Champion Racing has established itself as one of the top “privateer” motor racing teams in the world. Established in 1994, six years after Champion Racing President Dave Maraj started his Champion Audi and Champion Porsche dealerships in Pompano Beach, Florida, the 40-strong team has proven its mettle against some of the best teams and manufacturers in racing.

Champion Racing's Audi R8 LMP-900 program began in February 2001, when it was announced that Champion would field an R8 Prototype in the full 2001 American Le Mans Series as well as making the team's first-ever appearance at the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours.

Champion Racing's Audi R8 Le Mans Prototype program had an outstanding inaugural year in the American Le Mans Series, including Champion's first assault on the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour Race. For 2002 Champion Racing welcomed ADT Security Services as Primary Sponsor for the Audi R8 program, including contesting the full American Le Mans Series schedule.

In the American Le Mans Series, Champion Racing, the first Audi “customer” team to race an R8 LMP900 sports-prototype, sought to build on its previous 16 top-five finishes (2001/2), taking four outright wins in 2003 (Herbert/Lehto), including the prestigious 1000-mile Petit Le Mans.

The ADT/Champion  Audi R8 had a very successful 2003 racing season by winning the American Le Mans series Road Atlanta race in June, the Road America race in August, the Miami race in September and the final race of the season at Road Atlanta in October.

In its return to the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 2003 after debuting there in 2001, the Champion R8 team (Pirro/Lehto/Johansson) placed third overall, becoming the first American team in nineteen years to earn an overall podium finish in the French endurance classic.

Don Skuta, Champion's Vice President, has a simple explanation for the company's racing success, "Our efforts on the track serve to showcase the same top-of-the-line automobiles we have in our showroom. Racing allows us to demonstrate to our customers that our cars can compete against other high performance vehicles in the world." For more information click on the links below to go to each year's index of reports and photos. Achieves  or To  View All News Items