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Hertz Team JOTA, a new Hypercar motor racing team sponsored by Hertz and Singer Group*, today in New York unveiled the Porsche 963 LMDh race car in its new Hertz Racing Gold livery. Hertz Team JOTA is competing in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), which includes the 100th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The team brings together an experienced sports car team in JOTA and a group of global partners including title sponsor Hertz and California luxury brand Singer Group. The team also announced Tom Brady’s BRADY™ as its Official Apparel Partner.
“Our sponsorship of Hertz Team JOTA marks the company’s return to premium motorsports and underscores Hertz’s commitment to speed, reliability, and innovation, both on and off the track. We look forward to collaborating with the BRADY Brand and Singer as we engage our customers and millions of racing fans during the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season,” said Stephen Scherr, Hertz Chief Executive Officer.
The team evolves from its status as the current LMP2 FIA World Endurance Champions – securing 10 podiums in the last 9 years of Le Mans 24 Hours. Dieter Gass is Team Principal, and Portugal’s António Félix da Costa, Britain’s Will Stevens and China’s Yifei Ye will drive Hertz Team JOTA’s ‘Mighty 38’ Porsche 963.
They face formidable and experienced competition, including, Cadillac, Penske Motorsports and Toyota, among others.
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*Singer Group, Inc. (Singer) restores and reimagines 1989 to 1994 Porsche 911s, based on the 964 chassis at the direction of its clients. Singer does not manufacture or sell automobiles. Singer is not sponsored, associated, approved, endorsed nor, in any way, affiliated with Porsche Cars North America, Inc., or Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche, AG. The Porsche® name and crest, 911® and TARGA® are trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, and any other products mentioned are the trademarks of their respective holders. Any mention of trademarked names or other marks is for purpose of reference only.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
WEC – Hertz Team JOTA Unveils Le Mans Bound 2023 Race Car
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Hertz Team JOTA, a new Hypercar motor racing team sponsored by Hertz and Singer Group*, today in New York unveiled the Porsche 963 LMDh race car in its new Hertz Racing Gold livery. Hertz Team JOTA is competing in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), which includes the 100th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The team brings together an experienced sports car team in JOTA and a group of global partners including title sponsor Hertz and California luxury brand Singer Group. The team also announced Tom Brady’s BRADY™ as its Official Apparel Partner.
“Our sponsorship of Hertz Team JOTA marks the company’s return to premium motorsports and underscores Hertz’s commitment to speed, reliability, and innovation, both on and off the track. We look forward to collaborating with the BRADY Brand and Singer as we engage our customers and millions of racing fans during the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season,” said Stephen Scherr, Hertz Chief Executive Officer.
The team evolves from its status as the current LMP2 FIA World Endurance Champions – securing 10 podiums in the last 9 years of Le Mans 24 Hours. Dieter Gass is Team Principal, and Portugal’s António Félix da Costa, Britain’s Will Stevens and China’s Yifei Ye will drive Hertz Team JOTA’s ‘Mighty 38’ Porsche 963.
They face formidable and experienced competition, including, Cadillac, Penske Motorsports and Toyota, among others.
AutoInformed on
*Singer Group, Inc. (Singer) restores and reimagines 1989 to 1994 Porsche 911s, based on the 964 chassis at the direction of its clients. Singer does not manufacture or sell automobiles. Singer is not sponsored, associated, approved, endorsed nor, in any way, affiliated with Porsche Cars North America, Inc., or Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche, AG. The Porsche® name and crest, 911® and TARGA® are trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, and any other products mentioned are the trademarks of their respective holders. Any mention of trademarked names or other marks is for purpose of reference only.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.