About Us

Aurora Motorsports was founded by Jonothan Benefield in 2002 and is the largest importer of CN Sports prototype race cars in the US. Its principle and owner, Jonothan Benefield has been involved in motor sports since the early sixties where he decided to give up his musical carrier to go racing. He started his racing carrier by attending Jim Russell Racing school and Brands Hatch Motor Racing Stables in England . He then went on to race a variation of cars including a Lotus Seven /Ford Escort and other saloon type race cars including a ford GT40 and Nathan GT car. In 1967 Jonothan had a bad accident at the famous Brands Hatch circuit in England which almost took his life but after a lengthy recovery continued to compete in race events throughout Europe.

Jonothan then met up with ex-Jim Clarke mechanic, Dave Lazenby who built him a Hawk DL2A Formula Ford and he competed in various Formula Ford championship events in England. Jonothan always had a passion for sports cars and after obtaining sponsorship with a London publicity company, purchased a Royal RP 17 with a BDA engine to race in sports car events including the Motoring News Sports Car Championship in which he won his class. Jonothan then went on to race other types of sports cars including Chevron and March 2 liter sports cars in England and Europe. During this time he also took his hand to some Formula 3 races and also drove a Mc Laren F 5000 car in several events.

In 1979 Jonothan was heading for a formula 2 drive but lost his sponsorship only several days before he was ready to start the season. In 1983 Jonothan came to the United States and joined SCCA and started racing again with a Mazda sports racer which was built by Star Mazda cars and won his very first event at Sears point which was a track that he had not competed before. He then purchased the ex-Chris Ronson Cosworth powered Carbir in which he competed in the SCCA CSR Championship in 2004 and came 3rd in the Regional Championship. In 2007 Jonothan won the N.A.S.A. Super Unlimited Regional Championship with 6 wins and 3 second places. Most of Jonathan's time is taken up by helping his customers with tech support and supplying parts to keep his customers racing. With the introduction of the new LMP3 IMSA series in the USA Jonothan is now dedicating some of his time to this professional part of the sport Jonothan has been a dealer for Norma France in the USA for over 16 years and is hoping to make time to compete himself in sports car racing again in the coming season.

Norma Auto Concept (or simply Norma) is a French sports car manufacturer, based in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre (in the South-West of France), founded by Norbert Santos.

Created in 1985 as an association with around 20 enthusiasts, Norma designed its first car in 1983 (Norma M1); a car that Norbert Santos then tested himself, specially designed for racetracks and hill climbs.

In 1991, having designed 5 different models and enjoyed its first victories and titles, Norma took to the “professional” skies with the creation of a real trading company.

Set-up in a new workshop of 800m², Norma slowly gained a successful reputation during the 90s across all of Europe, both on the racetrack and in hill climbs, winning several championship titles, notably in France and Belgium. It is also during this period that Norma had its first shot at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Since 1999, Norma has been hitting the US road tracks, installing a permanent representative office in Florida and participating in the Rolex Car Series with its Norma M2000 range, including the 24 Hours of Daytona. Today, dozens of Norma cars can be found on the other side of the Atlantic.

The 2000s marked a significant turning point for the development of Norma with the launch of an ambitious CN FIA prototype, the M20; a winning move that today makes the Norma M20 one of the most widely produced prototypes in the world, with more than 400 copies manufactured worldwide.

In the same period, Norma also made the M200, a car that rigorously responded to ACO’s original LMP2 regulations and participated several times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Beyond the impressive success enjoyed by its M20 range all over the world with more than 70 national titles (24 of which were acquired in 2014 and 2015 alone!), Norma also took part in the extraordinary Pikes Peak adventure with the official Porsche driver, Romain Dumas, an event Norma won in 2014 and then again more recently in 2016 with its proto M20 RD 4W, a 650 cv, 650 kg four-wheel drive prototype.

Norma has therefore now been around for 30 years, delivering dozens of prototypes each year. Renowned by its peers for the exceptional quality of its cars, Norma has its own 3,600m² factory, allowing the company to roll out an ambitious development program.