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In the fall of 2006 owner Jim Haughey met with Bob Raub, a long time racer and car builder to discuss the possibilities of a new race effort for the coming season. Using Porsche 911 GT3 car chassis as a base, 3R built 3 cars to SCCA World Challenge GT specifics. Drivers Michael Galati and Randy Pobst were brought on to fill the seats, and the team began to take shape. The two car effort, K-PAX Racing has become a high caliber Championship race team in the SCCA World Challenge GT Series.

In 2007 and 2008, Driver Randy Pobst captured the Driver′s Championship. In 2008 he and team mate Michael Galati took K-Pax Racing to a Manufacturers Championship in their 3R Racing built Porsches. In two seasons they have managed to capture 6 wins, 6 poles, 26 top 5, and 31 top 10.

For the 2009 season, 2008 GT Driver Champion Randy Pobst and 2005 GT Driver Champion Andy Pilgrim, will team up in newly built 2.5L Turbo 2009 Volvo S60 AWD to make a run for the Manufacterer Championship. With support from Volvo North America, 3R Racing has built a competitive new platform from the chassis up. Designing, machining and assembling most of the car in house, with the motors being built by Mahle, and transmissions by Weismann.

"We here at 3R are very excited at the opportunity we have been given to engineer and build all-new cars and bring a new manufacturer back to the series"; 3R Racing owner Bob Raub said. We know that this is not an easy task or one that will not be without its share of problems and failings, but through those problems and failings we will work hard to have success for Jim, Volvo, Randy and Andy.