Boehm Supports Operation Motorsport and Celebrates Teamwork at the 2022 Race of Remembrance11/14/2022 Anglesey, Wales (November 13, 2022) – Two-time touring car champion and CrowdStrike Racing/AWS driver Kevin Boehm closed out a winning 2022 season by participating in the 2022 Race of Remembrance (RoR), held November 11-13, 2022, at Anglesey Circuit, Wales, UK with the non-profit veterans organization, Operation Motorsport.
For the RoR event, Boehm was one of eight drivers representing the USA and Canada. Operation Motorsport was the only North American team competing in the 12-hour sports car endurance race, which was highlighted by a pit lane Remembrance Service on Sunday morning. The Operation Motorsport team was composed of Canadian and American active duty military personnel, veterans, Skip Barber Racing School staff, donors, and drivers like Boehm, who was invited / sponsored to lend engineering support and drive as a member of the team by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The team fielded two Honda Racing / HPD Civic Type R TCs for the event and the liveries of both cars featured the names of more than 600 active duty military, veterans, and loved ones on the hoods, including major contributions from the veterans’ groups at AWS and CrowdStrike. Although many of the team’s beneficiaries had not met before the event, they competed against many well prepared and professional teams and finished P6 and P8 in class (P8 and P12 overall). This exceeded expectations and demonstrated the power of veteran recovery through motorsport. “We’ve been working with Operation Motorsport since 2020, aiding in the recovery of their beneficiaries by embedding them within the CrowdStrike Racing/AWS team throughout the race season,” Boehm said. “Thanks to our partnership with AWS and our shared vision for helping wounded warriors, I was thrilled to participate in the Race of Remembrance with Operation Motorsport. At race events we typically focus on competing, but at the Race of Remembrance, the focus was on teamwork, recovery, setting the beneficiaries up for success, honoring our veterans, and remembering the fallen. Enormously proud of the work our beneficiaries did at the event–you enabled the team to carry the names on the hoods of the cars with honor.” Operation Motorsport beneficiaries will continue to work with the CrowdStrike Racing/AWS team, including Boehm, during the 2023 race season. Race of Remembrance will return next year, November 10th-12th, 2023.
INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 11, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing celebrated another landmark season in SRO Motorsports America with its year-end event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. CrowdStrike Racing had a banner weekend, earning six wins and seven top-10 finishes on the weekend across seven races in three SRO America categories. The team also earned three Driver Championships for the 2022 campaign. The weekend included a bevy of activation and hospitality activities from CrowdStrike, taking advantage of its position as Official Internet and Cloud Security Provider for SRO Motorsports, and culminated in Sunday night’s SRO America gala, where CrowdStrike Racing’s George Kurtz, CJ Moses and Kevin Boehm officially claimed their championship trophies for their respective series. Read more.
AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 5, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing will close its most successful season of participation in SRO Motorsports this weekend with one of the year’s most high-profile events: the Intercontinental GT Challenge Indianapolis 8 Hour. CrowdStrike has been at the forefront of multiple international motorsport events this year and Indianapolis now joins that collection. As Official Cloud and Internet Security Provider to SRO Motorsports America, CrowdStrike is the cybersecurity frontrunner, on the front line of protecting data and stopping breaches. Similarly, CrowdStrike Racing has proven to be a leader on the track, finishing first in many of SRO America’s racing categories – including the premier Fanatec GT World Challenge America. The Fanatec GT World Challenge America will receive the majority of the attention during the four-day festival of speed as CrowdStrike Racing drivers George Kurtz and Colin Braun race for their first championship together in the series’ Pro/Am category. Kurtz and Kevin Boehm will also close out their championship-winning seasons in GT America Powered by AWS and Touring Car America Powered by Skip Barber Racing Schools, respectively. In addition, CJ Moses returns to GT America to add to an already strong field for the year’s final two rounds. Read more.
SEBRING, Fla. (Sept. 27, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing, George Kurtz and Kevin Boehm are champions again in SRO Motorsports America following a weekend of wins at Sebring International Raceway. Competing in racing’s penultimate event, the team tallied four victories and five podium finishes in six races. Entering the race weekend well ahead in the points, Kurtz wrapped up his GT America Powered by AWS championship on Saturday with three races left in the season. The next day, Boehm won the Touring Car championship in TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing Schools. Each series has two more races left on the calendar, with the finale at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “It’s a fantastic championship for the CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports team and a great championship for Mercedes,” said Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer of CrowdStrike. “I couldn’t be happier with the performance of everyone this year. It’s great to clinch this championship with three races to go.” Said Boehm after claiming his championship: “There’s so much work that goes on behind the scenes unnoticed. I have to thank every one of those folks so much. For CrowdStrike and AWS, to get another championship with them, to win it today and clinch it here… what a season!” Read more.
