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Green Clinches GT3 Canada Crown
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Chris Green, Marco Cirone and Orey Fidani clinched Drivers’ Championships in the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin with smooth, composed drives to the podium Sunday in the season finale at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Scott Hargrove, Cirone and Michael de Quesada won the season-ending round 10 in the Platinum Cup, Platinum Masters and Gold Cup classes, respectively.
Green earned his first Platinum Cup championship in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche in his third full season in the class. Green held off Daniel Morad by five points, 170-165.
“It’s here,” Green said. “It hasn’t really hit yet. There was so much hard work by the Pfaff guys, Castrol backing us 100 percent all season. My entire team is all full-time employees of Pfaff, except for my engineer and chief mechanic, and everybody has given their 110 percent this year. So the least I could do was bring home the championship for them this year.
“I’m so proud of them, so proud of everybody involved, from (Pfaff owner) Chris Pfaff all the way down to the people taking care of my tires. Everybody has such an important role in this series, for myself and for Orey. We’re on cloud nine right now.”
“After an intense season, Chris Green has proven that he had what it takes to win the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin championship for 2015,” said Alexander Pollich, president & CEO, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. “His victory caps an exciting racing weekend after our brand’s first and second place in LMP1 and GTE Pro classes at the 6 Hours of Nurburgring. Congratulations to Chris and all the drivers.”
Cirone won the Platinum Masters championship for the third consecutive season in the No. 88 Mark Motors Racing Porsche. He beat Tim Sanderson to the crown, 196-180.
“I’m so happy,” Cirone said. “This is our third in a row, and I can’t thank my team, Mark Motors Racing, enough. They always give me a great car to drive.”
Fidani won the Gold Cup title by just two points, 170-168, in the No. 13 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche over fellow series rookie Michael de Quesada.
“I’m just ecstatic, overly excited,” Fidani said. “I didn’t really expect this coming into the beginning of this year. But, hey, hard work and driving smart pays off. This series was everything I thought it would be and probably a little bit more.”
Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsports won the Platinum Cup Team Championship in the first year of its partnership, edging Pfaff Motorsports, 174-170. The results were reversed in the Gold Cup Team Championship, with Pfaff taking the title in its second season as an independent team, 172-168, over Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsports.
Hargrove surrendered his 2014 Platinum Cup title to Green on Sunday, but he finished a dominant season with his sixth consecutive victory and seventh win in eight starts this season in the No. 25 OpenRoad Racing Porsche. Hargrove missed the first two rounds of the season before rejoining the series in June starting at round three in Toronto.
Pole sitter Hargrove held off Morad in the early laps and then pulled away from the field in the 45-minute race. He beat Morad to the checkered flag by 10.901 seconds.
“It was a great race,” Hargrove said. “We made some adjustments again. We were quick yesterday, but we felt like we could be a little quicker today, too. So we made some adjustments to the OpenRoad Porsche, and it was fantastic.
“At the start, Daniel was pushing really hard. I think he wanted to get out in front, so he gave me good pressure for the first couple of laps. I definitely had to fend him off. But after that, it was smooth sailing and just kind of a Sunday drive, literally on a Sunday.
“I’m really, really enjoying driving these Porsches.”
Morad earned his ninth podium finish of the season in the No. 22 Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsports entry. He held off Green by .333 of a second at the finish.
“I’m a little disappointed it’s the last race,” Morad said. “It was so much fun all season, having the comeback season after four years out of the car. It feels really good to close that one out and also get the Team Championship for Porsche Centre Oakville and Alegra Motorsports in our first season as a partnership.
“Man, it was a tough race. Chris was quicker than me at the halfway point, and I saw him closing in more and more, lap by lap, and going down the Andretti Straight where I saw his roof at first, then the headlights, then the whole bumper. So he put me under a lot of pressure at the end, but I knew he would be intelligent about it. It was the last race, and he was going for a championship. I figured he wouldn’t go for the pass because he didn’t need to. All he needed to do was finish behind me. So well done to Chris. A well-deserved championship.”
