Sargent Steps Up to GT3 in GMG Porsche Pro-Am Effort

Porsche Carrera Cup North America race winner Tom Sargent is set for his first full season in GT3 competition, joining GMG Racing in Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS.

The Australian-born racer will share the cockpit of the No. 32 Porsche 911 GT3 R with Kyle Washington, with the pairing competing in the Pro-Am class.

Sargent competed in Porsche’s North American single-make series with McElrea Racing last year, ending the season second in the standings behind dominant champion Riley Dickinson.

The 22-year-old took one race win at Laguna Seca and secured a further seven podium finishes. He also made his GT3 debut at the wheel of a DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in the Indianapolis 8 Hour in October.

“To say I am excited is probably a bit of an understatement,” Sargent said.

“It’s a massive thing for me to be able to undertake this awesome challenge. I came over here last year, fresh to the U.S., even fresh to Carrera Cup racing.

“We had a really, really successful year, and what happened in 2023 and how it went has put us in a really good position to advance on some opportunities. I am super stoked.

“My whole life I have been really keen to drive GT3 cars. It’s been my dream, so to be able to campaign a full season in GT World Challenge America is really exciting.”

Washington is coming off a successful past year in which he ran a packed schedule of races in multiple series that produced a run of more than a dozen podium appearances.

“This will be the first year that I have had the opportunity to run in a full season, in a chase for a championship, and will be my fourth season road racing and we’re going to give it 110 percent effort going for a championship in GT World Challenge America,” Washington said.

“I brought in Tom Sargent, who is lightning fast on track, who will be driving and coaching me for the year. We are stoked, let’s go.”

The James Sofronas-led stable debuted its Type-992 911 GT3 R during one of its one-off appearances last year, when Washington raced alongside Jeroen Bleekemolen at Circuit of The Americas.

GMG has made several of such guest appearances in Fanatec GT America in recent years, but hasn’t completed a full campaign in over half a decade.

“The last time we did a full-championship run in GT World Challenge, we won a title,” team founder and principal Sofronas said in reference to his title triumph in what was then the Pirelli World Challenge’s GTA class in 2017.

“Over the past several years, Kyle has been dipping his toe in different series and developing his driving resume and this year we are excited to announce he is committed to a full SRO Fanatec GT World Challenge championship effort with Tom Sargent in the Pro-Am class.

“All of us at GMG Racing are more than prepared with the proper infrastructure and support needed for an effort at this level to give Kyle and Tom a chance for as much success as possible.

“Kyle continues to improve every year, and when you add Tom into the mix, a young and talented up-and-coming star, we should be contending for podiums every race.”