Alex Job Racing is a former professional

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team based in the

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. The team, which is noted for its long-time association with Porsche, has competed in the

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, the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge series, and the

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, and fields a two-car effort in the Tudor

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. On November 22, 2017, it was announced that Alex Job Racing will cease its professional racing operations to focus on its historic restoration and competition business.

Early history

Alex Job Racing was established in 1988 by Alex and Holly Job at their home in Florida. Alex Job raced sports cars, beginning with a

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in 1969 and in 1976 competed in the

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. After finishing second at the

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in 1991, Alex Job moved the team into a commercial shop and then retired from racing the following year.

American Le Mans Series

1999 (Privateer Team)

In 1999, for the inaugural season of

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, Alex Job Racing competed with a Porsche 993 Carrera RSR. The team claimed a victory at the season opening

and again at

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and the team would finish the season 2nd in the GT Teams' Championship.

2000–06 (factory support)

For the 2000 season, the team ran the new 996 GT3-R chassis. Claiming victories at

and the

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but failing to finish the season opening

and the season finale at

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, the team finished second in the GT Teams' Championship to Dick Barbour Racing with drivers

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fifth and Bruno Lambert sixth in the Drivers' Championship. The 2001 season saw even more success for the team. Claiming three straight victories in the first three races, the team finished second to the

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team in the increasingly competitive GT category. Drivers

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and

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finished third and fourth in the Drivers' Championship. The team’s hard work paid off in the 2002 season as the team expanded to a two-car operation. With

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and Jorg Bergmeister piloting the #22 car, and

and

sharing the #23 car, the team claimed wins at eight of ten races finishing the season first in the GT class Teams’ Championship with Maassen and Luhr winning the Drivers’ Championship. The 2003 season would see record-breaking success from the Alex Job Racing team. With the same driver line-up as the previous season, the team would win all but one race at

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and claim pole position and set the fastest race lap at every event. The team finished the season first in the GT Teams’ Championship with drivers Maassen and Luhr first and Bernhard and Bergmeister second in the Drivers’ Championship. The team also helped develop Porsche's sequential gearbox that would be used on all cars worldwide the following year. The 2004 season would see even tougher competition for the team.

and Jorg Bergmeister again piloted the #23 car with the new addition of

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and

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sharing the #24 car. Despite strong efforts from Flying Lizard Motorsports and

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, the team claimed wins at seven of nine races. The team finished the season first in the GT class Teams’ Championship. 2005 saw a shift for the team, running only a single factory-supported car piloted by

and

. The second car was driven by Ian Baas and Darren Law. Having scored no points at the season opening

, the team won four races in a row at

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, Lime Rock,

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, and

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. By season's end they would finish second in the GT2 Teams' Championship behind the Petersen/White Lightning group. The Alex Job Racing team ran only a single car, piloted for the majority of the season by

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and

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for the 2006 season. The team faced much tougher competition from

, Flying Lizard Motorsports, and the Petersen/White Lightning group. By season's end they would claim only a single win at the

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street circuit, the team's 50th profession win, and would finish fifth in the GT2 Teams' Championship with

tenth in the Drivers' Championship.

2010-13 (customer program)

In 2010 the team return to competition in the

with a customer program in the newly formed GT Challenge class. Bill Sweedler and Romeo Kapudija would compete together in a full season effort with Juan González and

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competing in a second car for the first four races. González and Leitzinger, with the help of Leh Keen would score a victory at the season opening

followed by a second win at

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. The team would finish the season second in the GTC Teams' Championship with full season drivers Sweedler and Kapudija fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Drivers' Championship. The team only ran a single car driven by Bill Sweedler and Leh Keen for the 2011 season with Brian Wong and

substituting for Keen at certain races. The team faced tough competition from Tim Pappas and the Black Swan Racing Team. With three second-place finishes, the team finished second in the GTC Teams' Championship with Bill Sweedler fourth in the Drivers' Championship. The 2012 season saw Alex Job Racing compete in both the GTC class with a Cooper MacNeil and Leh Keen driven

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Cup and in the GT class with a

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and Bill Sweedler driven

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GTE that started at the second round of the season in Long Beach. Claiming three class victories and finishing the season with consistent results earned Alex Job Racing the GTC Teams’ and Drivers’ Championships.2012 ALMS Drivers’ Championship Results
20122012 ALMS Teams’ Championship Results
2012 The Lotus Evora program was less successful. With no support to develop the car from Lotus, the team struggled to bring the car up to speed in the more competitive GT class.

and Bill Sweedler finished the season 17th in the Drivers’ Championship and 7th in the Teams’ Championship. The 2013 season would be the final season of the

before it merged with the

for the 2014 season. For 2013, the team continued its championship winning GTC program and also partnered with West Racing to campaign a Ferrari 458 GT2, replacing the failed Lotus Evora program. This year Cooper Macneil teamed with

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in the Porsche while the Ferrari was piloted by last year's team of

and Bill Sweedler. Despite only claiming two class wins, the team's consistent performance earned them their second GTC Drivers’ Championship, while the Teams’ Championship went to the Flying Lizard Motorsports team.2013 ALMS Drivers Championship Results
20132013 ALMS Teams’ Championship Results
2013 The teams GT campaigned started the year at Sebring with a suspension failure-induced wreck and subsequent DNF. The team however repaired the car and campaign the rest of the season. Bill Sweedler and

finished 16th and 15th in the Drivers’ Championship and 8th in the Teams Championship.

Rolex Sports Car Series

In 2006, the Alex Job Racing team competed for the first time in the Grand Am

with a Porsche-powered

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. Drivers

and

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recorded two overall wins at Homestead and

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. By season's end, Rockenfeller would finish 5th in the Drivers' Championship. In 2007, the team's second full season of competition, drivers

and Jorg Bergmeister, would claim an overall win at

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as well as three top-five finishes and eleven top-ten results. Long would finish the season seventh in the Daytona Prototype Drivers' Championship. In 2008 would claim two podium finishes as well as three top-five and seven top-ten results. Full season drivers

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and

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would finish outside the top ten in the Daytona Prototype Drivers' Championship.

United SportsCar Championship

With the merging of the

and the

for the 2014 season, the Alex Job Racing team would field a two car Porsche 911 GT America effort in the new GT Daytona class.

Cooper MacNeil Cooper MacNeil (born September 7, 1992 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American born racecar driver. He currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driving the No. 79 Weathertech Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTLM with co-drivers Mat ...

would team with Leh Keen in the WeatherTech entry while Mario Farnbacher and Ian James would pilot the "Heart of Racing" entry in partnership with Team Seattle.Dagys, John (November 7, 2013
Job Racing Confirms MacNeil, Keen in GTD Porsche
/ref> Macneil and Keen managed a season best second-place finish at

and the pair finished second in the GTD Drivers' Championship. The pair of Farnbacher and James claimed a second-place finish at Belle Isle with Farnbacher ending the season tenth in the Drivers' Championship.

References

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