John Wright established Wright Motorsports in 2000, building the team into one of the most prominent Porsche customer outfits in the United States. The team operates primarily with Porsche 911 GT3 R machinery and has developed long-running partnerships with a stable of professional and gentleman drivers in both the IMSA SportsCar Championship and domestic GT series.
Wright Motorsports entered what was then the United SportsCar Championship in 2015, fielding a Porsche 911 GT America in the GTD class for Jan Heylen and Madison Snow, with Patrick Dempsey and Philipp Eng joining for the 24 Hours of Daytona, where the team finished third in class. After a three-year hiatus, the team returned to the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2018 with the No. 58 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Patrick Long and Christina Nielsen. Robert Renauer and Mathieu Jaminet joined for the North American Endurance Cup rounds. At Road America the team claimed back-to-back pole positions and secured their first championship race win, finishing sixth in the GTD class standings for the season.
For 2020, Ryan Hardwick and Patrick Long drove the No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R, with Klaus Bachler and Anthony Imperato joining at Daytona. The team finished fourth in GTD at Daytona. At the season-ending race at Sebring the No. 16 started on pole and won, finishing second in the GTD teams' championship. In 2021 the team retained Long and Hardwick with Trent Hindman substituting for Hardwick following an injury sustained in the Michelin Pilot Challenge. Despite a partial season from Hardwick, Wright Motorsports finished fourth in the GTD class.
The 2022 season was Wright Motorsports' most competitive to date. The team promoted its Michelin Pilot Challenge winning lineup — Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon — to the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the No. 16, with Richard Lietz joining at Daytona. The No. 16 won the GTD class at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the team's first win at that event, then added a second victory at Laguna Seca. Wright Motorsports engaged in a season-long GTD championship battle with the Heart of Racing Team, ultimately finishing second in the championship by 23 points, a deficit that may have been prevented had the team not missed the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round.
In 2023 the team expanded to a two-car effort for the first time in the GTD class, pairing the established No. 16 with a new No. 77 entry operated in partnership with Volt Racing for Alan Brynjolfsson, Trent Hindman, and Maxwell Root. Dennis Olsen and Kévin Estre joined at Daytona. For 2024 Wright Motorsports overhauled its driver lineup around endurance specialists Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer in the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992). At Daytona the team partnered with Apple Original Films and director Joseph Kosinski for the production of an F1 film starring Brad Pitt; the No. 120 appeared in a special one-off livery replicating the fictional Chip Hart Racing team from the film. The No. 120 returned a podium third place at Sebring, marking Adelson's and Skeer's first championship podium.
Over its history Wright Motorsports has worked with a wide range of drivers including Porsche factory drivers Patrick Long, Richard Lietz, Mathieu Jaminet, Kévin Estre, Frédéric Makowiecki, and Dennis Olsen. Gentleman drivers Ryan Hardwick, Alan Brynjolfsson, Adam Adelson, and Patrick Dempsey have all raced for the team in the GTD and IMSA categories.
Wright Motorsports stands as one of the most enduring Porsche customer programmes in American sports car racing. The team's 2022 24 Hours of Daytona GTD victory, combined with two decades of consistent IMSA participation and a near-championship season that same year, establishes the organisation as a reliable front-running Porsche representative in North American GT competition. The team's involvement in the 2024 Brad Pitt F1 film production at Daytona added an unusual cultural footnote to an already substantial racing record.