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Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Frederik Schandorff led the way ahead of Maxime Martin at the halfway mark of the Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour, as the Intercontinental GT Challenge and GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season finale set into a long green flag run. Schandorff, in the No. 12 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo, was 12.135-seconds ahead of the No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Martin, who, if the race ended now, would be crowned IGTC champion. The two cars swapped positions during the most recent pit stop sequence in the fourth hour, which saw Martin’s co-driver Michai Stephens hold off Nicklas Nielsen. The No. 29 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Robby Foley ran third with four hours completed. Laurin Heinrich held command in the Pro-Am ranks, aboard the No. 31 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo, ahead of Aaron Telitz and Robert Renauer in their Archangel Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo and Herberth Motorsport Porsche, respectively. Another P...

Photo: MPS Agency United Autosports drivers Griffin Peebles, Gregoire Saucy and Ben Hanley dominated the 4 Hours of Portimao European Le Mans Series season finale to secure the title. The No. 22 Oreca 07 Gibson led from pole and was never seriously threatened en route to taking a first ELMS championship for United Autosports since 2020. Hanley ultimately crossed the line 12.089 seconds ahead of the No. 18 IDEC Sport Oreca of Jamie Chadwick, Valerio Rinicella and Laurents Hoerr. The only car that could prevent the United Autosports crew from taking the title was the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis machine that reigning champions Oliver Gray and Esteban Masson shared with Louis Rousset. But this trio could only finish fourth, although have also secured an automatic invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team. Peebles enjoyed a brilliant opening stint, building a lead of 4.7 seconds in the first three laps but his advantage was then eradicated not long after when the virtual...

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Photo: Toyota Spike Kohlbecker will start at the head of the field in Race 1 piloting the No. 15 TechSport Racing Toyota GR 86 Cup car after collecting his sixth pole of the season in Qualifying 1 for Toyota GR Cup North America Friday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kohlbecker’s lap time of 1:39.483 midway through session held still en route to the checkered. The pole continues the championship leader’s perfect weekend so far, setting the fastest times in Practice 1 and 2. Starting beside the championship leader in 2nd is his teammate, Parker DeLong, aboard his No. 42 TechSport entry. Will Robusto rounds out the top three on the starting grid in the No. 2 car prepared by RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate, while Michael Edwards in his No. 21 Eagles Canyon w/ Fast Track effort and championship pursuer Jeremy Fletcher in the No. 22 Copeland Motorsports machine complete the Top 5 in the running order. Additionally, Patrick Brunson will lead the Legends...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Loris Spinelli continued his form from Thursday evening’s Free Practice to lead Pre-Qualifying for the Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour. The Italian in the No. 64 Chicago Performance and Tuning Co. Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 laid down a best lap of 1:23.503 to outpace the No. 6 Dollahite Racing Ford Mustang GT3 EVO of Chris Mies by 0.119 seconds. The No. 8 McCann Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo was third quickest overall in the hands of Alessio Picariello, with Ayhancan Guven’s No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche fourth and No. 31 Wright Motorsports Porsche of Laurin Heinrich completing the top-five. Tsunami RT’s Porsche was sixth on the time sheets with Alex Fontana as the best-placed Intercontinental GT Challenge entrant in sixth, while Danny Dyszelski made a late-session improvement to seventh in the No. 28 RS1 Porsche. Turner Motorsport, which is GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro class title contention, was eighth in the hands of Connor...

Photo: Toyota Toyota GR Cup North America championship leader Spike Kohlbecker set the opening pace for the weekend aboard his No. 15 TechSport Racing Toyota GR 86 Cup car in Practice 1 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twenty-eight of the 29 entries hit the track for the Thursday’s session, which marked the series only-on track on the day’s slate. Kohlbecker’s time of 1:39.658 topped the charts in the first session, ahead of championship suitor, Jeremy Fletcher. Fletcher finished the initial on-track runs in second in his No. 22 Copeland Motorsports machine, two-tenths of a second short of Kohlbecker with a 1:39.884. Garret Manes completed the top three piloting his No. RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate entry with a fast lap of 1:40.347. Keelan Harvick, son of 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion, Kevin Harvick, made an early impression on the board in his first official stint behind the wheel of the No. 812 for RAFA Racing. Harvick converted his time of 1:...

Photo: Gruppe C Photography/Porsche Laurin Heinrich said he’s entering the Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour in a similar frame of mind to last weekend’s Motul Petit Le Mans, in having a “shot” to go for a championship title but on the offensive. The Porsche factory driver, who less than seven days ago had an outside chance of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP title, has arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a similar position for the Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers’ championship. Heinrich is the only non-Mercedes-AMG driver that still holds a title chance in SRO Motorsports Group’s globe-trotting GT3 series, with the 24-year-old German sitting 15 points behind effective leader Luca Stolz and 14 back on Maxime Martin. While Maro Engel, who won both the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour and Nürburgring 24 and finished runner-up in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, is on DTM duty for the second consecutive IGTC race, the championsh...