John Potter ain’t like the other kids.

Potter is the founder of Magnus Racing, which is a sports car racing outfit that has been at it for about a decade in traditional road races, endurance races, and whatever else they can get themselves involved in. Potter is a guy who came into racing pretty innocently. He went to the Skip Barber School, he raced in the Skip Barber Series, built himself a Porsche to go club racing and then next thing you know the dude has formed a top shelf road racing team, has become a great driver himself, and has dreams of high level championship wins and visions of glory at places such as Daytona and Lime Rock.

All the way through, Potter has never lost a quirky approach, a fun outlook, and the knowledge that fun is something that has to be part of the equation to succeed…at least for him to succeed. The team has become pretty famous for making hilarious videos and doing stuff that no other road racing team would seemingly ever consider. This is not distracting or bad stuff, it’s not gaudy or dumb. Like the press release below, it’s brilliantly smart and fun. Remember the Lego video they did a few years back?

If you are someone interested in following a road racing team, Magnus may be the group for you because you never know what they’re gonna do next.

Here are some excerpts from the release – 

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (December 18, 2019) – With the 2020 racing season quickly approaching, Magnus Racing team principals feel it’s important to deflect attention from future plans by dwelling on the past, and the problems that have always existed in racing.

“While I could be grateful for the excellent crew, operations, car and fun we’ve had at Magnus Racing, I’ve decided I’d rather complain about everything else,” stated Magnus Racing team principal John Potter. “Global warming, IMSA, the troops, Turn Seven, red flag endings, officials, copyrighted brick figures, you name it. Sure, we could be accountable to our own future and whether or not we want to continue, however, our 10 years of racing on our own terms have taught us that being responsible for our own actions is not on brand for many sportscar entrants, so we felt it best to follow suit.”

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Above all, Magnus Racing team principals cite the never-ending demands of the fans, the requirements to sign autographs, and generally talking to human beings as their greatest grievance. The final straw for the team was a signature request for a T-shirt from 2014.  As a result of these consistent problems in racing, and after careful consideration of 2020 and beyond, Magnus Racing will be on hiatus.

“I am grateful for all the people that made Magnus Racing what it is, and all that we accomplished together, it was hard complaining that much, and I needed a break.  I guess, turns out racing is still fun, and I appreciate the opportunity I have to be in the paddock” stated Potter.

READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE FROM MAGNUS RACING HERE  

If you are interested in the full story of Magnus Racing (and it is pretty great) watch this –