Continuing an impressive 2016 season that has seen him take 12 Pirelli World Challenge victories en route to a series championship, Global Motorsports Group’s (GMG) Alec Udell made an impressive debut in the internationally-renowned Porsche Supercup with a sixth-place finish during Sunday’s second round.

“I couldn’t be happier with our results,” Udell said. “I made it up to sixth at one point, lost that position and fell back to seventh, but it was just awesome to see my name and number up on the leaderboard with all of the other cars. To come out in this field and run in and near the top-10 is more than I ever could have asked for.”

Driving the GMG-prepared No. 17 Euroworld Motorsports / Amsource Capital / Panther Pipeline Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, the Woodlands, Texas native headed to the famed Circuit of the Americas for his second visit of the year, but first in the Porsche Supercup series. Known as an international series that primarily plays a supporting role to the FIA Formula One World Championship, both driver and series would take part this weekend’s annual Formula One visit to the United States, driving in front of the largest crowd in Udell’s career.

Setting competitive lap times throughout practice, the 20-year old would open up his campaign with a strong drive to 11th following a strong standing-start during Saturday’s Race One. However during Sunday’s Race Two, Alec would enjoy a truly impressive drive, taking an advantage of early-race chaos to get himself up to sixth, and eventually settling in to seventh by time the car would take the checkered flag. Luckily for the Texas native, a post-race penalty would be issued to a competitor, placing him back in sixth.

“It’s great to see Alec continue such an impressive year,” stated GMG team owner James Sofronas. “The Porsche Supercup is the proving grounds of some true legends of the sport, so to see him finish in the top-10 in his first run is incredible. It’s great to see some GMG machinery represented so well, and we’re all very proud of what Alec has done.”

While the 2016 season has come to a close for GMG, the team remains hard at work on a number of initiatives, with several announcements coming soon.