Scott Noble wasn’t supposed to be racing GT4 cars in 2022. The plan for the relatively new racer was to continue working with Jason Hart in a a lower series until he was ready to step up to Pirelli GT4 America. But that plan accelerated, and when the pair scored second- and third-place finishes at the Sonoma Raceway season opener in the NOLASPORT Porsche Cayman GT4, it was becoming more clear that perhaps Noble was indeed ready for GT4 racing. If that didn’t make it obvious, perhaps winning the Pro-Am championship did.

It was the second consecutive Pro-Am title for Hart, having won the title in 2021 with Matt Travis, and the second consecutive GT4 America Pro-Am titles for NOLASPORT and Porsche as well. Hart and Noble won the title on the strength of two victories and four other podium finishes. Their closest competitors for the title, Elliot Skeer and Adam Adelson in the Premier1 Racing Porsche, had one more win and one more podium, but also three non-points finishes to Hart and Noble’s single no-point finish.

“I’m really happy. I can’t thank NOLASPORT enough,” said Noble, who had joked with Hart that they would get matching leprechaun tattoos should they win the title. “There were times during this year when I put the car at risk. They got it back together; they piecemealed the car together more than once. And we still made the podium, ended up winning the championship. It’s just been a lot of hard work. We put in a lot of time. And I…