{"id":460720,"date":"2006-03-01T03:08:27","date_gmt":"2006-03-01T11:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=76037"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:09:17","slug":"urciuoli-wins-hsrs-grand-champion-gtp-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/urciuoli-wins-hsrs-grand-champion-gtp-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#8211; Urciuoli Wins HSR&#8217;s Grand Champion GTP Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) member Archie Urciuoli garnered the 2005 overall points championship in Historic Sportscar Racing\u2019s Historic GTP\/Group C series, driving his 1984 Porsche 956 to four victories in eight season events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HSR Historic GTP\/Group C Championship is a season-long competition for historic prototype cars, primarily those from the IMSA GTP and FIA Group C era of the 1980s and early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The class includes purpose-built GTP racecars, such as the Jaguar XJR, Lola, March, Nissan, Porsche 956\/962, Chevrolet Intrepid, Spice and Toyota, whose speeds and lap times continue to outpace many modern racecars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Urciuoli, who entered his first SCCA race in 1959, is the ninth winner of the HSR \u201cGrand Champion\u201d GTP trophy, which was first won by former RRDC President Bob Akin in 1999.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWinning the overall GTP championship is a thrill,\u201d said the 68-year-old Urciuoli, \u201cespecially since \u2018historic\u2019 is a term that applies to me, as well as the series. I really owe it to Porsche Motorsports and MCR Racing, since the key to it was finishing every race.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) member Archie Urciuoli garnered the 2005 overall points championship in Historic Sportscar Racing\u2019s Historic GTP\/Group C series, driving his 1984 Porsche 956 to four victories in eight season events. The HSR Historic GTP\/Group C Championship is a season-long competition for historic prototype cars, primarily those from the IMSA GTP and FIA Group C era of the 1980s and early 1990s. 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