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Former Pirelli racing manager Dave Porter has completed Officer Candidate School (OCS) and has received a commission in the U.S. Navy.

According to an e-mail from Porter, “I am now in Flight School at NAS Pensacola until October and will then head down to NAS Corpus in Texas.”

No word on what brand of tires are used on the jets Porter is learning to fly.