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Photo: Porsche Both the 2025 and 2026-spec of the Porsche 963 have been given the largest weight breaks, in class-wide GTP Balance of Performance adjustments for next weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Released by IMSA on Wednesday , all six specifications of GTP class entries, including the Aston Martin Valkyrie, will be lighter for the third leg of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. JDC-Miller Motorsports’ Porsche, which runs to last year’s aero specifications, has received a 25 kg weight break, bringing it down to 1052 kg, the lightest the car has been since the team’s breakthrough win at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. By the same token, the factory Porsche Penske Motorsport entries are now back down to 1055 kg, marking a 27 kg weight break since Detroit, marking the cars’ lightest weight since the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, where it finished 1-2 overall. Both the Cadillac V-Series.R and Acura ARX-06 have been handed 6 kg weight ...

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Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA A total of 54 entries are set for next weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, in the third leg of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup and return to all four categories in action since the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March. Released by IMSA on Wednesday, the entry list is comprised of 11 GTP and LMP2 entries each, 12 GTD Pro and 20 GTD cars for the midpoint of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. As previously announced , Laurin Heinrich has been drafted into the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963, a race he was originally not slated to do because of his CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa commitments. Heinrich, who sits second in the GTP points standings, will share the 2025-spec Porsche with Tijmen van der Helm and Kaylen Frederik. It is one of only two GTP entries with three-driver lineups, the others being the No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06, which sees the return of Kaku Ohta alongside Nick Yelloly and Renger van d...

Photo: Racingpixels/Creventic Thirty-three cars are set to take part in the inaugural Michelin 12H Nürburgring next month for the penultimate round of the Michelin 24H European Series. The event is Creventic’s first visit to Germany since 2022 and replaces the 12H Misano on the series calendar. Mercedes-AMG will once again be the most represented manufacturer in the GT3 class, with five of its GT3 Evos taking to the track. Championship leaders GetSpeed Team PCX Racing return with the aim of extending its points lead on home turf. The No. 28 Mercedes-AMG currently holds a narrow advantage of just six points to Hofor Racing. The Team PCX squad missed out on its first win of the season last time out at Paul Ricard. The GetSpeed-run entry was bested on pitstop strategy by Hofor’s No. 11 car. With its win in Paul Ricard, the Swiss team also claimed the GT3-AM class lead going into Round 4. Second in the GT3-Am standings is the sister GetSpeed Team JR286 machine, which will also make ...

Photo: Ford Racing Mustang Cup USA heads to Virginia International Raceway this weekend for the fourth round of the season. Halfway through the campaign, the championship fights are heating up. The battle for the Dark Horse championship in Parnelli Cup is particularly close, with first through fourth separated by only 34 points. In 2025, Mustang Cup ended its inaugural season at VIR. In that season finale, Will Lucas swept the weekend in the Dark Horse class to clinch both the Miles Cup and Parnelli Cup championships. In Dark Horse Legends, Craig Capaldi won both races and earned the Miles Cup championship. Nick Smither earned two podiums and claimed the Parnelli Cup championship. Lucas has since graduated to Mustang Challenge North America, while Capaldi and Smither are both running in Mustang Cup USA, with Capaldi currently leading both the Miles Cup and Parnelli Cup championships in class. In the third round of the season at Circuit of The Americas, Logan Adams won the Miles ...

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Photo: Conquest Racing Conquest Racing has drafted in Fran Rueda to complete the team’s lineup for next weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The FIA Silver-rated driver will join full season pilot Albert Costa and the team’s former IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup driver, Lorenzo Patrese, who has stepped into a season-long seat as Manny Franco takes a pause from GTD competition. It will mark Rueda’s IMSA debut although the 29-year-old Spaniard boasts previous experience and success in Ferrari 296 GT3 machinery. “This is an incredible opportunity and I’m really excited to join everyone at Conquest,” said Rueda. “I have been beyond impressed with both the preparation and presentation of the team, and this looks to be a weekend where we truly can fight for victory. “Working with Albert and Lorenzo makes this a very easy program for me to join, and it couldn’t have been made possible without the incredible support of the program that Man...