Friday, August 5, 2011 at 07:51PM 
The Party Barge will start tomorrow's American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge in fourth place in the GT-C class. Catch the race live at 3:30 PM ET on ESPN3.com!
Friday, July 29, 2011 at 05:43PM 
July 29, 2011 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Having been absent from the American Le Mans Series’ GT-C class since the second round in Long Beach, California, Magnus Racing and drivers John Potter and Craig Stanton will return for next weekend’s Mid-Ohio Sportscar Challenge.
In two races this year, Potter and Stanton established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the all Porsche GT-C class. Teamed with Matthew Marsh, the Magnus Racing Porsche qualified second in GT-C and ran in the lead during the first half of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring before Potter was taken out by a prototype past the eight hour mark.
At Long Beach, the Magnus Racing Porsche – with its unmistakable Roscoe’s Chicken ‘n Waffles livery – contended for the lead early before falling to fourth. A battle with in the closing stages saw Stanton, racing in his hometown, take the final spot on the podium after battling with the no. 68 TRG Porsche.
Potter is eager to mix it up in the GT-C class again after the no.77 Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup – which was nicknamed the ‘Party Barge’ at Sebring – showed it had class winning speed at both Sebring and Long Beach. Incidentally, Potter earned the first podium for Magnus Racing at Mid-Ohio, in the 2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at the track.
“We jumped into GT-C at Petit Le Mans last year, and clearly we didn’t have the speed to win in that first weekend although we did manage to finish third,” said Potter. “So it was very gratifying to be on the pace at Sebring and be leading the field – until the Rebellion car knocked us off track and sent us back to the trailer to repair two broken radiators. At Long Beach our strategy didn’t work out with the lack of yellows, but we were still a little bit off of the leaders. We have experience at Mid-Ohio and I have high hopes for the race.”
As always, Potter will be joined by Stanton, who is as optimistic as ever for a strong finish in his Magnus Racing Porsche.
“You know, our GT-C car has been really good but we are still looking for that first win,” he said. “I think we will have a great shot at it in Mid-Ohio. John has been doing a great job driving and the guys have been hitting the setup of our Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. With four classes it makes things a little bit different than what we are used to but that will just make the racing more exciting.”
The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge will be shown live on ESPN3.com on Saturday, August 6 at 3:15 PM ET – but if you can’t see that, you can see highlights on ESPN2 on August 7 at 10:00 PM ET. You can also follow the team throughout the weekend on twitter (@magnusracing) and Facebook (facebook.com/magnusracing).
More information about Magnus Racing can be found at www.magnusracing.com. Any organization interested in learning more about how to be involved with one of the most unique and visible teams in the American Le Mans Series can e-mail info@magnusracing.com. All press inquiries can be directed to press@magnusracing.com.
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 01:34PM 
July 25, 2011 (Millville, NJ) – John Potter, Craig Stanton, and the new look Magnus Racing Porsche showed up ready for battle and very hydrated for Sunday’s American Red Cross 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. With a the third day of action at New Jersey providing some respite –temperatures remained in the 90’s, but the humidity level only approached 67 – cockpit conditions would still approach 140 degrees for both drivers in the two hour and forty-five minute race.
A recent change in GRAND-AM regulations meant the Magnus Racing team opted to have Stanton start the race. After qualifying eighth, Stanton jumped ahead of the no. 59 Brumos Porsche at the start of the race and picked up two more positions by working past the no. 07 and no.57 Camaros.
While pitstops began for the GT class, Stanton was able to extend his fuel window but a yellow flag caution period bunched the field up, allowing Stanton to run as high as second. However, a miscommunication between Stanton and his crew meant that Stanton came in the pits one lap after the GT pit stop window opened and just as the race returned to green flag conditions. Second at the time of the stop, the Magnus Racing Porsche with Potter at the wheel would reemerge in eighth position.
Having lost much track position and with no full course yellows, Potter would battle throughout his one hour and seven minute stint with the no. 88 Camaro and the no. 94 BMW. When he turned the car over to Stanton with thirty minutes remaining, the Magnus Racing Porsche was still in eighth position.
Stanton ran a trouble-free final stint to bring the car home in eighth position – in the same position where he took the green flag two hours and forty-five minutes earlier.
“This must be what my thanksgiving Turkey feels like,” said Potter afterwards. “I had some concern about how I would feel because of the high heat and because there was the possibility of being in the car quite a bit longer than I usually am. Craig gave me some of his rocket fuel, but it was very hot throughout the entire stint. Missing the stop like that really hurt us, and we didn’t get a yellow until it was too late. It’s frustrating but we actually made up some ground in the championship.”
Stanton, who nearly passed out at the end of last year’s race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, was happy to not have a repeat of that but wasn’t thrilled about the missed opportunity to gain points.
“Our grey Magnus Racing Porsche was so good at the start,” said Stanton. “We were going forward and making up spots and getting great fuel mileage. I was happy to get out of the car after the first hour because it was super hot in the car, but I was able to get some fluids in me and recover for the end. But we were the first car a lap down and didn’t really have to defend our position, so I just cruised home and stayed out of trouble in my second stint.”
Potter and Stanton’s finish dropped them to sixth in the GT points standings, but the two actually made up ground to the GT points leaders Andrew Davis and Leh Keen as the Magnus Racing pair are now eighteen points behind the leaders and only six points behind third-placed Sylvain Tremblay and Jonathan Bomarito.
The next Rolex Series race will be August 12-13 at Watkins Glen International, on the short course in the traditional date shared with the NASCAR Sprint Cup. The Watkins Glen 200 will be shown live on SPEED Channel Saturday August 13 at 6:00 PM ET.
However, the team will return to American Le Mans competition on August 5-6 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, bringing its Party Barge back to action for the first time since the IMSA GT3 Challenge race at the Montreal Grand Prix. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge will be shown live on ESPN3.com – but if you can’t see that, you can see highlights on ESPN2 on August 7 at 10:00 PM ET.
More information about Magnus Racing can be found at www.magnusracing.com. Any organization interested in learning more about how to be involved with one of the most unique and visible teams in the Grand-American Rolex Sports Car Series can e-mail info@magnusracing.com. All press inquiries can be directed to press@magnusracing.com.
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 02:00PM 
Have we told you how hot it is in New Jersey? It's really hot, and really humid. It's so hot, people think the green on our Magnus Racing Porsche simply melted away.
But in the heat of New Jersey, Craig Stanton qualified the Magnus Racing Porsche that he shares with John potter in eighth place for tomorrow's American Red Cross 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
"The car was really great, but we got stuck in traffic and we missed the window on our tires," said Stanton. "The car was better than eighth. We'll have to have a clean start and pick up a few spots before John gets in the car for his stint."
With the high heat in New Jersey and the elimination of Grand-Am's 45-minute pitstop window, Stanton was given the nod to qualify and start the race. He will also finish the race while Potter will run the middle stint, as the two look to improve on their result of sixth place last season in New Jersey.
The American Red Cross 250 will be shown live on SPEED Channel Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. Follow the team live on twitter at @magnusracing and on Facebook at facebook.com/magnusracing.
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 01:30PM 
1. Turner Motorsport - Memo Gidley / Kent Stacy / Reid Allen
2. Magnus Racing - Steve Gysin / Rob Ilsley / Rusty Loggins
3. Media Barons - Tucker Merten / Craig Stanton / Sean Heckman