Black Swan Racing to Field Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 in Pirelli World Challenge

e46tor56 · Jan 22, 2013

January 18, 2013 (Boston, MA)- Black Swan Racing, a two-time class champion in the American Le Mans Series, is proud to announce that it will contest the 2013 Pirelli World Challenge GT Class Championship with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The SLS AMG GT3 is a purpose-built racing car, based on the SLS AMG road car, affectionately dubbed the “modern Gullwing,” and has yet to race in the US. Tim Pappas will continue as both driver and owner, alongside several members of Black Swan Racing who will continue on with the team’s sixth year of professional competition.

For Pappas, the opportunity to help usher in a new chapter of Mercedes-Benz AMG competition in North America is a welcome one.

“Black Swan Racing is honored to be a part of the AMG Customer Sports program with their amazing SLS AMG GT3,” stated Pappas. “Ever since driving the SLS AMG GT3 in the 2011 Dubai 24 Hour race, I have tried to find a series to campaign this car in the USA. I am very excited that the Pirelli World Challenge has embraced the FIA GT3 specification cars for their GT Class. These cars are the natural fit for this series, and a fantastic option for a team like Black Swan. We don’t want to build our own cars, nor spend time figuring out how to develop a home-built racecar. There are now 14 manufacturers that are building to this spec, which is impressive and a bold statement about the future of this class. Plus, Europe has enjoyed extremely large GT3 fields, close racing, and fan appreciation for the class. Pirelli World Challenge will be a spectacular place to be in 2013 and I hope to be in the running for the championship with the SLS AMG GT3.”

The AMG Customer Sports program offers teams the ability to buy a purpose-built racing car, which upholds the same quality and engineering excellence as all Mercedes-AMG products, at an attractive price. Further, the AMG Customer Sports program includes an internet-based portal that provides teams the ability to receive the latest technical bulletins, service update information and streamlined parts ordering. That means Black Swan can focus on racing, rather than logistics.

For Uli Fritz, Manager of AMG Customer Sports, Black Swan is a great fit for the brand’s move into Pirelli World Challenge.

”We are happy to welcome Black Swan Racing in the AMG Customer Sports program. It is a great opportunity to enter the U.S. market with such an experienced team and to add North America to the list of continents the SLS AMG GT3 is racing in. The U.S. market is very important to the AMG brand and we are looking forward to see the SLS AMG GT3 perform on the challenging race tracks around the country.”

Black Swan Racing will take delivery of its 2013 SLS AMG GT3 at a three-day test in Portimao, Portugal, beginning the 23rd of February. From there, the car will be flown to Boston for final preparations before its debut at Round One of the Pirelli World Challenge Series on the Streets of St. Petersburg, March 23, 2013.
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eMINIparts · Jan 22, 2013

Ok ...I want this one too.....

e46tor56 · Jan 22, 2013

eMINIparts said: ↑

Ok ...I want this one too.....
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Did you know Black Swan Racing is out of Portsmouth, NH?

eMINIparts · Jan 22, 2013

e46tor56 said: ↑

Did you know Black Swan Racing is out of Portsmouth, NH?
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Did not know that...Think they will let me drive it around the block a few hundred times?..I mean I do have little to no race experience

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