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Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Trenton Estep broke through to claim top honors in Saturday’s Pirelli GT4 America race at Barber Motorsports Park after Allen Patten spun around Tony Gaples while battling for the overall lead in an incident-filled race. Estep, in the No. 7 ACI Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport that he shared with Yves Baltas, finished two seconds clear of the No. 131 Advance Motorsports McLaren Artura GT4 of Austin Jurs after Patten’s No. 39 Dome Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 was penalized for incident responsibility. Patten made contact with Gaples’ overall race-leading No. 33 Blackdog Racing McLaren on the second-to-last lap, resulting in a time penalty equivalent to a drive-through. It handed the Pro-Am class win to the No. 94 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO of Sam Craven and Kenton Koch, which was classified in third overall and by virtue of the late-race incident, have nearly wrapped up the championship due to Blackdog’s misfortun...

Photo: Andrew Miterko/SRO Joel Cortes claimed his first career GT America powered by AWS win, while Memo Gidley clinched the SRO3 class title despite not starting the race due to a driveshaft issue. Cortes claimed a flag-to-flag victory in his RS1 Porsche 911 GT3 R, finishing 2.256 seconds ahead of the No. 50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Ross Chouest. The No. 45 Ruckus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo of Scott Blind completed the podium in third, behind Tony Davis, who needed to win or finish second to keep his slim championship hopes alive. Davis, in the No. 04 HP-TECH Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3, started the 40-minute contest from seventh but made passes on Jon Manship, Dave Musial Sr. and Kyle Washington in quick succession. However, he was unable to catch the lead pack in the remainder of the caution-free race. Gidley, whose No. 56 SKI Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II stopped on track during the pace lap, delayed the race start by one lap. However, Gi...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Tom Sargent remained atop the time charts in GT World Challenge America powered by AWS, pacing the second practice session of the weekend for tomorrow’s three-hour race at Barber Motorsports Park. The Porsche Motorsport North America Selected driver recorded a best lap of 1:20.529, improving on his chart-topping time from Friday by more than seven-tenths. Sargent’s time on Saturday morning was 0.190 seconds quicker than the No. 13 Kellymoss Porsche of Riley Dickinson/ Scott Andrews put the No. 04 HP-TECH Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo third, ahead of the No. 27 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Philip Ellis. The No. 69 Archangel Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Aaron Telitz completed the overall top-five, which were all Pro-Am class cars. JMF’s Mikael Grenier was quickest of the Pro contingent in sixth, while the No. 163 AF Corse Ferrari, the lone Am class entry, posted the 14th quickest time with Ozz Negri at the wheel. The N...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Todd Parriott was quickest in the first GT America powered by AWS practice session of the weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, leading a Kellymoss 1-2 sweep. Parriott recorded a best lap of 1:21.960 in his No. 13 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo to edge out teammate Michael Clark by 0.411 seconds. Both drivers are utilizing the GTA sessions as practice for their GT World Challenge America powered by AWS race later in the weekend. The quickest driver that’s set to contest the pair of 40-minute races was SRO3 points leader Memo Gidley in the No. 56 SKI Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. Gidley, who can clinch the title this weekend , recorded a quick lap of 1:23.102, outpacing the No. 50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of of Ross Chouest by a half-second. Joel Cortes, a late addition to the SRO3 grid this weekend, was fifth overall and effectively third quickest of out of the race participants. The No. 89 RacingSupport Ginetta GTP8 of David...

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Westin Workman and Michael Cooper claimed overall pole positions for this weekend’s pair of Pirelli GT4 America races at Barber Motorsports Park. Workman, in the No. 68 RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2, reeled off a best lap of 1:28.488 in Q1 to outpace the competition by nearly seven-tenths. His lap was 0.627 seconds quicker than second-placed Francis Selldorff in the No. 51 AutoTechnic Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO. Trenton Estep, a last-minute fill in at ACI Motorsports, was third quickest in the No. 7 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, while Silver class points leader Spencer Pumpelly ended up fourth in his No. 028 RS1 Porsche. Pro-Am class pole honors went to the No. 77 McCumbee McAleer Racing Ford Mustang GT4 of Michael Tosi, who ended up fifth quickest overall. Michael Garcia, meanwhile ended up with the Am class pole in his No. 21 ACI BMW. Q2 saw Cooper go quickest of all competitors across both sessions, thanks to a 1:28.063 in his Pro-Am ...

Photo: Wes Duenkel/Ford Ford Racing will return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Pro ranks with an unchanged full season lineup next year. Confirmed by the sanctioning body on Friday, the two-car Mustang GT3 EVO program is set to be largely unchanged, with Christopher Mies and Frederic Vervisch back in the No. 65 entry and Dennis Olsen and Ben Barker, who won last weekend’s Battle on the Bricks at Indaianpolis Motor Speedway, again in the No. 64 car. Both cars have visited victory lane this year, with Mies and Vervisch victorious at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, while the Multimatic-run operation scored a double podium in last month’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway. “The introduction of our EVO package in 2026 brought race wins, podiums, and a genuine championship fight by Ford Racing and its Mustang GT3 program,” said Ford Racing sports car motorsports program manager Alex Allmandinger. “Carrying our stro...

Photo: Andrea Lorenzina/DPPI An early flier from Ryo Hirakawa put Toyota on top in opening practice for its home FIA World Endurance Championship round at Fuji Speedway. Hirakawa posted the best lap of the 90-minute session on Friday morning, a 1:29.694, in the opening stages aboard the No. 8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid he shares with Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley, making him the only driver to break the 90-second mark. The Japanese driver was 0.343 seconds faster than the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA entry of Will Stevens as Toyota opened its bid for a first home win since 2023. Antonio Fuoco put the No. 50 Ferrari 499P third-fastest, 0.509 seconds behind Hirakawa, ahead of the second Cadillac V-Series.R, the No. 38 machine of Jack Aitken, and the No. 36 Alpine A424 of Jules Gounon. Genesis was an encouraging sixth-fastest in the first outing for the GMR-001 Hypercar at Fuji, with Dani Juncadella posting the best time in the No. 19 car. Next up was the lead Aston Martin Valkyr...