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July 29, 2024
Savage, Minnesota
Returning to a race team’s home track is a bit like putting on a pair of old shoes. Familiar and comfortable, and we are surrounded by fans, family, and our partners. The entire JDC-Miller MotorSports team very much looks forward to the Road America round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Challenge each year.
The team is optimistic in their effort to improve on last season’s strong 5th-place finish with their Porsche 963 GTP. Tijmen van der Helm returns to Road America looking to improve on this finish in his only previous start at the track. Richard Westbrook’s experience at Road America is long and storied. It was the site of his first victory in the US, winning the GT2 class in a Porsche 997 RSR in 2008. Westbrook also won twice in the Ford GT LM as recently as 2019. He delivered an impressive performance in the JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi in 2022, leading 25 laps in wet conditions on the 4-mile circuit, nearly lapping the entire field.
JDC-Miller MotorSports will be running three teams this weekend. In addition to the No. 85 GTP Porsche and the championship-leading No. 17 Audi RS3 LMP in the Michelin Pilot Challenge Series TCR Class, they will be adding the No. 79 LMP2 entry for Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews.
The team is also excited to be hosting a very special guest and his family. 10-year-old St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient Colton will be at Road America for the race. Colton is very excited to attend his first professional race. His visit will kick off a two-month-long effort where you can join the JDC-Miller MotorSports team in helping fund St. Jude in its mission: Finding cures. Saving children.® You can help here.
The Sunday, August 4th race will be carried on Peacock starting at 3 PM Eastern and rebroadcast at 6 PM Eastern on CNBC. JDC-Miller MotorSports wishes all the athletes in Paris the best of luck at the 2026 Summer Olympics.
Quotes:
John Church, Managing Partner, No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963
“As a team, it is gratifying to see the support we get when we come to Road America. It is always a fun weekend for us. A very busy weekend.
We continue to jell as a team and understand what makes our Porsche 963 and our drivers more competitive. We plan to build on the pace we showed at Watkins Glen and have a good result.”
Tijmen van der Helm, Driver, No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963
“I am feeling very positive going into Road America. We had very good pace in the last race at Watkins Glen and this track is similar in many ways. We ran well here last year with the Porsche 963. It is very promising that we are getting stronger each weekend and a podium is not far around the corner.”
Richard Westbrook, Driver, No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963
“Like most drivers, I love coming to Road America. It is a beautiful track that has a bit of everything. I’ve had some success there in the past and hope to continue it this weekend. This will be my first visit since it was resurfaced prior to last year, so I am really looking forward to giving it a proper go.”
April 15, 2024
Savage, Minnesota
JDC-Miller MotorSports is honored to announce it will be partnering with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® for the remainder of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
The collaboration is possible thanks to a generous supporter of St. Jude and JDC-Miller MotorSports, who is dedicated to ending childhood cancer.
Watch for future announcements as we bring the power of St. Jude to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live.
Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.
Quotes:
John Church, Managing Partner, JDC-Miller MotorSports
“Our relationship with St. Jude began last June when we hosted Porsche Minneapolis and Porsche St. Paul at our facility for the 75th Anniversary of Porsche celebration. St. Jude was a key part of that effort, and our relationship was born. We take a lot of pride in being a very family-oriented organization, so it’s a natural fit. St. Jude is an impressive organization, and what they do is incredible. All of us at JDC-Miller MotorSports are very proud to support this effort.”
Amanda Cahow, Territory Vice President, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
“We continue to be amazed and humbled by the generous support of our donors at St. Jude. This new partnership with JDC-Miller MotorSports will allow for the St. Jude mission to continue to grow and showcases the hope that St. Jude families find comfort in when they hear the four most devastating words a parent can hear, “your child has cancer”. We are so grateful for the way JDC-Miller MotorSports embraced our fight against childhood cancer and look forward to what the future holds as we find cures and save children together.”
William Dunne, General Manager, Porsche Minneapolis and Porsche St. Paul
“Our Porsche dealerships have been in a partnership with St. Jude for over a decade. Two years ago, we established a relationship with JDC-Miller MotorSports after they announced that they would be racing the Porsche 963. This relationship has grown stronger over time, as they have become an integral part of our Porsche community.”
“Connecting a passionate Porsche enthusiast with St. Jude and JDC is rewarding, knowing the partnership will help cure childhood cancer worldwide. I’m excited about what we can do together.”
