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Mann added to Prestige-Wayne Taylor Super Trofeo North America lineup
By alley - Apr 25, 2017, 2:53 PM ET

Mann added to Prestige-Wayne Taylor Super Trofeo North America lineup

Prestige Performance and Wayne Taylor Racing will run a four-car program in the 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North American Series – including the series' first all-female lineup – as the season gets underway at Circuit of The Americas next weekend.

In the PRO AM Category, Pippa Mann and Jackie Heinricher will pilot the No. 57 Prestige Performance Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo. Five-time Indy 500 starter Mann will return to Indianapolis with Dale Coyne Racing. Heinricher is the only woman to compete at the Lamborghini World Finals in Valencia, Spain, taking home two third-places in 2016.

In 2016, the two-car Prestige Performance racing effort took home the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North American Pro Driver, Pro-Am Driver, Team Champion and Dealer Champion titles.

"Wayne Taylor Racing is excited to step into the 2017 season with such a great list of drivers and to have David Wagener returning on our engineering side," said Travis Houge, Team Manager, Wayne Taylor Racing. "We are looking forward to continuing the success of last season. Similar to our other racing endeavors, we have worked hard to build a program that not only wins races but also builds lasting and successful partnerships. We feel we have found that with the Lamborghini Group."

In the PRO Category, the team will run the Nos. 1 and 10 Prestige Performance Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeos. The No. 1 racecar will again be piloted by series veteran and 2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North American Pro-Am driver champion Trent Hindman and his new teammate Riccardo Agostini. Agostini, in addition to his responsibilities to the Prestige Performance team, will also focus on bringing home the 2017 Super GT3 Pro Crown in the Italian GT Championship, where he drives for Antonelli Motorsport with teammate Daniel Zampieri. Veteran Hindman arrives at the Austin season opener having already started the year off with a podium finish, as he and the No. 26 BARI Motorsports Oreca FLM09 PC team came in second in class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Alex Popow and Michele Beretta will drive the No 10 Prestige Performance Super Trofeo. Beretta, having most recently competed at Daytona in the #61 Lamborghini Huracán GT3, will also be juggling his time between the North American Super Trofeo series and the Italian GT Series with Ombra Racing. Popow, a veteran sportscar driver, saw success in January at the Rolex 24, where he helped pilot the No. 88 Starworks Motorsports Oreca FLM09 PC to a solid fourth-place finish.

The fourth Prestige Performance entry and list of drivers will be named in the near future.

"We are so proud to be a part of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Series and to continue to support its vision for motorsports," said Mark Laino, Race Program Manager, Prestige Performance. "Our partnership with Wayne Taylor Racing has truly allowed us to build a winning platform for drivers, both professional and amateur. We are committed to this program, its growth and are looking forward to a successful 2017, both on and off the track, for our customers and our organizations."

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