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Image: IMSA The No. 23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Valkyrie and No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 are out of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen after a bizarre crash while under the race’s second safety car. Both GTP class entries pitted for a second time to top up energy under the yellow, which was initially called for debris at the 33-minute mark. Braun and De Angelis were released from the pit lane and were nearly at full speed through the Esses before Braun appeared to check up on the No. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of John Potter, who was running at normal safety car speeds. It forced De Angelis, who was directly behind Braun, to brake hard and went into a spin, collecting the No. 60 Acura in the process. The No. 81 DragonSpeed Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Henrik Hedman was also involved and stopped on the side of the track, while the No. 28 RS1 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo of Eric Lux was also seen near the incident but continued. Extensive t...

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Photo: SRO/JEP Lionspeed GP drivers Thomas Preining, Ricardo Feller and Bastian Buus gave Porsche its first CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa victory since 2020 after triumphing despite starting from the pit lane. The No. 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo faced the compromised start because of an engine change and yet it avoided trouble to progressively rise up the order to achieve the team’s second GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS victory after winning in the Sprint Cup at Brands Hatch last month. The success marked Porsche’s ninth win in the Belgian endurance classic, pulling it further clear of Alfa Romeo in second in the all-time list of manufacturer victories. The Lionspeed crew ultimately finished 12.288 seconds ahead of the No. 48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Luca Stolz, Lucas Auer and Maro Engel to end the latter’s unbeaten streak in this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge. The Mercedes-AMG narrowly held off the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT...

Photo: Porsche Felipe Nasr says that Laurin Heinrich’s commitment to a full season in GTP and to a championship pursuit is what the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship needs “to fight the best people out there.” Heinrich’s expanded role in both Porsche Penske Motorsport and JDC-Miller Motorsports means the German could claim an overall title on his own while racing with his own title competition. But Nasr says it’s a well-deserved opportunity for those racing in GTP. “If I’m racing, I want to fight the best people out there,” Nasr told Sportscar365. “I think it’s great for the competition, it’s great for us drivers, and I had the pleasure to race with him in Daytona (and Sebring), and he did a phenomenal job for us. “I like to see his evolution as a driver as well. His expectations at Daytona, you know what to do, how to drive the car, what should I do? I like his curiosity. “He came over to me many times and asked wh...

Photo: Winward Racing Philip Ellis and Bryce Ward grabbed Winward Racing’s first Michelin Pilot Challenge win since 2023 after a left rear puncture struck the leading No. 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO with 18 minutes to go in Saturday’s LP Building Solutions 120 At The Glen. Ellis survived a late race restart with five minutes to go after Caleb Bacon stopped his No. 21 Victor Gonzalez Racing CUPRA Leon VZ TCR on-track with 12 minutes to go. The race ended under caution after a piece of curb broke loose in the inner loop brought out another yellow. It marked Ward’s third Pilot Challenge win and his first since Indianapolis in 2023. Ellis, meanwhile, was subbing in for Daan Arrow who is competing this weekend at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The CarBahn BMW of Jeff Westphal led from the first round of pit stops after pulling off the overcut from second. Hannah Grisham put her Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo on pole with the GS track record on Friday, bu...

Photo: SRO/JEP The pole-winning No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari continued to lead the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as the race hit the three-hour mark. Alessio Rovera maintained the car’s position at the top of the leaderboard after Nicklas Nielsen and then Tommaso Mosca had completed their stints in the 296 GT3 Evo through a chaotic early phase of the race interrupted by two safety cars and five full-course yellows. But the Ferrari had been awarded a 15-second time penalty for exceeding the 80 kph speed limit during an FCY, which it was due to take at the next round of pit stops. Mosca had extended the Ferrari’s lead to as much as 14 seconds over Benjamin Goethe in Garage 59 No. 58 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo during the second hour. The field was then closed up during the second safety car in the opening minutes of hour three. Rovera held an advantage of approximately seven seconds over Louis Prette in the Gold Cup McLaren entry after the race went green, before extending his advantage to 13...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Laurin Heinrich set the fastest lap in the second practice session for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Heinrich, piloting the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963, ended the session atop the leaderboard with a 1:33.398 second lap. The German driver delivered the time in the final five minutes. The Porsche outran Jack Aitken’s second place time by 0.295 seconds. Three different manufacturers represented the top three spots with Colin Braun placing his No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 in third. All 54 entries ran competitive laps in the 1 hour, 45 minute session, which saw the first 15 minutes reserved for FIA Bronze-rated drivers only. The No. 25 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 ended practice tailing the GTP field by 2.036 seconds behind Heinrich’s time. PJ Hyett set the top LMP2 lap early in practice for AO Racing. However, his fastest lap in qualifying will be disallow...