Through IMSA Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup ScholarshipAward Package Worth Nearly $70,000 To Accelerate Career of Recipient A talented young driver will receive a big boost toward a career in professional racing through the IMSA Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup Scholarship, which provides the annual winner with an impressive package aiding participation in a full season of Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama competition.Aspiring racers between the ages of 16 and 25, with no previous full-time Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama experience, are eligible to earn the scholarship. Candidates will have a strong desire to compete in the series, outstanding previous results and proven on-track potential in junior racing categories, and the ability to build a compelling business plan for securing remaining funding needed to compete in a full season of the IMSA-sanctioned Single-Make Series.“Hurley Haywood is a Porsche and sports-car racing icon, so it was a natural fit to name this scholarship in his honor,” said David Pettit, IMSA vice president, marketing. “Drivers who win the IMSA Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup Scholarship not only will receive a significant boost to begin their career in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, but also will forever have their name associated with the great Hurley Haywood. We expect a robust pool of candidates for this scholarship this year and for years to come as it continues to grow in stature.”A recipient will be chosen after a review of the finalists by a panel of experts. The IMSA Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup Scholarship winner will receive from IMSA, with support from Porsche and Yokohama, these rewards with a combined value of approximately $70,000:Full-season Premium Entry into the 2017 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama

One set of Yokohama tires for each 2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama event

Full-season Premium Entry into the 2017 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by YokohamaOne set of Yokohama tires for each 2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama eventTool credit from Sonic ToolsComplete OMP driver suit and glovesTwo-page feature story in RACER MagazineThe scholarship is named after legendary sports car driver Hurley Haywood, one of the most accomplished endurance racers in history. He earned five overall victories at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, three victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two wins at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida – all in Porsches – during his remarkable driving career, which spanned five decades.Haywood also was a mainstay of the illustrious Brumos Porsche team as a driver and a leader for more than four decades. He serves as the chief driving instructor at the Porsche Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.“I’m proud to lend my name to this scholarship,” Haywood said. “I’m always thrilled when I get to help young people get their foot in the door in racing, and I think this is a really good way to promote that. It gives up and coming drivers a baseline to build upon, and that’s always benificial.”Drivers can apply for the 2017 IMSA Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup Scholarship by visiting porschegt3cupusa.imsa.com/scholarship. The entry deadline is Oct. 31, 2016.For more information about Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, visit www.imsa.com or follow hashtag #GT3USA @IMSA on Twitter or IMSA on Facebook.About the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by YokohamaThe Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama entered its 12th season in 2016 as one of Porsche’s 20 single-make Cup Challenge series in the world. The series produces intense, exciting competition for semi-professional and aspiring professional drivers in the world’s most produced and iconic race car, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.Racing is divided into two classes – Platinum Cup, featuring the 2014-2016 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, which is based on the current seventh, and current, generation of the street car, and Gold Cup, which is comprised of the previous iteration (model years 2010-2013) of the race car. A Masters Championship also is conducted in Platinum and Gold classes. Each class is awarded with its own podium at the end of every race and individual champion at the end of every season. Points are awarded by finish in class.