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Photo: JDX Racing Madeline Stewart will return to JDX Racing for a second season in Porsche Carrera Cup North America, with the New Zealand-born driver continuing her career in the U.S. Stewart has been a regular for JDX since moving to Indianapolis in 2023, starting with Porsche Sprint Challenge North America where she finished third in a 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. She moved with JDX Racing to Porsche Carrera Cup North America as a rookie in 2024, where she finished 15th in a competitive championship. “I’m really excited to be back with JDX Racing for another season and to continue building on the progress we made last year,” Stewart said. “Staying with the same team gives us great consistency, which is huge in a championship as competitive as this. “Last season was all about learning—getting comfortable with the car, the tracks, and the level of competition. “Now, with that foundation in place, we’re setting bigger goals and pushing to be even more competitive every...

Photo: Jamey Price/Lamborghini Wayne Taylor Racing has confirmed its four-car Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America lineup, featuring new and returning drivers to the championship-winning organization. Two-time Pro series champion Danny Formal will team up with series newcomer Hampus Ericsson in the No. 1 Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2, after previously contesting the 2024 with Ryan Norman, who is no longer part of the team’s roster. Formal will again pull double duty between his full-season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class commitments in WTR’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2. “It’s pretty awesome to be back with the WTR team again, with this amazing family in Super Trofeo,” he said. “Two championships later, a vice championship last year. It’s just been an incredible journey and I’m super excited. It’s going to be fantastic. “I can’t really ask for much better than what we’ve accomplished, 22 wins and counting so far in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Pro ch...

Photo: Asian Le Mans Series Romain Dumas has disclosed that his RD Limited operation has filed a request for an entry in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans after missing out on the automatic invitation that comes with title success in the Asian Le Mans Series. RD Limited made its endurance racing debut in the LMP2 class in the three-round series that wrapped up last weekend at Abu Dhabi, fielding the No. 30 Oreca 07 Gibson that was shared by James Allen, Tristan Vautier and Fred Poordad. The trio won in the team’s very first race last December in Sepang, and remained part of the title fight until the end of the season, finishing second behind the No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca of Malthe Jakobsen, Valerio Rinicella and Michael Jensen. However, RD’s realistic title chances ended in Saturday’s first race in Abu Dhabi when the No. 30 car suffered a puncture from debris and went a lap down, finally finishing eighth. Missing out on the auto-invite for Le Mans leaves the Ales-based team...

Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI The Balance of Performance for next week’s FIA World Endurance Championship season opener in Qatar has been set ahead of this week’s Prologue test. Issued on Wednesday , the Hypercar BoP lays out the minimum weights and maximum power, both before and after the ‘Power Gain’ rule that applies over 250 km/h (155.3 mph) for the eight cars competing in the top class this year. As it is the start of a new season, there are no plus or minus values, but there is noticeably less spread across the field compared to the equivalent BoP for last year’s Qatar round in terms of minimum weight, which is considered a significant factor around the relatively high-speed and flowing Lusail International Circuit. Topping the weight charts are the Toyota GR010 Hybrid at 1065 kg and the Porsche 963, which won last year’s Qatar round, at 1064 kg. At the opposite end of the scale, the Cadillac V-Series.R runs at the minimum weight of 1030 kg, while the Peugeot 9X8 is just one...

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Photo: AWA AWA’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R that co-drivers Orey Fidani, Matthew Bell, Lars Kern and Marvin Kirchhofer wheeled to GTD class victory in last month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona has been retired, according to team founder/owner Andrew Wojteczko. The winning No. 13 Corvette, has retained in the same condition as when it took the checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 26. While the car may make an occasional show appearance, it’s destined to remain in the team’s collection and not race again. That caused a bit of a scramble for the team based in suburban Toronto. Without their Daytona-winning whip, crew members faced another race of their own to prepare a different Corvette for last week’s IMSA-sanctioned test at Sebring International Raceway. So, chassis No. 17, originally destined for use later this year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – the race invitation a reward for Fidani winning IMSA’s Bob Akin Award as the top Bronze-rated GTD driver in 2024 – was pr...