duo opened the season with a victory at Daytona International Speedway and completed the year with another win at Road Atlanta.
Dickinson will race the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry for BR Racing’s Blake McDonald. The pair will be joined by another Porsche star, Trent Hindman who also took two Michelin Pilot Challenge series wins this year for RS1.
Canadian Parker Thompson earned his Carrera Cup championship win in 2022 for JDX Racing, when he won three of the final six races to clinch the title.
Thompson has been a regular in this year’s Porsche Endurance Challenge North America alongside Anthony McIntosh in the No.224 JTR Motorsports Engineering entry.
The pair will be joined this weekend by Aaron Jeansonne, who impressed in his Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama debut this year. Jeansonne contested the final two weekends of the series and recorded a third, a second, and a win in his first three races.
This Sunday’s Porsche Endurance Challenge North America Circuit of the Americas can be seen live on the Porsche Motorsport North America YouTube channel as well as on X, Facebook and Linkedin.