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (August 25, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing heads into the last two events of the SRO Motorsports America season fully in championship contention in three categories following their Road America race weekend. The program collected three victories and three runner-up finishes around the spacious 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course north of Milwaukee. George Kurtz and CJ Moses each claimed victories in GT America Powered by AWS while Kevin Boehm continued his march toward the Touring Car championship in TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School. Read more.
AUSTIN, Texas (August 18, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing’s full contingent of competitors will return to the racetrack in SRO Motorsports action this weekend at one of America’s great tracks – Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Four CrowdStrike Racing drivers – George Kurtz, Colin Braun, Kevin Boehm and CJ Moses – will compete in three different cars across four SRO America categories during the three-day event at 4.048-mile, 14-turn Road America. Read more.
WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 27, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing put on another motorsports clinic in SRO Motorsports America competition with four victories in six races at Watkins Glen International. Drivers George Kurtz, Colin Braun and Kevin Boehm each claimed at least one victory during the two days at The Glen. The results also cemented CrowdStrike Racing teams and drivers into the leads of their respective championships. Kurtz, CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO, scored three victories on the weekend: an overall win Sunday alongside Braun in GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS, and a pair of pole positions and wins in GT America Powered by AWS. Each win came in separate but familiar No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG GT3s. Read more.
AUSTIN, Texas (July 21, 2022) – The CrowdStrike Racing program returns to action in SRO Motorsports America competition this weekend at Watkins Glen International, with CrowdStrike drivers leading the race to the championship in three different categories. It’s the first SRO event for CrowdStrike Racing since a banner weekend at Virginia International Raceway a month ago, which saw five victories for CrowdStrike-branded entries, setting a very high bar as the program heads to New York State. CrowdStrike Racing will compete in three SRO series at Watkins Glen: Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS: George Kurtz and Colin Braun in the No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG from CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports GT America Powered by AWS: George in another No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG from CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School: Kevin Boehm in the No. 9 CrowdStrike/AWS HPD Civic Type R TC from Skip Barber Racing School CrowdStrike’s presence on the track mirrors its participation off it as the Official Cloud and Internet Security Provider of SRO. CrowdStrike is on the front line of protecting data and preventing security breaches, while also being on the starting line in many of SRO America’s racing categories – including the premier GT World Challenge America. The company’s powerful Falcon graphic is the dominant feature on all CrowdStrike Racing entries in SRO America competition. Read more.
ALTON, Virginia (June 24, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing enjoyed one of its best weekends in SRO Motorsports America with five victories in six races across three categories at Virginia International Raceway. George Kurtz and Colin Braun won for the second time this year in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS in dramatic fashion Sunday, competing in their No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG GT3 from CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports. Kurtz continued to momentum in GT America Powered by AWS, sweeping the weekend with another No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG GT3, giving him three wins in six races this season. CrowdStrike Racing earned another sweep in Touring Car America Powered by Skip Barber Racing Schools thanks to two more wins for Kevin Boehm in the Touring Car category with his No. 9 CrowdStrike/AWS Honda Performance Development Civic Type R TC.
AUSTIN, Texas (June 17, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing’s full complement of race cars are together again this weekend at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) as things heat up for SRO Motorsports America at the start of the summer stretch. For the first time this year, four CrowdStrike-branded entries will compete together on the same weekend, battling over three days at VIR’s fast and flowing 3.26-mile, 18-turn road course. This weekend continues the company’s participation in SRO America as a commercial sponsor. For the 2022 season, CrowdStrike is also continuing in its role as the Official Internet and Cloud Security Partner of SRO and GT World Challenge. CrowdStrike – a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data – uses its participation in racing to market its tools to highly influential audiences both at-track and via global streaming broadcasts.
AVONDALE, Louisiana (May 26, 2022) – CrowdStrike and its CrowdStrike Racing team members came away as big victors near the Big Easy over the weekend, with a pair of victories to go along with two additional podium finishes as SRO Motorsports America visited NOLA Motorsports Park for the first time. In the premier Fanatec GT World Challenge America Presented by AWS series, George Kurtz and Colin Braun took a victory and third-place finish in their No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG GT3 in a pair of 90-minute, two-driver races. Kevin Boehm, driver of the No. 9 CrowdStrike/AWS Honda Performance Development TCR TC, matched those results in the Touring Car category of TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing. Both entries left NOLA with championship leads in their respective categories, proving that CrowdStrike is a leader on and off the race track in SRO Motorsports America. AUSTIN, Texas (May 19, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing is back in action this weekend in SRO Motorsports America competition with two championship-contending entries set to race at NOLA Motorsports Park, just outside of New Orleans, La.
George Kurtz, Colin Braun and Kevin Boehm are set for doubleheader duty in the second race weekend for both Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS and TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School. All three racers enter the weekend at or near the top of their respective championship points standings. Kurtz – co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike – and Braun will team for a pair of 90-minute, two-driver races in GT World Challenge America. The duo are set to drive the No. 04 CrowdStrike/AWS Mercedes-AMG GT3 for CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports. The race at NOLA replaces the previously scheduled event at Ozarks International Raceway. Read more.
