Proton Porsche 963 in 46-Car Road America Entry

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Proton Competition’s Porsche 963 is among the 46 cars that are set to take part in next weekend’s IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Road America.

Released on Wednesday, the entry list for the Aug. 4-6 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round will feature the return of all five classes for the first time since the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen in June.

It will be highlighted by a tenth GTP class entry in the No. 59 Proton Porsche, which will be driven by Harry Tincknell and Gianmaria Bruni.

The pairing, along with Neel Jani, gave the German squad its top class prototype debut in this month’s 6 Hours of Monza FIA World Endurance Championship round, with the same chassis set to be used for the final three WeatherTech Championship GTP races of the season.

Other additions for Road America include the No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 of Ashton Harrison and Mario Farnbacher, while Rick Ware Racing’s Oreca 07 Gibson is notably absent in the LMP2 ranks.

Ben Keating is set to complete the LMP2 season in the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry alongside Paul-Loup Chatin, while Josh Burdon is listed in place of Felipe Fraga in the No. 74 Riley Ligier JS P320 Nissan in LMP3.

The co-driver for Louis Deletraz in the No. 8 Tower Motorsport Oreca remains to-be-confirmed, with John Farano appearing to not be ready to return to the cockpit yet again following his injury sustained at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in May.

John Falb is once again in the No. 35 TDS Racing Oreca in place of Francois Heriau, who also sustained an injury in May.

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