TPC Racing opens the 2024 SRO GT America powered by AWS season this week at Sonoma Raceway where Alan Grossberg and Aaron Farhadi start the year in a pair of TPC Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO 2 machines. Grossberg and Farhadi return to TPC Racing in a continuation of a growing partnership with Dream Racing that began during the 2023 season.
The doubleheader weekend in California "Wine Country" features a pair of 40-minute sprint races, with the opener going green at 1 p.m. PDT on Saturday, April 6, and the second starting at 8:55 a.m. PDT on Sunday April 7. Both races can be seen live on the SRO YouTube channel at YouTube.com/GTWorld.
Grossberg and Farhadi are back with TPC Racing following successful runs with the team a year ago in partnership with Dream Racing that brings both of the race-winning and high-end motorsports entities together on track. Grossberg spent the final two rounds of last season’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo season, including the finale in Italy, with TPC Racing. Farhadi made his auto racing debut with TPC Racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last October where he finished fourth in a Porsche Cayman in Porsche Sprint Challenge.
This year marks the first full-season effort for TPC Racing into SRO GT America and its growing GT2 class. The team, however, is well familiar with the the Lamborghini platform and even has notable GT2 experience in GT America after somewhat of a history-making entry three years ago. A TPC Racing Lamborghini driven by Scott Schmidt is credited as the first GT2-spec car to compete in GT America in 2021 at Circuit of The Americas (COTA).
The familiarity and technical expertise of the Lamborghini carries over from TPC Racing’s long-standing Lamborghini Super Trofeo efforts. The GT2 version of the Lamborghini Huracán is a modified version of the same platform that TPC Racing drivers Shehan Chandrasoma and Nikko Reger used to capture the Pro-Am class victory in the 2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals.
Grossberg will pilot the No. 102 Dream Racing/TPC Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 during the 2024 SRO season, while Farhadi races the No. 127 Dream Racing/TPC Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo.
TPC Racing’s partnership with Dream Racing is an opportunity to capitalize on the strengths of both programs. Though Dream Racing has their own successful history as a race team, the organization's growing Super Car Driving Experience in Las Vegas has shifted the focus to that expansion. TPC Racing now handles the logistics and on-track competition experience, creating the same championship-winning opportunities that have long been a feature of the Baltimore-area high-performance and race shop.
The Lamborghini Huracáns will make their season debut on Friday, April 5 at Sonoma Raceway with the opening day of practice, followed by qualifying on Saturday morning at 8:20 a.m. PDT (11:20 EDT). Both Saturday’s 1 p.m. PDT 40-minute race and Sunday’s 8:55 a.m. PDT race can be seen live at YouTube.com/GTWorld.
Harris Levitas, Director of Race Operations: “TPC Racing is thrilled to be partnering with Dream Racing to put together a Lamborghini SRO GT2 program for the 2024 season. This all came together very late, less than a month ago, so I have to thank everyone involved for their help in allowing this to happen. Having Alan Grossberg on board for the full season in the No. 102 car is really great. Aaron Farhadi is on board for Sonoma and Long Beach while we develop a plan to have Aaron continue for the remainder of the season. We have run SRO in GT2 with a Lamborghini Super Trofeo in the past and it was a great experience and even a milestone for the championship and our team as the first GT2 entry in GT America. It’s nice to see the class grow and we are looking forward to a great, competitive season.”
Ado De Micheli, President, Dream Racing: “Dream Racing is renowned for the driving experience we provide. That has put us in touch with a lot of people who are interested in racing, which is not always an easy path. We have a passion for it. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to put your passion aside and focus on business, and we realize that in order to prioritize on what we do here in Las Vegas at Dream Racing, it was too much of a commitment as we keep growing. That was when the partnership with Harris and TPC Racing started to make sense. We saw in TPC Racing someone who brought the same values that we brought to the race track. I’m very excited about the partnership, and I think it can extend beyond what we did last year and are doing this year. We hope that we can bring something to the team as well, but we’re 100 percent confident to put our name next to TPC Racing. I’m excited to once again join the SRO championship, because they are certainly growing year after year and proving to be a great championship for new drivers to step into professional racing.”
Alan Grossberg, Driver, No. 102 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo: “It's great to enter the season at the same time everyone begins the season, instead of coming in mid-season. I have had time during the off-season to prepare for the start of this season this year, knowing a bit more of what to expect. GT2 is a new format for me. I believe having driven unrestricted in Super Trofeo will help, but like all of the drivers had to do at some time, I'll have to adjust to new car configuration. I'm definitely looking forward to racing the Lamborghini Super Trofeo against other makes. I'm a realist, but also a competitor. A great result would be to be on the podium. A strong finish in both races and qualifying somewhere in the top third, would be a good result this weekend.”