Tiger Racing's Paul Brown Returns to World Challenge

With Sebring just weeks away, Tiger Racing's Paul Brown has been brought in to pilot the #96 K&N Engineering Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car for the season opener. Paul is no stranger to the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT series with 44 starts in his career including 24 top tens and 11 top 5 finishes. He took a career high finish of 2 nd at Vancouver's street race after leading the first half and suffering from a broken transmission. Brown's experience and demonstrated ability is what attracted K&N Engineering to the program. The #96 Porsche will carry K&N's signature colours at Sebring.

“I am very excited about returning to World Challenge,” Paul commented “this is where I cut my teeth in road racing, so it's like coming home.” Paul's only previous start at Sebring came as a last minute substitute for an injured driver where Paul literally jumped into a Corvette as it rolled onto the track for the presentation lap. With no practice, and having never driven the 3.7 mile track before, Paul managed to charge from 31 st to a 15 th place finish.

The new 997 GT3 will be prepped by 911 Design out of Montclair, CA where Paul will be teammates with Eric Olberz who returns for his third year in World Challenge driving the Sport Chalet #29 Porsche.

“The guys at 911 Design have been great to work with and have been focused on bringing me up to speed on the GT3.” Brown said and added, “With the automotive powerhouses of K&N Filters and Eibach Springs behind us and the technical support of ERP Suspension Engineering, this could be a very exciting year.”

Charles Maier, Sports Marketing Director for K&N said, “I've known Paul for years and he is nothing short of 100% focused on driving and being great at it. He is a man of integrity in business and simply does what he says he will. When this opportunity came to partner up with Paul, I knew that he would be a good ambassador for K&N in an area of motorsport that we have not been so active in as of late. I personally love road racing and feel that we, as a company, need to continue to mine out solid relationships in this category of motorsports. We wish Paul and Tiger Racing all the best at the season opener, Sebring!”

Along with K&N Engineering, manufacturers of high performance air and oil filters and air intake systems, associate sponsorship includes Tiger Racing, Eibach Springs, ERP Suspension Engineering, JRZ, Roller Hoop, G-Stream and OpalGuy.com.