Magnus Racing, Audi Ready for California 8 Hours
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 09:07PM 
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (October 11, 2017) – As previously announced, Magnus Racing’s ventures with a factory supported Audi Sport program will officially kick off tomorrow, with practice and testing for “Audi Sport Team Magnus” beginning for this Sunday’s California 8 Hours at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the first-ever United States round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.
“We’re all really looking forward to kicking off the weekend,” stated Magnus Racing team owner John Potter. “We’ve of course enjoyed a great relationship with everyone at Audi over the years, and to take part in a factory-supported effort during this weekend’s eight hour race is just a further testament to the collaboration. It will be a very different look and feel for the team this weekend, but we have a great lineup and everyone is ready.”
As part of a four-race endurance series that takes part on four different continents, the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge will enjoy its third round on Sunday, featuring an eight hour race that will campaign similar GT3 and GT4 specification cars seen in this season’s Pirelli World Challenge.
Bearing a different look from the traditional Magnus Racing livery and driver lineup, the team will fly the factory colors of Audi Sport for the No. 44 Audi Sport Team Magnus Audi R8 LMS, with drivers Pierre Kaffer, Markus Winkelhock, and Kelvin van der Linde. Pierre Kaffer is of course a Magnus alumni from this season as well as a winner of endurance races including Le Mans, Sebring, and beyond, Markus Winkelhock is a winner of multiple 24 hour races including Nurburgring and Spa, and Kelvin van der Linde is coming off an incredible race at Petit Le Mans just five days ago, where his team took a commanding win.
Official practice begins this Friday, October 13, with race action taking place on Sunday, October 15. CBS Sports Network will cover the first two hours of the race at 12:20PM ET, followed by the last hour at 7:20PM ET, with all eight hours streamed live via MotorTrend on Demand.
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