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Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Andrea Caldarelli said Pfaff Motorsports and Lamborghini Squadra Corse had “everything” to deliver a historic first endurance win for the Lamborghini Temerario GT3. The longtime Lamborghini factory driver and fellow works pilot Sandy Mitchell teamed for GTD Pro class honors in Sunday’s Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America, overcoming the might of the pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R Evos in the early stages of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup race. Having started eighth in class, the No. 9 Lamborghini made continuous inroads although Caldarelli specifically credited the Canadian team’s calls, led by veteran strategist Mike Johnson, for putting them in prime position in the second half of the six-hour contest. “The Porsches looked very fast, even yesterday in qualifying,” said Caldarelli. “At the beginning we were just holding position, then we got a couple of good calls on the pit [stand]. “Then t...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque broke a two-plus year winless streak, delivering Wayne Taylor Racing’s first victory with the Cadillac V-Series.R in Sunday’s chaotic Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America that ended under caution. Albuquerque took the No. 10 Cadillac to the win in the six-hour IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup round, which was marred by nine full-course cautions, totaling more than two hours behind the safety car, and numerous penalties and incidents. The Portuguese driver stayed out of trouble and led the final 90 minutes of the race, following several well-timed stops and penalties for fellow GTP competitors. It marked the first win for the duo since Detroit 2024, back when the team was still running Acura ARX-06 machinery. The race effectively ended with 11 minutes to go when Kevin Estre and Jack Aitken made contact entering Turn 1, sending both the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 and GTP championship-leading No. 31 Act...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Julien Andlauer held the lead at the midpoint of the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix after a lengthy caution in the third hour. Andlauer in the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 was just ahead of teammate Kevin Estre in the No. 6 Porsche at the three-hour, points-paying mark for the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was neutralized as the timer ticked over to Hour 4 after a crash for Connor De Phillippi in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO. A hefty crash for Fran Rueda in the No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo earlier in the race ushered in an extended safety car period which shuffled up much of the race order. The No. 7 Porsche, which had worked its way into the top five after an early pit stop, managed to snatch the lead from Dries Vanthoor and the No. 24 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 in the pits after the whole GTP field pitted under caution. Kevin Estre in the No. 6 Porsche followed his teammate up the order. Colin Braun was fourth ...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA Marco Wittmann led the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America following a hectic opening hour involving a numerous LMP2 cars. Wittmann, in the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8, was the only of the GTP cars to stay out during the race’s second full-course caution after a heavy crash by the No. 37 Intersport Racing Oreca 07 Gibson of Jon Field. The German driver was ahead of the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 of Felipe Nasr, which beat the field out of a frantic pit lane by an energy-only stop. The No. 24 Spider-Man-liveried BMW of Sheldon van der Linde slotted into third at the one-hour mark, ahead of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Louis Deletraz, in fourth. Nick Yelloly led the field from pole in the No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 ahead of teammate Tom Blomqvist and Deletraz, in what was a largely uneventful run in the top class. There, however, were incidents before the drop of the green flag, with Orey Fidani h...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA YRB Racing drivers Trenton Estep and Allen Patten claimed the team’s first victory in the Road America 120 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race. The No. 66 Car Blanche Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo crossed the line behind the safety car, just ahead of Matt Plumb and Paul Holton’s No. 46 Team TGM Ford Mustang GT4. Guilherme Salas and Caio Chaves took their first podium finish of the season with a third place in the No. 54 Panam Motorsport Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2. The No. 23 Koch-Copeland Motorsports Toyota finished fourth, ahead of the No. 60 KohR Motorsports Mustang. Pit stop strategy was key to the No. 66 crew’s victory, as it was able to cycle up the race order by pitting at the ideal times. The two-hour race was interrupted by four full-course caution periods. The second caution was key to shuffling up the running order as the majority of cars in both GS and TCR decided to stop for fuel when the pit window opened, but some of the front...

Photo: John Dagys Vasser Sullivan Racing have been forced to switch to a backup car for the remainder of the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix weekend at Road America after its No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 crashed in practice. The team confirmed that it was preparing its backup car to compete in qualifying later today. The GTD Pro-entered Lexus sustained heavy damage to both the front and rear of the car after Jack Hawksworth crashed at Turn 6 in wet conditions during Practice 2. Hawksworth’s crash brought out the second of four red flags in the chaotic one-hour 45-minute session. This incident led to the team being penalized by race control for causing the stoppage. If the team is able to compete in qualifying this afternoon, it will lose its fastest lap in the session. This is a hefty blow to the team as Hawksworth and teammate Ben Barnicoat currently sit fifth in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship standings, with the third, fourth and fifth placed teams separated by...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA Jordan Taylor set the pace in a rainy final practice for the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America. The Wayne Taylor Racing driver laid down a 2:07.647 lap time in his No. 40 Cadillac V-Series.R, 0.165 seconds clear of Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 24 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8. Nick Yelloly was third fastest overall ahead of teammate Tom Blomqvist in the pair of the Acura ARX-06s. Felipe Nasr rounded out the top-five in the faster of the Penske Porsche 963s. Roman De Angelis placed sixth in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie. Seventh fastest was Porsche Penske’s Laurens Vanthoor, with Marco Wittmann setting the slowest GTP lap in eighth with the No. 25 BMW. Many of the fastest times were set in the final moments of the session as track conditions began to improve. Seven cars elected not to participate in the one-hour 45-minute session, which was wet throughout. The session saw a flurry of incidents as wet condit...