Two American GT Academy champions are teaming up this week to compete at the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge’s opening race at Daytona. 2011 champion Bryan Heitkotter and 2013 champion Nick McMillen will be driving the #41 Nissan 370Z for the Doran Racing team.
“I’m excited to be a part of the Doran Racing team again,” Heitkotter said. “I have a lot of great memories there, and at the same time feel like we have some unfinished business with the top of the podium. We led often, but for one reason or another winning remained elusive. It will be great to team up with fellow Nissan GT Academy graduate Nick McMillen after his time in Europe and see what we can accomplish together.”
“I’m very thankful to have the opportunity to join Doran Racing and fellow U.S. GT Academy winner Bryan Heitkotter as my teammate in the car at Daytona,” McMillen said. “The season opener for the Continental Tire series will actually be my first race in the United States, which makes racing at Daytona even more exciting. I welcome the challenge of working with a new team and a new [to me] car. I haven’t raced since September but I’m sure I will get up to speed quickly and feel at home with the Doran crew in no time.”
The pair qualified in 9th place for the 2.5-hour race, which will be held at 1:45PM Eastern Time on Friday. Live coverage will be available at imsa.com. Good luck, guys!
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I don’t understand why we haven’t gotten any GTA 370Zs yet.
Hope we get that Z, and other cars from the series.
6th place, not too shabby!
And really. Why dont we have a Z Racecar. Especially with so many GTR’s. I would love to race that car on GT6. Good luck bryan and Nick. Love the continental series, and always rooting you on through the last few years
This might explain the new seasonal event…. Good luck guys
Best of luck guys!