United Autosports relocates U.S. base to Mooresville
United Autosports has discovered its new stateside residence with a brand new 18,000 sq. foot workshop in Charlotte, N.C., because the Anglo-American, multi-championship profitable workforce prepares to tackle a the problem of a full-time effort in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship LMP2.
The brand new workshop, positioned on the aptly named Thunder Highway within the motorsport hub of Mooresville, is presently residence to Billy Glavin’s Jr III Racing. Glavin has been named the final supervisor for United Autosports USA and can oversee all of the operations on the workshop and the U.S. workforce of mechanics, logistics and administration personnel.
“It is a actually essential step for United Autosports,” mentioned Zak Brown, workforce chairman and co- founder. “With this Mooresville workshop, we’re constructing the foundations of a robust IMSA operation, making our ambitions clear for 2024 and past. I look ahead to seeing the United workforce in motion in our new stateside residence.”
The brand new U.S. headquarters is positioned 700 miles north of the earlier base in Florida, taking United Autosports to the guts of Charlotte’s motorsport hub, with neighbors together with Penske and Hendrick. The area is full with state-of-the-art tools and three 53-foot race transporters, so the IMSA workforce can launch into motion virtually instantly.
“Having a everlasting motorsport facility within the USA is a crucial step in the direction of reaching our IMSA ambitions,” says Richard Dean, United Autosports CEO and co-founder. “Charlotte can also be the right location for our workforce and for our actions in North America.”
The United Autosports IMSA squad will function on a transatlantic schedule between the UK and U.S., utilizing the services, tools and experience throughout each bases to gas the 2024 cost. To bolster this worldwide effort, there may also be a core group of full-time United Autosports workers within the USA, headed up by Glavin.
“Once I first began Jr III Racing in 2017, United Autosports was an organization I aspired to emulate with their success in skilled racing in addition to their dedication to classic race automobiles, so to be becoming a member of with them and increasing their presence in America is an incredible honor,” says Glavin. “My workforce and I are wanting ahead to stepping up from LMP3 machines into LMP2 machines. I anticipate the LMP2 discipline to be very aggressive subsequent 12 months, so to enter into the season with such a robust workforce as United Autosports shall be a very thrilling expertise.”
To this point, United Autosports has named two drivers for the 2024 IMSA marketing campaign — present LMP2 factors chief Ben Keating and Alex Quinn.
