Australian Contender for Le Mans

The American Le Mans was developed in the United States and constitutes a team race of varying length and type. The ravce enjoys a high standard of competition from around the world. Since the series was created in 1999, no Australian Motorsport team had ever taken part until Skea Racing, founded by Rohan Skea, a Perth business man at the time took up the challenge.

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Rohan Skea has two types of cars for the competitions, both Porsches. The Porsche 3.6L flat 6 would be driven by Richard Dean of the United Kingdom and the Porsche 911 GT3-R would be driven by Johnny Mowlem, also from the United Kingdom.

The Skea Racing team would also be competing in the Race of a Thousand Years which is the final round of the American Le Mans Series season and is an endurance race. The race is well over 1,000km long. Rohan Skea’s racing team was the first Australian owned and managed motorsport team to be invited to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race.

The organisation behind the American Le Mans Series is Professional Sports Car Racing. As well as Porsche, brands such as Audi, Dodge, BMW, Cadillac, they will also be competing in the endurance race.

Skea racing team Repairs

Rohan Skea is a professional race car driver and the Skea Racing team had race factories in Cambridge, United Kingdom and Charlotte, North Carolina, however, as with most of Rohan Skea’s business dealings the headquarters is in Perth, Australia.