page_title: PK Carsport
section_title: Pagani Zonda GR
hierarchical_section_title: PK Carsport / History / Pagani Zonda GR
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Antonin Herbeck fährt einen Pagani Zonda C12 GR beim Rheintalrennen der DMV Touring Car Challenge 2014
context_page_description: Pekaracing NV, competing as PK Carsport, is a racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as well as the Belcar Trophy in conjunction with Russell Racing. The team has previously competed in other series such as the FIA GT Championship.
context_section_description: Paul Kumpen, along with Tom Weickardt, owner of American Viperacing and Toine Hezemans, owner of Carsport Holland, was requested by Pagani to develop a racing version of Pagani Zonda C12 S. Kumpen, Weickardt and Hezemans founded a new company, Carsport Zonda, to develop the new car. One Pagani Zonda GR was completed a few months after development started at the Modena headquarters of Carsport Zonda. While the car used the original carbon fiber chassis, front and rear diffusers were added to the bodywork. The engine was also updated leading to better performance.
  Under the Carsport America entry the car was entered in the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen and David Hart were selected as its drivers. During the initial tests the car placed the 36th time, eleventh in the GTS class. The Pagani qualified 32nd, ninth in class. However the race for the car was only ten laps long. After ten laps the Xtrax gearbox failed after which the car retired.
  After Le Mans the car was intended to enter the final round of the Belcar championship by GLPK Racing. Due to a missing vital component to the engine, the car never raced in the championship. The car was sold to Czech gentleman racer Antonin Herbeck. In 2012 the car suffered a vicious crash at Autodrom Most. Jan Vonka, in an Audi A4 DTM, attempted a pass for the lead in the race on Herbeck. The two cars touched and the Zonda GR hit a concrete wall and was nearly destroyed in the crash. The car was later repaired and raced again in the DMV Gran Turismo Touring Car Cup among other series.
caption: Herbeck racing the Zonda GR at the Hockenheimring
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