Scott Hargrove, Cirone and Michael de Quesada won the season-ending round 10 in the Platinum Cup, Platinum Masters and Gold Cup classes, respectively.
Green earned his first Platinum Cup championship in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche in his third full season in the class. Green held off Daniel Morad by five points, 170-165.
“It’s here,” Green said. “It hasn’t really hit yet. There was so much hard work by the Pfaff guys, Castrol backing us 100 percent all season. My entire team is all full-time employees of Pfaff, except for my engineer and chief mechanic, and everybody has given their 110 percent this year. So the least I could do was bring home the championship for them this year.
“I’m so proud of them, so proud of everybody involved, from (Pfaff owner) Chris Pfaff all the way down to the people taking care of my tires. Everybody has such an important role in this series, for myself and for Orey. We’re on cloud nine right now.”
“After an intense season, Chris Green has proven that he had what it takes to win the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin championship for 2015,” said Alexander Pollich, president & CEO, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. “His victory caps an exciting racing weekend after our brand’s first and second place in LMP1 and GTE Pro classes at the 6 Hours of Nurburgring. Congratulations to Chris and all the drivers.”
Cirone won the Platinum Masters championship for the third consecutive season in the No. 88 Mark Motors Racing Porsche. He beat Tim Sanderson to the crown, 196-180.
“I’m so happy,” Cirone said. “This is our third in a row, and I can’t thank my team, Mark Motors Racing, enough. They always give me a great car to drive.”
Fidani won the Gold Cup title by just two points, 170-168, in the No. 13 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche over fellow series rookie Michael de Quesada.
“I’m just ecstatic, overly excited,” Fidani said. “I didn’t really expect this coming into the beginning of this year. But, hey, hard work and driving smart pays off. This series was everything I thought it would be and probably a little bit more.”
Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsports won the Platinum Cup Team Championship in the first year of its partnership, edging Pfaff Motorsports, 174-170. The results were reversed in the Gold Cup Team Championship, with Pfaff taking the title in its second season as an independent team, 172-168, over Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsports.
Hargrove surrendered his 2014 Platinum Cup title to Green on Sunday, but he finished a dominant season with his sixth consecutive victory and seventh win in eight starts this season in the No. 25 OpenRoad Racing Porsche. Hargrove missed the first two rounds of the season before rejoining the series in June starting at round three in Toronto.
Pole sitter Hargrove held off Morad in the early laps and then pulled away from the field in the 45-minute race. He beat Morad to the checkered flag by 10.901 seconds.
“It was a great race,” Hargrove said. “We made some adjustments again. We were quick yesterday, but we felt like we could be a little quicker today, too. So we made some adjustments to the OpenRoad Porsche, and it was fantastic.
“At the start, Daniel was pushing really hard. I think he wanted to get out in front, so he gave me good pressure for the first couple of laps. I definitely had to fend him off. But after that, it was smooth sailing and just kind of a Sunday drive, literally on a Sunday.
“I’m really, really enjoying driving these Porsches.”
Morad earned his ninth podium finish of the season in the No. 22 Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsports entry. He held off Green by .333 of a second at the finish.
“I’m a little disappointed it’s the last race,” Morad said. “It was so much fun all season, having the comeback season after four years out of the car. It feels really good to close that one out and also get the Team Championship for Porsche Centre Oakville and Alegra Motorsports in our first season as a partnership.
“Man, it was a tough race. Chris was quicker than me at the halfway point, and I saw him closing in more and more, lap by lap, and going down the Andretti Straight where I saw his roof at first, then the headlights, then the whole bumper. So he put me under a lot of pressure at the end, but I knew he would be intelligent about it. It was the last race, and he was going for a championship. I figured he wouldn’t go for the pass because he didn’t need to. All he needed to do was finish behind me. So well done to Chris. A well-deserved championship.”
