Tim Pappas’ road to professional racing began with karting at the age of 12. Two years later he moved to club-level motocross competition at the Milford Rider’s Club in Milford, CT. A trip to Bondurant School of High Performance Driving at age 16 led Pappas into the world of car racing. Shortly after, he began racing with various car clubs throughout the Northeast, participating in over 300 individual club-racing events.

In late 2000 Tim made the jump to professional racing and has since contested the Grand Am Cup series in a BMW M3 prepared by Franz Blam Racing, select Grand Am Rolex Series races in a BMW prepared by Bell Motorsports, World Challenge Touring Car races in a Lexus IS 300 engineered by Jim Bell, and a BMW 330i engineered by championship-winning Turner Motorsport. In 2003 Pappas narrowly missed Rookie of The Year in World Challenge by only two points, but went on to score his first pro win at Watkins Glen for Turner Motorsport the following year. Since Pappas’ first full pro season in 2001, he has been on the podium an impressive 8 times in 45 starts. However more impressive is the fact that he has produced top ten finishes in more than 50% of his races—23 times out of 45 starts.

Pappas has gone from strength to strength with top co-drivers like Borcheller and Fitzgerald and will continue his success on the track in the GT2 Class at Le Mans.

SELECTED RACING RESUME

2006 FastMetal Motorsports - Grand Am Cup – Highlights: Co-developing and driving Porsche 997 Road Car for Cup Competition with Mike Fitzgerald, 2000 Porsche Cup Winner

2005 Turner Motorsport - Grand Am Cup – Highlights: Two podium finishes in 9 races (3rd Place Daytona, 3rd Trois Rivieres); six top ten finishes, 10th in Driver’s Championship

2004 Tuner Motorsport - Grand Am Cup – Highlights: Two Podium finishes (1st Place Watkins Glen, 2nd Place Daytona, 3rd Place Virginia International); seven top ten finishes, 5th in Driver’s Championship

2003 Franz Blam Racing - Speed World Challenge Touring – Highlights: 2nd place, Road America; Five top five finishes, Runner-up Rookie of the Year

2002 Franz Blam Racing - Speed World Challenge Touring – Highlights: qualified 3rd at second attempt - Washington DC - Acted as test and devel-opment driver, competed in three races, finished all three. Co-owned and developed the Lexus IS 300 for Competition

2002 SCCA T1 Class – Track Record, Lime Rock Park - 1st in Class - Lime Rock Little Le Mans Race

2002 Bell Motorsports - Rolex Sports Car Series GT Class – 7th in Class, Daytona International Speedway Season Finale

2001 Franz Blam Racing - Grand Am Cup – Highlights: One Podium Finish (2nd Place, Road America) in Eight Starts in First Pro Racing Season. Three top finishes; 15th in Driver’s Championship

1992-2000 Porsche Club of America Club Racing – Porsche 934; over three hundred events with Connecticut Valley Region, Northern New Jersey Region, Metro New York Region. PCA Member since 1991