It was fantastic to be back with SRO’s GT World Challenge America. Once crunch time started, there were a few things that were easy to improve on, which makes me optimistic about how competitive we will be moving forward!īaek: Overall, COTA was a great event. Being that we have some new personnel in the program, I am pretty happy with how our COTA went, especially in practice. Westphal: The Vital Speed Motorsports team (from top to bottom) pulled out all the stops in their prep work considering we would be campaigning two cars full season, and I have a huge amount of gratitude for them and all the late nights they committed at the shop to give us two competitive Ferrari's. Pet's name: Nemo! *said in a high pitch voice*

Racing Hero: Not one per se, but I love watching Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. That changed though when at the age of 15 his father bought a race car, and as they say, the rest is history.įavorite Track: Daytona International Speedway or COTAĭream Car: #7 Métier Studio Ferrari 488 GT3 Baek’s interest in the world of fashion was his focus. And from there his journey into racing took shape.

Having never raced karts and more into soccer and football, Westphal, in his teens, took a job at an indoor karting track. Both drivers have had interesting paths to professional racing. Experienced sportscar racer Jeff Westphal and up-and-coming pilot Trevor Baek are teamed in 2020 in the Vital Speed #7 Ferrari 488 GT3.

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