Marco Polo Switches Service Provider for Rest of Year

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Marco Polo Motorsports will make its return to Pirelli GT4 America competition after missing the most recent rounds at Sebring International Raceway, having aligned with a new service provider.

The team has confirmed a switch from Muellerized to Chicago Performance and Tuning Co. for the remainder of the season, beginning with next month’s round at Virginia International Raceway.

Team owner Jeff Elghanayan confirmed the team withdrew its entry from Sebring in order to conduct an “internal review” of its program.

“We’d like to thank John and everyone at Muellerized for their years of hard work, dedication, and service to Marco Polo Motorsports,” said  Elghanayan.

“John and his team have been a key part of the success we’ve had for many years, and we don’t want that overshadowed by the decision to move this program to Chicago Performance.

“Muellerized is still a key part of the Marco Polo Motorsports family, and we’ll continue to enjoy success in our other programs, which will still be managed by John and his team.

“Our main goal in making this change is to allow all of our programs to grow into more success in the future.”

Nicolai Elghanayan and Mads Siljehaug will continue driving the No. 71 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2.

“The team is very excited to take on this program,” said Chicago Performance and Tuning Co team owner/principa Al Uscinski.

“We had a very short but successful foray into SRO at the 2023 [Indianapolis] 8 Hour running our KTM X-BOW GT2 in GT America.

“Walking away from that event after almost sweeping the weekend really left us hungry for more, so having the opportunity to jump in [Pirelli] GT4 America is amazing.”

He added: “It’s been a lot of work in getting up to speed with the car, preparing it for the [upcoming] tests and races.

“The car saw a lot of hard racing at Sonoma and COTA, plus COTA was an enduro too. That combined with normal service meant the car needed a lot of attention. So, the car plus all the prep for the trailers and pulling the two crews together have been major efforts.

“What it does show is the commitment from both Jeff [Elghanayan] and the team here at CPT.

“Everyone’s in with both feet and I know I speak for all of us when talking about how excited and eager we all are to get on track and start seeing results.”

John Dagys

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