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Photo: TR3 Racing Newly-crowned Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America champion Elias De La Torre is targeting a future relationship with the Italian manufacturer as he seeks to follow in the footsteps of TR3 Racing teammate Dennis Lind. De La Torre claimed the title with a race to spare after dominating the opening contest at Monza following a supreme opening stint by polesitter Lind, the duo finishing over 16 seconds clear of the field at the wheel of the No. 129 Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2. This was achieved in just De La Torre’s fourth season of racing and he now wants to emulate Lind by becoming a factory Lamborghini driver in the future. His first step towards that will come next month as he has secured a place in Lamborghini’s Young Driver Program Shootout to determine which emerging talent the brand will support moving forward. “It’s only my fourth year racing and it’s a pretty good way to end it,” De La Torre told Sportscar365. “H...

Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers have expressed sadness that this weekend’s World Finals event at Monza will represent the last outing for the “amazing” Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 “beasts” and their “life-changing” noise. The current machine has been in service since 2022 but is due to be replaced by the Temerario Super Trofeo next year in all three of the regional Lamborghini one-make championships. Monza therefore marks the “last hurrah” for the popular car, with many drivers citing its V10 powerplant as being one of the aspects they will miss the most. “Of course I’m going to miss the V10 screaming around — it’s life-changing the noise,” four-time Super Trofeo North America champion Danny Formal told Sportscar365, with him lamenting the fact the European restrictor has been applied for its Monza farewell. “It’s been a great car, it’s a great platform, it’s helped me grow as a...

Photo: GM Inception Racing will be back for its fifth consecutive full-time IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign, although will switch from Ferrari to Corvette in the GTD class. Announced on Tuesday, the British squad will become the second season-long customer with the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, following confirmation of 13 Autosport’s return. The move is believed to have been largely influenced by the team currently known as DXDT Racing  not continuing with Corvette in the series next year, along with DragonSpeed’s withdrawal from top-level IMSA competition. Brendan Iribe, Frederik Schandorff and Ollie Millroy will continue as drivers in the Inception entry, with Millroy targeting a return to the wheel for January’s season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona. “We are extremely excited to be joining the Corvette family for our IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign,” said sporting director Bas Leinders. “GM and Pratt Miller have an ...

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Photo: Ernesto Martinez Falcone/DEForce Racing Open-wheel outfit DEForce Racing will expand into IMSA competition next year, entering the Michelin Pilot Challenge TCR class with a single CUPRA Leon VZ TCR. The move marks the team’s first foray into sports car racing after establishing itself in North American open-wheel competition. Based in Angleton, Tex., DEForce currently fields entries in three series under the USF Pro Championships umbrella. The team also confirmed it will continue its open-wheel programs alongside the newly announced TCR effort. “A new era begins,” the team said in an Instagram post announcing the move. “We’re excited to announce that DEForce Racing is expanding into GT racing, opening new doors and creating more opportunities for our drivers.” DEForce’s open-wheel program has helped develop several drivers who have gone on to achieve success in various disciplines, including 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours class winners Bijoy Garg and Nolan Siegel, the latter of who...

Photo: Jamey Price Four-time Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America champion Danny Formal plans to return to the Pro class next year and race alongside Graham Doyle in the new Temerario Super Trofeo machine. Wayne Taylor Racing pair Formal and Doyle wrapped up this year’s Pro-Am class title with a round to spare last time out at Indianapolis, to add to the trio of overall crowns that Formal had already achieved in the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2. Formal described Doyle as being a “little brother to me” and said “I think Graham’s stuck with me” as they are keen to continue their partnership into the first Super Trofeo season with the new car. “We’re trying to race in the Pro category next year, I’ll be back in the Pro and he would be a Pro with me and hopefully fight for the title — that’s the goal,” Formal told Sportscar365. “I think he’s getting to a point where he’s fast enough to do it and give him the confidence to do it. ...

Photo: Lamborghini Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America will continue under IMSA sanctioning through at least 2031, following a five-year contract renewal announced on Wednesday. It marks a continued partnership that builds on a 14-year history dating to the series’ start in 2013 and will propel it to the launch of Lamborghini’s newest car, the Lamborghini Temerario Super Trofeo, next year. The Temerario is the first racecar built in-house by Lamborghini in its Sant’Agata Bolognese headquarters, and its Super Trofeo car will mirror the Temerario GT3 in making its global race debut at Sebring International Raceway. Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America is a single-make racing series with competitors in all four classes supported by Lamborghini dealers using identical Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 cars through the end of 2026, culminating in this week’s Lamborghini World Finals in Monza. The North American calendar features six doubleheader rounds at five iconic racetrac...