Rules
For each Class, allowed modifications for each category of car and corresponding minimum weights are described in detail in the rules. The 944 Cup rules also include by rule all PCA SP1, SP2, SP3, B, C, E and F class front engine Porsches, SCCA ITS 944's and all NASA 944 Specs cars are also eligible, along with many NASA GTS1 and GTS2 cars.
Most front engine Porsches racing in PCA, SCCA and NASA are eligible. No 944 Cup membership or annual dues are required to race in the series. A current race competition license is required from PCA with two routes to obtaining a PCA Club Racing License. A current physical exam certification is required.
1) Via an existing, current full-competition license with current experience from a recognized road-racing sanctioning organization, including NASA, SCCA, POC, IMSA, USCR, BMWCCA or equivalent sanctioning body, or any vintage group which is a member of the Vintage Motorsport Council.
Or, 2) the member must meet the race-track driving-experience requirements as defined in the licensing procedures in the Club Racing Rule Book and successfully complete the PCA Club Racing School which occurs the first day of every club race weekend.
History
The 944 Cup started with one class for normally aspirated / 8 valve 944s in 2002 at a race at Summit Point on June 22 with 16 racers entered. The race was held with NASA but as an independently owned and operated race series. The series had 6 rounds of racing that year. Designed as a place to race for nearly all front-engine Porsches, the series added a second class in 2004, Super Cup, for the more powerful 944s.
Now racing in its 19th season, the series has hosted more than 500 individual races with over 2,500 racer entries. Along the way, it has visited some of the most storied tracks in motorsports history, a list that includes Virginia International Raceway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Watkins Glen International Raceway and Daytona International Raceway. To create a safe and well-organized racing environment, the 944 Cup has partnered with many clubs and sanctioning bodies, including World Challenge, PCA, SCCA Club Racing, SCCA Pro Racing, Brian Redman's Intercontinental Events, Rennsport Reunion, Calabogie Motor Club, Autobahn Motor Club, NASCAR of Canada, NASA and EMRA.
The 944 Cup now races all of its events with the Porsche Club of America. The first contact from PCA with the series regarding the prospect of adding 944 Cup classes for the club was in late 2005. As a result, PCA added two Cup classes in 2006: the SP2 representing the 944 Cup class and SP3 representing the 944 Super Cup class. The series Cup officially split from its original partner club NASA in 2008, when NASA decided to move their Nationals to Utah.
Several other series have developed directly out of the Cup series by former Cup directors, including NASA's 944 Spec, NASA's GTS and the 944 Canada Challenge.
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