Parker Chase to Join RENNtech Motorsports
for SRO America Season Opener
NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex., STUART, FL (February 25, 2019) – After winning
the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Pro/Am title in 2018, 18 year-old champion
Parker Chase is returning to the series this week for the season opening event
at Circuit of The Americas with RENNtech Motorsports. The season will kick off
with a double header race event at the Austin circuit, where Chase, a Texas
native, will share the driving duties of the No. 89 Mercedes-AMG GT4 with Reinhold Renger in
Pirelli GT4 America‘s East Pro/Am class.
“I’m thrilled to be returning to SRO America this
weekend,” said Chase. “I got the call late Friday and the deal came together very
quickly. I last raced in the GT4 class in 2017, and it’s been great to watch
the competition in that series grow. RENNtech
Motorsports has put a lot of effort into this first event, and I’m looking
forward to working alongside with Reinhold to bring them some strong results.”
Chase’s invitation to drive for
the team came less than a week before the first practice session, but the young
champion aims to quickly get up to speed with the new team and new machinery.
“We were looking for a strong
silver to put in the Mercedes-AMG for this first event, and Parker Chase came
highly recommended,” said team owner Hartmut Feyhl. “Given his excellent record in the
series and being a local to the circuit, he seemed like the natural choice for
our first event of the year. We’re proud to have him on board and are excited
to get this event started.”
While the 2019 SRO America season
is just getting started, Chase kicked off his 2019 race season with the Rolex
24 at Daytona, where he performed well during the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship season opener, before torrential downpour and hazardous track
conditions ended the race early. He gained additional track time last week with
a one-day test at Sebring International Raceway in preparation for the next
rounds of racing on his 2019 calendar. Chase has yet to announce his race
schedule for the full 2019 season, but has held discussions in both IMSA and
SRO America, with hopes to make an announcement soon.
With the return to the Circuit of The Americas, RENNtech Motorsports starts
their first full Season at the same track where they celebrated their inaugural
race in November 2018. Having had a successful first outing at the 24H Series,
RENNtech brings a huge Momentum to the first race of the season. Proving to be a
serious contender right from the get-go, RENNtech Motorsports was able to set
the Pole Position time and finished the race after 24 hours just 50 seconds
behind the leader in class.
Teaming up with Parker Chase is
veteran driver Reinhold Renger from Rothenburg, Germany. Reinhold is a long-time
factory Mercedes-AMG driver and current Chief-Instructor of the AMG Driving
Academy. He scored his biggest success at the 2008 24h-Nürburgring, scoring the
win in his class. He is the current Blancpain GT Series Asia champion, which he
won with the Mercedes-AMG GT4 as part of the Gruppe-M Team. At RENNtech
Motorsports the speed and experience of Parker and Reinhold built a dynamic
duo, ready to fight for the highest positions.
Official practice sessions for rounds
one and two of the Pirelli GT4 America championship at Circuit of The Americas
begin Friday March 1st. The GT4 America series will host an
impressive field of 33 competitors on the 3.4 mile, 20 turn, permanent road
course, the arguably most prestigious race-track in North America. Race one
will begin Saturday, March 2nd at 1:05PM Central, followed by race
two on Sunday, March 3rd at 10:10AM; both races will air live on
www.world-challenge.com.
