Skacel Racing

The Skacel Racing is a racing team founded by the former professional wrestler James Skacel, in 2014. The team races in the WMF Formula GT Championship, and their drivers are Akira Tanahashi (number 4) and Martjin Bresler (number 77). The color of the car is black.

History
Founded in 2014, by James Skacel, former professional wrestler. After he retired due to injuries, Skacel started to go to other ventures. After becoming a fan of auto racing, he did the possible of founding a team.

2014 Formula GT Championship
Skacel signed two drivers: Akira Tanahashi and Martjin Bresler. On May 23rd, at the 2014 Anj Grand Prix, Tanahashi surprisingly won the 1st race, while Bresler finished 2nd in the 2nd race. With 48 points, and leading the teams standings, Skacel Racing couldn't start better.

On June 7th, at the 2014 Cam Grand Prix, Tanahashi again won the first race, while Bresler finished 5th in the second race. Leading the teams championship, with 83 points, and leading the drivers championship with Tanahashi, was the best start ever for the team.

On June 28th, at the 2014 FGTC USA Grand Prix, Tanahashi finished 5th, in the first race, after a first lap collision with Tomas Meilutis. Bresler finished 5th in the 2nd race. Despite the disastrous round, Skacel Racing was still leading both championships.

On July 13th, at the 2014 BkH Grand Prix, both drivers had terrible races again, with Tanahashi being 4th, and Bresler 5th. With that, they lost the lead to AMI, Inc. / A-B Motorsports in the teams championship, and Akira Tanahashi lost the lead to Jodie Hill in the drivers championship.

On July 18th, at the 2014 JhqBy Grand Prix, Tanahashi had a podium finish after two terrible races, even though he was lucky to finish 3rd, since Alex Palotta and Daniel Forster had problems during the race. Bresler, however, had a terrible race, as he finished two laps behind the winner Alex Julià, in 5th position. With a somewhat lacklustre race, Skacel fell to 5th place in the teams standings.

Formula GT Championship results
2014 - Car: JSK1 - Drivers: 4- Akira Tanahashi (Japan) and 77- Martjin Bresler (South Africa) - 5th - 128 points (still in progress)

Formula GT World Championship team records
Debut: 2014 Anj Grand Prix

Latest race: 2014 JohqBy Grand Prix

Rounds: 5 (10 races)

Race victories: 2

Fastest laps: 1

2014 position - 5th (128 points) (in progress)