American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 8 | Page 80

Porsche to run the German
marque’s factory GTLM
program.
“The move to GTD evolved
pretty naturally,” Bennett said.
“We knew we wanted to
compete at a pro-am level. The
competition in GTD is incredible
and we’ve had a relationship
with Porsche for four years
now, so the 911 GT3 R stood
out as a smart choice. As a
Porsche owner myself, I’m
really excited about the

opportunity to team up with
Colin Braun and race
one.”CORE has already begun
preparations for its 2017 GTD
debut, and as a result it has
elected to withdraw its No. 54
Flex-Box/Composite Resources
ORECA FLM09 from the
remaining IMSA rounds at
Circuit of the Americas and
Road Atlanta.
“At CORE, we place a high value
on preparation, and I don’t
think we can go into 2017 as