AO Racing has confirmed ‘Roxy’ to take over ‘Rexy the Dinosaur’ from the next IMSA SportsCar Championship round at Laguna Seca on 11 May.
The team claimed their first IMSA victory at Laguna Seca last year with Rexy, the green tyrannosaurus-rex character (Roxy is pink).
Laguna Seca will host the Course de Monterey next month as the first 2-hour and 40-minute race of the year.
Long Beach Street Circuit recently began the momentum of the sprint races that also make up the 11-round IMSA calendar alongside its endurance events.
AO Racing team principal Gunnar Jeannette said: “Rexy has had quite the year, starting off with an incident at the end of the race, which resulted in several visits to the orthodontist to fix his smile.
“Coming back from that and achieving two back-to-back wins at Sebring and Long Beach with his braces was a perfect rebound.
“With Rexy’s win tally now at five, he has a very jealous sister in Roxy, who is waiting for another turn to get her first victory.
“We at AO Racing thought this was the perfect time to bring Rexy and Roxy out together for their first public appearance at Air Water before they go their separate ways.”
The Air/Water show on 26 April at the Orange County Fairgrounds will mark the first time for Rexy and Roxy to be present simultaneously.
Following that, the GTD Pro entrant will appear at the Laguna Seca venue with GTP, GTD and their GTD Pro class rivals.
Full-season regulars Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich will return to co-drive the #77 Porsche 911 GT3.R as Long Beach substitutes Dries Vanthoor and Jonny Edgar will be occupied with the clashing FIA WEC‘s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
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