Pole in GTC at Laguna Seca

WeatherTech Porsche on Pole in GTC at Laguna Seca

MONTEREY, Calif. (May 10, 2013) – Cooper MacNeil and Jeroen Bleekemolen will start tomorrow’s American Le Mans Grand Prix of Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca from the pole position in GTC.

The duo of MacNeil (Hinsdale, ILL) and Bleekmolen (Monte Carlo) are looking to get back to the top of the GTC standings after a fourth-place finish at Long Beach. Starting the weekend off fast, the white and black WeatherTech Porsche has been a fixture at the top of the timing sheet in the three practice sessions. In qualifying, Bleekemolen turned a lap of 1:27.296 good for the top spot in the competitive GTC class at the 2.2-mile 11-turn Laguna Seca circuit. Read More »

Fourth in GTC at Long Beach

WeatherTech Porsche Fourth in GTC at Long Beach

Long Beach 2013

Long Beach 2013

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 20, 2013) – Cooper MacNeil and Jeroen Bleekemolen drove the No. 22 WeatherTech Porsche to a fourth place GTC finish in today’s running of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patron Long Beach Grand Prix.

MacNeil (Hinsdale, ILL) started the white and black Porsche from pole position. Before the drop of the green flag, the field got bunched in the final turn and out of order, creating a havoc filled drag race out of the turn to the green flag. As a result, MacNeil was relegated to third position. The first quarter of the race witnessed two caution periods. The team began to play out their strategy in the short two-hour race pitting early, lap 17, to get the compulsory tire stop complete. The race went green again and the team was watching the clock to ensure that MacNeil drove his allotted time. As luck would not have it, track position conspired against them to the tune of about 30 seconds causing them to leave the University of Colorado at Buffalo student out while the rest of the GTC field pitted. The mere 30 seconds, in a short two-hour race, meant the difference between pitting and exiting in the lead and finishing fourth. Read More »

Long Beach Pole-GTC

WeatherTech Porsche On Pole in GTC at Long Beach

MacNeil & WeatherTech on Long Beach Pole.

MacNeil & WeatherTech on Long Beach Pole.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 19, 2013) – Cooper MacNeil and Jeroen Bleekemolen will start from pole position in GTC for this weekend’s American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patron Long Beach Grand Prix to run tomorrow, April 20.

In today’s first, and only, practice session, Bleekemolen (Monte Carlo) put in a lap time of 1:23.039 to pace the GTC field. The Dutchman, combined with co-driver MacNeil (Hinsdale, ILL), worked with the Alex Job Racing (AJR) team to hit the set up of the WeatherTech Porsche just right on a green track to be number one on the GTC time sheet this morning.

In qualifying, Bleekemolen took to the track with an improved set up on the car. He kept the Alex Job crew and Long Beach crowd entertained when he took pole position at the last possible moment of GTC qualifying, posting a flying lap of 1:22.850.
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