Pratt Miller Motorsports’ new ORECA LMP2 07 is presently testing at Daytona Worldwide Speedway forward of its debut within the 63rd annual Rolex 24 at Daytona in its placing new black, grey, and orange-accented livery.
The drivers of the No.73 ORECA have been introduced in November and December: Canadian Bronze driver Chris Cumming and ex-Rahal Letterman Lanigan IndyCar driver Pietro Fittipaldi will run all seven LMP2 races this season, alongside Indy NXT sophomore James Roe for the Michelin Endurance Cup, and newly-signed PREMA IndyCar ace Callum Ilott for Daytona.
Lengthy-time Pratt Miller Program Director Marc Maurini will lead the brand new LMP2 effort. Maurini beforehand labored as a Pratt Miller engineer for the Chevrolet IndyCar engine program earlier than turning into the Corvette Racing program director within the fall of 2020.
The Pratt Miller LMP2 program marks the agency’s return to its prototype racing roots, which started in 1991 with the Pratt Miller-constructed, Riley-designed Intrepid RM-1, and later included growth of the Corvette Daytona Prototype.
