Adam Christodoulou joins Bartone Bros Racing for remaining SRO Motorsports America Season

Long Island, N.Y., (May 30, 2023) – Adam Christodoulou (Great Britain) will join Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime as a co-driver with Anthony Bartone (Miami, Fla.) for the team’s SRO Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Pro-Am remaining races starting at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), June 16-18.

Christodoulou is a stalwart Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver that is coming off a fourth-place finish at the Nürburgring 24h. The Brit has more than 200 races on his resume and has racked up a 97 percent finishing rate. He has three 24-hour race wins to his name, over 30 career victories and 88 podium finishes. When not behind the wheel he works as a racing instructor creating memories and providing tutelage to the next generation of sports car drivers.

“Adam will be a great addition to the team,” Andy Pilgrim, Bartone Bros Racing driver and team advisor, said. “We entered 2023 knowing it would be a dynamic year for Anthony. He was very comfortable in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 from our first test at Sebring back in January. After his performance at St. Pete, we immediately added us to the SRO Fanatec GT World Challenge America series, to get him more track time. He has done a superb job running in the Am class and now is a good time to step up to Pro Am; that’s where Adam Christodoulou comes in. I first met Adam back in 2017 while competing in the Nürburgring 24h and when his name came up as available, we jumped at the chance. The goal is to keep Anthony learning at the same pace, by continuing to hone his race craft at the highest levels of competition. The Pro-Am class is the perfect place to do just that.

“Adam is not only a fast driver who knows the Mercedes-AMG GT3 car, he’s also a great instructor who can communicate what the car is doing and what Anthony needs to do to keep progressing behind the wheel.”

Bartone has a race win to his credit this year at Sonoma Raceway in GT America and is excited to compete for podiums in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Pro-Am category.

“My dad (Tony) and I rely on Andy to guide us in this sports car racing world,” Bartone said. “Andy has been there from my very first time on any racetrack, in a stick shift Corvette street car, back in Bowling Green, Ky. His patience, professionalism, and friendship has brought me a long way over the last two years and I’m ready for this next step and very excited to work with Adam at VIR.”

Christodoulou is excited to be back in America racing.

"This will be my Fanatec GT World Challenge America debut and I am really looking forward to it,” Christodoulou said. “I already know two of the circuits, VIR and Sebring, but Road America is actually a new track to me. I can’t wait to go around that place, I have heard some brilliant things about it, and it has been a track I have always wanted to go to. I'm looking forward to racing with Anthony and meeting everybody on the Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime team. It has been a while since I have raced in America, and I have definitely missed it. I have always loved racing in the U.S., and VIR, where we will get started, was always one of my favorites. I always felt like it was an old school circuit with not much room for error and high-speed twists."

Christodoulou Career Highlights:

GT specialist, active in many international (ICGT, GTWCE/Blancpain, China GT, IMSA, ADAC GT, 24 H Series, NLS/VLN, LMS, GT Open, SRO etc.) since 2010.

Notably: 5th Pro-Am in GTWCE 2021; 24 Hours Series GT Champion in 2018; 3rd SP9 in VLN 2018; 2nd SP9 at Nürburgring 24 Hours 2018; Winner GT3 of Nürburgring 24 Hours 2016; 2nd A6 at Dubai 24 Hours 2015; 3rd A6 at Dubai 24 Hours 2014; 5th (1 win) in Avon GT4 Trophy; GT Open in 2012 and 2010; Winner of 24 hours of Barcelona 2012; Star Mazda Champion in 2009; Formula Renault 2.0 UK Champion (7 wins) in 2008; 4th (UK) and 8th (NEC) in Formula Renault 2.0 in 2007.

The team would like to thank team sponsors Red Line Oil, Roger Dean Chevrolet, Tallon Air, and RealTime Racing.

For more information on Bartone Bros Racing, including race recaps and photos, please visit the team site at www.BartoneBrosRacing.com.

About Bartone Bros Racing

Tony Bartone, team owner, is a former NHRA World Champion driver with over 80 NHRA National Event wins in his driving and team ownership career. The “Killer B’s” (Bartone, Bellemeur, and Boggs) have won more races and championships since teaming up on a full-time basis in 2018 than any other team in Top Alcohol Drag Racing. Team records include three NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car World Championships; two Mid-West Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Funny Car Championships; 31 NHRA National Event Wins; Top Alcohol Funny Car World Record Holder at 5.352 seconds in the quarter mile. 

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As the most successful team in the World Challenge, RealTime Racing has won 15 Drivers’ Championships and 14 Manufacturers’ Championships in the series since 1993. With a brand new program for 2023, the series stalwarts intend to draw on that 30 years of experience to ensure success in its partnership with Bartone Bros Racing.

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