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Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Laurin Heinrich set the fastest lap in the second practice session for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Heinrich, piloting the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963, ended the session atop the leaderboard with a 1:33.398 second lap. The German driver delivered the time in the final five minutes. The Porsche outran Jack Aitken’s second place time by 0.295 seconds. Three different manufacturers represented the top three spots with Colin Braun placing his No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 in third. All 54 entries ran competitive laps in the 1 hour, 45 minute session, which saw the first 15 minutes reserved for FIA Bronze-rated drivers only. The No. 25 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 ended practice tailing the GTP field by 2.036 seconds behind Heinrich’s time. PJ Hyett set the top LMP2 lap early in practice for AO Racing. However, his fastest lap in qualifying will be disallow...

Photo: SRO/JEP Nicklas Nielsen maintained the lead of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa at the wheel of the AF Corse Ferrari that started from pole following an incident-filled first hour. Nielsen led by just over two seconds over the No. 58 Gold Cup pacesetting Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Tom Fleming that started alongside the No. 50 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo on the front row of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS blue-riband event. While Nielsen maintained the lead at the start, Frederik Schandorff made it two Ferraris in the top three when he guided the No. 74 Selected Car Racing entry into third off the line, getting the jump on Dani Juncadella in the No. 3 Verstappen Racing 2 Seas Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. One of the best starts belonged to Maro Engel in the No. 48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG as, despite having to veer beyond the edge of the track approaching Eau Rouge, he climbed a place from sixth to fifth and nearly passed Juncadella as well. But the prospect...

Photo: SRO/JEP Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti says his victory alongside Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper in last year’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa will “keep us together forever” despite them all driving different cars in this weekend’s race. The trio won at the wheel of a GRT Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 last year on the car’s farewell factory-backed appearance in the Belgian endurance classic. While Bortolotti remains with GRT with the new-for-2026 Lamborghini Temerario GT3, Engstler is now piloting Rutronik Racing’s example and Pepper has departed to become a factory BMW driver. “There is that special historical moment that will be something that will keep us together and it will be something that all three of us are happy to have as part of our achievements and journey,” Bortolotti told Sportscar365 of last year’s “very emotional” win. “But now we’re here as opponents and we...

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Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Janne Stiak narrowly edged out Jared Thomas to go quickest in the opening day of track action for Porsche Carrera Cup North America at Watkins Glen International. The ACI Motorsports driver recorded a best lap of 1:48.038 in the opening 45-minute session edge out Thomas by a mere 0.001 seconds. In fact, the top five runners in the session were separated by less than 0.050 seconds. Points leader Tyler Maxson was third quickest in the No. 77 Topp Racing Porsche 911 Cup car, just 0.032 seconds slower, with Aaron Jeansonne fourth, 0.039 seconds behind, and Callum Hedge fifth in the No. 9 JDX Racing entry, 0.041 seconds behind than the young German driver. Cole Kleck was sixth in his Topp Racing entry, ahead of Kellymoss’ Paul Bocuse in seventh. Quickest in Masters was the No. 53 JTR Motorsports Engineering Porsche of Rob Walker, who ended up ahead of both Pro-Am class entries taking part this weekend. The No. 54 ACI Porsche of Patrick Mulcahy was q...

Photo: Wes Duenkel/Ford Cole Loftsgard proved to be quick in both the dry and wet, with the Round 3 Racing driver having topped the time charts in both practice sessions for this weekend’s Mustang Challenge North America rounds at Watkins Glen International. Loftsgard, who currently leads the Dark Horse class points standings, reeled off a chart-topping 1:58.373 in Thursday morning’s dry session to edge out the No. 22 TechSport Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse R of title rival Devin Anderson by 0.537 seconds. Will Lucas was third quickest, thanks to a 1:59.628 lap time in his No. 34 Wheelhouse Motorsports entry. Ethan Low was credited with the quickest time in Dark Horse Legends, although the 30-year-old was moved to the top class due to his age in Practice 2. All but four cars ventured out for the noon-time second session, which started in full wet conditions before partially drying out. Loftsgard’s 2:13.382 lap time was just over a tenth quicker than Lucas, with...

Photo: SRO/JEP Ferrari maintained its position at the top of the times for this weekend’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa in second free practice. Arthur Leclerc emerged fastest in the 60-minute Free Practice 2 session on Thursday afternoon in the No. 50 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo. But his 2:18.169 lap was nearly a second slower than Alessio Rovera had managed in the sister No. 51 entry in the cooler temperatures of the morning practice period. Leclerc, like the majority of the runners in the top ten in FP2, set his time early in the session, but Fabian Schiller jumped to second aboard the No. 17 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo after approximately 30 minutes. Schiller’s 2:18.310 time put him between the two factory AF Ferraris, Nicklas Nielsen ending up third in No. 51 on a 2:18.628. Salman Owega was a late improver in Optimum Motorsport’s No. 5 Silver Cup entry. The German posted a 2:18.645 in his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo to take fourth. Malte Ebdrup made it three Ferraris in the ...