Coleman, Telitz to Race Optimum McLaren in 24H Barcelona

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race winners Todd Coleman and Aaron Telitz will race an Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo in this weekend’s Hankook 24H Barcelona.

Coleman and Telitz, who took victory in the four-hour Pilot Challenge round at Mid-Ohio in June, will team up with fellow series regular Robert Megennis as well as Frederik Schandorff as part of a 11-car GT3 grid headlining the 25th edition of the Spanish enduro.

In total, 38 cars are set to contest the conclusion of Creventic’s Hankook 24H Series season.

Other U.S. names in the GT3 class include that of Scott Noble, Jason Hart and Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS regular Dustin Blattner teaming with Ralf Bohn aboard the No. 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Herberth currently leads the GT3 standings with a 32-point lead over the No. 18 Sainteloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II, which will be driven in Barcelona by Michael Doppelmayr, Pierre Kaffer, Elia Erhart, Stephane Tribaudini and Christer Joens.

Among the notable editions to the GT3 class include series regulars Red-Camel Jordans.nl stepping up to compete for overall honors in a JUTA Racing-ran Audi piloted by Ivo Breukers, Luc Breukers, two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona class winner Rik Breukers and Fabian Danz.

BMW factory driver Jens Klingmann, meanwhile, has been added to the lineup for the No. 14 Poulsen Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 alongside Kristian Poulsen, Roland Poulssen and Alfred Nilsson.

The seven-car GT4 class features a number of notable entries, including the previously confirmed No. 428 ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 for Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS pairing Samantha Tan and Neil Verhagen as well as multi-time Indianapolis 500 starter Pippa Mann, Fabian Duffieux and Jon Miller.

They will be going up against a pair of overall 24 Hours of Le Mans winners in Emanuele Pirro and Jan Lammers, who will be sharing a Ginetta G55 GT4 with Jeroen Bleekemolen as well as Greg Mills and Pirro’s son Cris.

Buggyra ZM Racing, which clinched up the GT4 title with a race to spare after taking a fourth consecutive class win at the previous round at Misano, is absent, leaving the No. 424 Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS as the highest-classified car in the class.

In the four-car TCE/TCX class, YouTuber and Nürburgring GT4 racer Jimmy Broadbent has been added to the lineup for the No. 133 J-Mec Engineering BMW M3.

The latest version of the entry list shows Broadbent teaming up with James Collings, Kevin Clarke and Nigel Greensall, although Broadbent told Sportscar365 that he is expected to race as a three-man crew, replacing Greensall as a last-minute addition.