We witnessed the test car tear it up recently at the Thermal Club in Southern California.
“Thermal has been a godsend for any automotive enthusiast or racer,” says Sofronas, who joined thein 2014. “We love this place for all the obvious reasons—and then being able to bring our cars out here to test, tune and develop.”
For the past 15 months, GMG Racing has occupied an 8,000-square-foot building near the paddock for servicing and storing its own cars, as well as those belonging to its customers. The freshly graded dirt, though, represents the future of the division’s arrive-and-drive program. It’ll be a 20,000-square-foot enclave with seven bays for clients like tennis great Pete Sampras, whose revised 991-series 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is also on the track today.
GMG Racing’s revisions to the 911 GT3 include a lightweight exhaust system and suspension upgrades, as seen in this uncovered view.Already a highly capable performer in stock trim, the 992-series 911 GT3, introduced for the 2022 model year, represents a sweet spot in the sports car world. Yet as good as it is off the showroom floor, it nevertheless invites modifications that will wring out even more performance.
This GT3 has air conditioning, and we need it as the mid-October afternoon reaches 100 degrees. Out we go on our warm-up laps, and I feel the sticky tires grip and see driver precision rewarded. The roll stiffness of the chassis is incredible. In a fast left-hander, the rear downforce becomes obvious as the right corner hunkers down. When Sofronas accelerates through a couple of gears on a straightaway, the tach needle flicks well above 8,000 rpm and the shriek from the 4.
Refined to deliver elevated performance on both the street and track, this enhanced 911 GT3 is a testbed for parts development.Utterly enthralled, I’m anticipating my own laps to come when, suddenly, an indicator light twinkles and we have to exit the track and bring the car to GMG’s onsite facility to investigate. The digital quirk would eventually be traced to the fact that the standard 20-inch front wheels and 21-inch rear wheels were replaced by those 19-inchers—that was it.
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