SONOMA, Calif. (April 21, 2022) – CrowdStrike Racing came up big on the first full weekend of SRO Motorsports America competition at Sonoma Raceway with victories on the track and celebrations off of it. CrowdStrike – a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data – served as presenting sponsor of the weekend’s Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS. The entire Sonoma Raceway facility was branded with CrowdStrike’s “Win as One” messaging, and allowed CrowdStrike to demonstrate its continued leadership in motorsport activation and promotion as SRO America returned to Sonoma.
AUSTIN, Texas (April 13, 2022) – CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data, will demonstrate its continued leadership in motorsport activation and promotion as SRO Motorsports America returns to Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway for its first full weekend of competition. The Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS event at Sonoma is presented by CrowdStrike, which participates as both a sponsor and competitive racing team in SRO events. As the Official Internet and Cloud Security Partner of SRO and GT World Challenge, CrowdStrike is on the front line of protecting data and preventing security breaches, while also being on the starting line in many of SRO America’s racing categories – including the premier GT World Challenge America. Kevin Boehm was showing off his Honda Civic “R” at his auto workshop in rural Union County last week and said that this particular model was available to anybody, but to be sure, there are very few of them out there. The production numbers for this particular four-door were limited indeed.
Manufactured by Honda Performance Development, the Honda ‘R’ at Mr. Boehm’s shop is not exactly like one that you would find on a showroom floor. These particular cars are built and developed specifically to A. win, B. gather information to allow advancements to be made so the cars can go even faster, and C. win. Read more. Kevin Boehm and the team behind the No. 9 Honda Civic Type R will be eager to end the season on a high note, following a weekend of highs and lows at Sebring International Raceway last week. Remarkably, Boehm had his first DNF of the season, where the engineer and race car driver have so far earned six podiums and an additional three top-five finishes so far this season. Boehm and DXDT currently stand third in the TC driver and team standings, and still mathematically in the 2021 battle for the championship titles. Read more.
Kevin Boehm’s performance of steady progression throughout the year continued at Sebring International Raceway, starting with him earning pole position in race one for TC America. He ran up front for the majority of race one until a competitor with a more advantageous setup managed to charge through the field from the rear to the front and take the win. In race two, Boehm started from fourth place, and climbed through the pack to race in first, but his race ended early after a damper broke, resulting in his first incomplete race of the season.
"Sebring was an up and down event for me. It started off strong in qualifying with pole position. I led a bunch of laps in race one and eventually fell to the second position, where we finished. I’m really happy with that result, especially since we have struggled in hot races in the past. Race two started off strong as well from fourth. We were leading by the end of the first lap and stayed there for a while, but got passed by a couple of cars. We were racey and had a good chance of moving forward at the end of the race. But we had a mechanical problem on the car and were unable to finish. We’re working on fixing that now and we’ll be ready for Indianapolis." Read more. WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – DXDT Racing has closed out a successful SRO America race weekend, earning one pole position and three podium finishes in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by aws and TC America powered by Skip Barber Racing School.
Watkins Glen was a good fit for TC America racer Kevin Boehm, who produced two strong second-place finishes in the highly competitive double-header weekend. Engineered by Boehm himself, the No. 9 Honda Civic showed great improvement over the previous race weekend at Road America, carrying greater speeds and showing strong consistency with every lap. Read more. ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (September 1, 2021) – CrowdStrike Racing returned to SRO Motorsports America sports car competition in full at Road America over the weekend with entries in two categories. The three-day event marked the beginning of the second half for SRO America’s season, and it featured a heavy CrowdStrike feel with an additional level of sponsorship.
As Official Internet and Cloud Security Partner of SRO Motorsports America, CrowdStrike uses its presence in racing to showcase its suite of cybersecurity tools to not just those within the paddock and inside race circuits like Road America but also on a global platform with televised events on CBS Sports Network and streamed live on SRO Motorsports’ YouTube channel. Read more. SUNNYVALE, Calif. (August 26, 2021) – CrowdStrike and CrowdStrike Racing will return from the SRO Motorsports America summer break in a big way as the series heads to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., this weekend for a three-day festival of speed.
Speed is doubly important in everything CrowdStrike does. As one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity providers, CrowdStrike prides itself in not only speedy responses to breaches but also quickly developing protective measures and tools. At racetracks like Wisconsin’s Road America – and others on the SRO Motorsports America schedule – speed obviously is the name of the game. Drivers must be quick on track, engineers must rapidly develop race strategies and pit crews must execute pit stops and make needed repairs and adjustments in lightning-fast times. Those qualities will be on full display throughout the Road America event with DXDT Racing, which will feature a strong brand presence from CrowdStrike. Read more. |
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