Diving into the history of Grand-Am and my Porsche 996 GT3 Cup

In this episode, we take a step back from the current project of restoring the car and explore the history of the car/series/drivers/etc. This is the very reason I wanted to create this series in the first place! Thumbnail photo: Brian Cleary Thanks to Joey, Ryan C., Brian Cleary, Darren Law, and Lynn Wilson for helping tell the story. Thanks as well to the army of people helping with this project. Lastly, thank YOU for all the encouragement and support you have provided thus far. 00:00 No pressure, right? 00:53 Why Grand-Am? 02:12 PIR History 04:21 That race in 2006 05:12 Another detour? 06:30 IMSA 07:59 ALMS 08:26 Grand American Road Racing 09:39 Photographer Brian Cleary 14:02 Grand-Am Champion Darren Law 16:55 You can't be serious 17:04 996 GT3R vs 996 GT3 Cup 18:27 My car's Grand-Am history begins 18:48 How was the Cup car competitive? 21:32 Previous owner - Lynn Wilson 23:34 And then it happened