What do top-tier endurance racing and the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Presented by Grassroots Motorsports have in common? Both feature some slick-looking prototype-style track machines.
2021 saw Clayton Eley take the top spot in a 2018 Ligier JS P3, but does that mean a similar machine will win for 2022? The entrants of these three track cars certainly hope to:
James Paul’s Elan DP02 is virtually stock, but that doesn’t make it slow by any means: Power comes from force-fed, 2.3-liter Mazda engine good for 240 horsepower in vehicle that weighs only 1600 pounds.
Surely a twin-turbo, Cadillac V6-powered Elan NP01 good for over 570 horsepower and 550 lb.-ft. of torque requires lots of sponsors, right? Not exactly. Owner Tom Hanh lists only “me” as the car’s primary sponsor.
How do you make a Radical RXC Spyder with 600 horsepower on tap even more competitive? Try having over 30 years of racing experience–on both two and four wheels–like Michael Fitzpatrick.
View these cars, along with the rest of the field, on the accepted entries page.
If you think you have what it takes to win, enter your car here.
The 2022 UTCC returns to Virginia International Raceway May 13-14 in the center of NASA’s HyperFest weekend.
The Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge is presented by Grassroots Motorsports in association with Wilwood Engineering, CRC Industries, DeatschWerks, HP Tuners, SPA Technique and Volkswagen, with trophies from BimmerWorld, XS Power Batteries, Sensor Connection, Track Advantage and Stifflers.