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Photo: Gruppe C Photography David Pittard will tackle the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa at the wheel of a BMW M4 GT3 EVO for the first time this weekend after joining the Paradine Competition squad. Pittard, who was unable to start last year’s contest after Henrique Chaves’ Superpole qualifying crash in the Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo that the Briton was due to race, had previously taken a best result of fourth at Spa in 2024. The 2023 Nürburgring 24 winner did contest the Spa race three times at the wheel of an BMW M6 GT3, the M4’s predecessor, but has now joined Paradine’s ranks for this year when he will share the No. 991 Bronze Cup BMW with team owner Darren Leung, squad regular James Kellett and ADAC GT Masters front-runner Leyton Fourie. Pittard is currently racing a similar car in the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup, in which he competes for KPX Motorsport. The sister Paradine Silver Cup No. 992 ent...

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Photo: Gradient Racing Corey Lewis has been drafted back into Gradient Racing’s Ford Mustang GT3 EVO for this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, subbing for the injured Joey Hand, who has been ruled out due to a karting injury. Hand, who has served as one of the team’s two dedicated IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup drivers, suffered a broken pelvis in an accident. “I’m so bummed to not be able to race at Watkins Glen,” he said. “Unfortunately, I suffered a broken pelvis in an accident while training in my kart some weeks ago. “It’s tough to miss this one for so many reasons, but mainly because I love this track and I love driving with Gradient Racing. “I look forward to fully recovering and being back in action with the team for Road America. I’ll be watching and cheering from home.” Lewis has been serving as the team’s driver for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship sprint rounds, in addition to opening the se...

Photo: Kyle Schwab/Porsche Karel Staut (Kellymoss) continued his winning form in Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama with a GT3 Cup sweep at Virginia International Raceway, while Ford Koch (Kellymoss) and Anna Cecchi (CHR) split Cayman Pro-Am class victories during the series’ fifth event of the season. Staut added two GT3 Cup victories to his season tally at VIR, although Sunday’s race proved to be his closest challenge of the weekend. Race 1 was interrupted almost immediately when Chris Hutter (JTR Motorsports Engineering) was involved in a heavy accident on the opening lap. The incident brought out an extended caution period before the field returned to green-flag racing. Once the race resumed, Staut quickly settled back into the lead and maintained control through the remainder of the contest. Behind him, Riley Giacomazzi (Competition Motorsports) secured second place while Matthew Siegal (JDX Racing) completed the podium in third. Danny Dyszelski (TO...

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Photo: IMSA As Ari Balogh slid off course in Turn 3 following contact from Farhan Siddiqi in the No. 87 FastMD with Remstar Duqueine D08 Nissan on the first lap of Sunday’s two-hour IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge race at Virginia International Raceway, he likely didn’t expect to find himself standing in victory lane two hours later. But that’s exactly where he wound up alongside his No. 30 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS P325 Toyota co-driver Garett Grist thanks to heady strategy from Toney Driver Development Owner Nathan Toney and a well-timed full-course caution period. The first-lap incident put Balogh at the rear of the field, but the first of the race’s three full-course cautions for debris just four minutes into the race enabled him to catch back up to the rest of the field. Shortly after achieving minimum drive-time, Balogh made the first of the team’s two required pit stops to turn the car over to Grist for the remainder of the race. The tur...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Championship leaders continued to show their strength during Ferrari Challenge North America’s fourth event of the season. Laguna Seca welcomed more than 50 Ferrari 296 Challenge race cars for Saturday’s opening pair of races, and they will return on Sunday to close out the weekend. Trofeo Pirelli Johnny Kaminskey (Ferrari of Long Island) added to his tally of victories on Saturday afternoon, while starting first and finishing first in Trofeo Pirelli Race 1. The teenage driver has now clinched five wins in the last seven races of Ferrari Challenge, and further extends his championship lead. He has yet to finish off the podium this season. A pair of local entries from Ferrari of San Francisco completed the Trofeo Pirelli podium. George Grinzewitsch III and Brad Fauvre, finished second and third, respectively. In Trofeo Pirelli Am, Michael Mathes (Ferrari of Central New Jersey) scored his second win of the season by more than three seconds. It was a strai...