Champion Racing

Champion entered their first race at the 1993 12 Hours of Sebring, finishing 21st overall and 7th in the Invitational GT class with a Porsche 911 Carrera 2 driven by Justin Bell, Mike Peters, and Oliver Kuttner. Peters later stopped race driving and became team manager. In 1994, they entered a 911 Turbo in several IMSA GT races, including the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

For 1995, Champion partnered with Michael Colucci Racing (MCR), fielding a pair of 911 GT2s — Champion's #72 (964 chassis) and MCR's #74 (993 chassis). Hans-Joachim Stuck and Bill Adam finished 2nd in the GTS-1 class at Sebring after an accident at Daytona. The team also collected class podiums at Watkins Glen and Sears Point in the #74 car. In 1995 the team adopted a white livery with streaks of colour that would become indelibly associated with Champion Racing; a special Stars and Stripes variation using blue and red was later run as tribute to victims of the September 11 attacks.

In 1996, Stuck and Adam won the GTS-1 class at Sebring in the #74 — the team's first major win. In 1997 Champion scaled back to one car; Stuck, Adam, and Thierry Boutsen finished 2nd in class at the Daytona 24 Hours.

For 1998, Champion purchased a Porsche 911 GT1 Evo and ran a full USRRC GT1 season, winning the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and finishing on the podium in three other races, claiming both the makes (Porsche) and drivers (Boutsen) championships. In three PSCR races that year, Boutsen, Bob Wollek, and Andy Pilgrim finished 2nd in GT1 and 3rd overall at the 12 Hours of Sebring; Boutsen and Wollek won the GT1 class at Road Atlanta in June; and Boutsen, Wollek, and Ralf Kelleners won the GT1 class at the inaugural Petit Le Mans, finishing 3rd overall and earning an automatic entry to the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 1999, Champion ran the GT1 in the new American Le Mans Series but was obliged by regulations to run in the Prototype class against theoretically faster cars. Their best result was 4th overall at the 12 Hours of Sebring. The team also entered a Porsche 911 GT3-R at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd in the GT class.

With no competitive class for the GT1 in 2000, Champion switched to a Lola B2K/10 with a Porsche engine. They entered only the Sebring and Sears Point ALMS rounds and failed to finish either, spending most of the season in development. The team also entered the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, finishing 7th in class.

In 2000, Champion partnered with Audi to develop and run the Audi S4 Competition in the SCCA Speedvision World Challenge GT class. Reigning Touring Car champion Michael Galati and Le Mans winner Derek Bell drove the pair of cars. Galati took 2nd in the championship, winning at Las Vegas and taking two other podiums. In 2001, Galati won the GT drivers' championship with four wins, and Audi won the manufacturers' championship by one point over Acura. In 2002, Galati repeated as champion, with Bell finishing 7th, and Audi 2nd in the manufacturers' standings. In 2003, Champion debuted the Audi RS6 Competition; Randy Pobst finished on the podium in the first five races and won the final two rounds to take the drivers' championship and the manufacturers' title for Audi.

Champion Racing acquired an Audi R8 for the 2001 ALMS season. The team finished eight of ten rounds, taking third-place finishes at both the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans and a second at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, finishing 3rd in the LMP900 class championship. In 2002, they again finished 2nd in the LMP900 championship, behind the factory Joest Racing Audi team.

In 2003, after a Sebring runner-up result, the team claimed four overall victories including a win at Petit Le Mans, finishing 2nd in the championship only seven points behind the factory Audi team. In 2004, with the factory Audi and Panoz teams absent, Dyson Racing became Champion's main rival. Seven overall victories led to the team's first LMP1 team and drivers' championship. In 2005, an overall victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring headlined another six victories, giving Champion its second consecutive LMP1 team and drivers' title.

In 2006, Champion earned full factory support from Audi and took over the Audi Sport North America title from Joest Racing. The season opened with an overall victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring in the brand-new Audi R10 TDI. While the new car underwent further development, the team briefly returned to the Audi R8 for three races before the R10 returned at Lime Rock Park. Nine overall victories from ten races gave the team its third consecutive LMP1 team and drivers' championship.

In 2007, rule changes by the ACO allowed LMP2 cars to compete for overall victories, especially at smaller, tighter tracks. Despite twelve consecutive class victories, the Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyders beat the Audi R10s eight times for the overall win. The team nonetheless claimed the LMP1 team and drivers' championship titles.

In 2008, Champion took ten class victories and seven overall victories across eleven races. At season's end they claimed a fifth straight LMP1 team and drivers' championship. Audi then announced its withdrawal from the American Le Mans Series, citing economic pressures; future select ALMS appearances would be contested with Joest Racing, ending Champion Racing's motorsport activities.

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