Hunter-Reay and Bell join SRT racing

[daytonprowler]

From AllPar.com

Hunter-Reay and Bell join SRT racing

Posted on January 4th, 2014 • by David Zatz
SRT Motorsports announced today that Ryan Hunter-Reay and Rob Bell will join the factory two-Viper team for the extended endurance races in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in 2014. Tommy Kendall, meanwhile, is sliding into the “Brand Ambassador” role for SRT.

Hunter-Reay, the 2012 IndyCar Series champion, returns to the SRT Motorsports team he competed with in 2012, and is looking forward to getting the upcoming racing season off to a good start overall. He said, “The SRT Motorsports program has come such a long way in a short period of time. This is truly one of the most competitive forms of GT class racing in the world and for the Viper GTS-R team to earn three poles and a win last season is outstanding.”



Hunter-Reay competes full-time in the IndyCar Series for Andretti Autosport. With 10 years and more than 150 career starts, he has recorded 11 victories behind the wheel of an Indy car. In 2012, he secured the series championship after capturing a league-leading four victories in the season. Hunter-Reay is the only driver to earn wins in IndyCar, CART, Champ Car, ALMS [American LeMans], and Grand-Am. Early in his career, Hunter-Reay was the 1999 Skip Barber Formula Dodge National Champion.
Hunter-Reay will join returning drivers Dominik Farnbacher and Marc Goossens in the No. 91 SRT Viper GTS-R. Hunter-Reay and Goossens were co-drivers in the 2007 Utah Grand-Am victory driving a Riley Technologies-entered Riley Daytona Prototype that also carried No. 91.

A double European Le Mans Series (ELMS) champion, Rob Bell began his career in the UK Formula Renault championship, taking two titles before moving into sports cars in 2005. Since this time he has completed five seasons in ELMS, taking the GT2 titles in 2007 and 2008. He has made six 24 Hours of Le Mans starts with a best finish of fourth in GT2 in 2009. Bell has also made five starts in the Spa 24 Hours, including a second-place finish in 2009, and a GT runner-up finish in the 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Bell said, “After seeing the steady progress the SRT Motorsports team has made, I can’t wait to get behind the wheel at Daytona and compete against some of the best GT class teams in the world.”

Jonathan Bomarito and Kuno Wittmer will be returning, in the No. 93 SRT Viper GTS-R.
“With Ryan returning and Rob joining SRT Motorsports, we’ve solidified our team for competition in the longer endurance events,” said SRT spokesman Beth Paretta. “We can now turn our focus to continuing to get ready for Daytona and the upcoming season. We’re excited to kick off the new season and confident that we can continue improving and have an even better year in 2014.”

The annual Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona is being held on January 3-5. The season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, the inaugural race of the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, will be run January 25-26.

[Torquemonster06]

This is good news IMO.

[SmoknTires]

Very good news.

[Late Apex]

Hunter-Reay is quick too. Great addition over TK.

[JonB ~ PartsRack]

T.K. (Tommy Kendall) will remain an SRT Ambassador from what I hear..... GREAT guy, great rep, and has forgotten more about driving-winning than most know. A true asset....