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The Driver

Self-funded, three seasons into a professional path his father built the shop for.

01 · Bio

“It started with a budget I wrote up for go-karts. My dad rented a garage, bought two used karts, and we figured it out together.”

Liam Gray on the grid in kart 393, shot low from the tarmac
Liam Gray approaching head on in kart 76 at Orlando Kart Center
Where it started

We learned it in a small rented garage at the local kart center in Orlando. Long nights in the shop, race-day nerves, breakdowns, crashes, repairs, and the friendships that come with a paddock. As the karts got faster, it stopped being a hobby.

991.2 GT3 Cup

I race a 2019 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup in the IGT Championship, prepared out of our own shop in Orlando. The goal is Porsche Sprint Challenge North America in 2027, and Carrera Cup after that. Not as a dream, as the next rung, with the laps and the results to justify it.

Liam Gray's Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup
Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup
02 · Career

The path so far

2024

First season in the car

Moved from the shop floor into the seat of the family 991.2 GT3 Cup. Test days, race school, and the first full weekends.

2025

Learning the craft

A full run of club and regional weekends. Consistency, tire management, and race starts. The unglamorous work that decides results.

2026

IGT Championship campaign

Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio and Watkins Glen under Matrix Motorsports. Eight wins and ten podiums from ten races.

2027 · Target

Porsche Sprint Challenge North America

03 · Father & Son

It started with a budget I wrote myself

I wrote a budget for go-karting and brought it to my dad. He rented a small garage at the kart center in Orlando and found two used karts we could fix, tune, and race side by side.

What followed was long nights in that shop. Breakdowns, crashes, repairs, race-day nerves, and the people you meet in a paddock. As the karts got faster it stopped being a hobby.

He never set out to build a race team. He wanted the time. Now we run it together, and every decision still gets made in that shop. What to race, when to push, when to reset.

Liam Gray with his father Eric in the shop