2025 Operation Motorsport Benefit

By Cameron Aubernon, PCA Sim Racing Social Media Manager

Sunday, May 4, 2025, was a fine day for racing for a cause, as PCA Sim Racing assisted hosts Chesapeake Region PCA and Redwood Region PCA in the fourth benefit event for Operation Motorsport since its first in 2021. After hosting its first 24-hour event at France’s famed Circuit de la Sarthe last year, PCA Sim Racing brought it back down to earth with a six-hour extravaganza around the challenging twists, turns, and elevation changes of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. 95 drivers on 37 teams in four different classes — GTP Pro, GTP Am, GT3 Pro, and GT3 Am — took on the challenge in the Porsche 963 and the 992 GT3 R during a live broadcast provided by Racespot TV.

The final official total raised for Operation Motorsport in 2025 came out to $12,780. The funds raised through donations and the accompanying auction will go towards Operation Motorsports’ mission of aiding medically released military service members and military veterans in the United States and Canada.

Event Winning Teams

GTP Pro Winner

SOELPEC Precision Racing #161 took both the GTP Pro and overall wins at the end of their six-hour Spa day, while their colleagues in the #160 bookended the two podiums.

Team Captain: Nick McLaughlin
Team Drivers: Pat Pelchat, Blake Reynolds, Michael Gonzales

GTP Pro Podium

161 – SOELPEC Precision Racing
917 – Imperial Motorsports – GTP
160 – SOELPEC Precision Racing

GTP Am Winner

The Paddock Enduro Squad #31 brought their all through the challenging twists and turns of the Belgian circuit, taking the checkers in the top spot in GTP Am.

Team Captain: Brian Martin
Team Drivers: Jonah Gould, Mark Katske, J’Shaun Lockwood

GTP Am Podium

31 – The Paddock Enduro Squad
93 – Kynarren Racing
79 – Schadenfreude Fodder

GT3 Pro Winner

Nick McLaughlin will need to make room for all of the trophies his teams pulled in, including the big one SOELPEC Precision Racing #991 received in GT3 Pro after their win at Spa.

Team Captain: Nick McLaughlin
Team Drivers: Milan Radivojevic, Dominic Ollivierre, Jeremy Gonsalves, Jure Vugdelija

GT3 Pro Podium

991 – SOELPEC Precision Racing
944 – 2 Fast 1 Furious
453 – Imperial Motorsports – GT3

GT3 Am Winner

The man of the hour, Tyler Reed finely represented Operation Motorsport, dominating the GT3 Am class on his own in a six-hour ironman solo endurance run in his Operation Motorsport-2 #47 992 GT3 R.

Team Captain: Tyler Reed
Team Driver: Tyler Reed

GT3 Am Podium

47 – Operation Motorsport-2
14 – TMD Racing Division
90 – AMI – Team Bayamo