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Maverick is a newly formed race team to compete in the Global MX-5 Cup with entries to be piloted by Bryan Hixon and Justin Piscitell starting in 2020 alongside IndyCar race weekends. Bryan Hixon, team owner and philanthropist and team manager, Shea Holbrook partnered to create Maverick with the goal of bringing together talented members of the industry with a vision of creating winning platforms and results both on and off the track. The highly goal-oriented team also has a charisma and spirit to be racing with a purpose. Elevating our drivers, partners and associates is their top priority while paying it forward as the team proudly supports Autism Speaks and the World Wildlife Fund.

Bryan Hixon out of San Antonio, Texas began racing in the Skip Barber Racing School Western Formula Dodge R/T series in 2004 where he was awarded the Most Improved Driver in a rookie season. He went on to continue in the Winter Mazdaspeed Skip Barber MX-5 Challenge and became the Skip Barber 2012 SCCA Pro Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion. In 2015, Hixon competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship alongside IMSA. Hixon looks forward to his return competing in the 2020 Global MX-5 Cup in his new orange and blue tiger livery, an animal he loves, in the No. 63 Maverick chassis.

Justin Piscitell, of Wingdale, NY joins Hixon as wingman in the Global MX-5 Cup season piloting the No. 9 Maverick chassis. Piscitell brings ten years of experience behind the wheel along with a comprehensive coaching program. Piscitell has supported multiple drivers to championships, wins and podiums in both club and professional racing. In 2009 and after only eight months of racing, Piscitell won the highly competitive Mazdaspeed Shootout. Pulling double duty in the 2018 IMSA TCR and ST classes Piscitell in the same race finished on podium in each represented class. His accolades also include 7 out of 7 front row starts in the IMSA ST class, five of which were pole positions.