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Photo: Bella Galloway/TGRNA Jeremy Fletcher claimed a sweep of the Toyota GR Cup North America weekend at Road America, gaining ground on points leader Spike Kohlbecker, who retired from the race with suspected mechanical issues. The Copeland Motorsports driver drove his No. 22 Toyota GR 86 Cup car to the win over second-placed Parker Delong in Sunday’s 45-minute contest, which ended under caution due to an incident by Rutledge Wood. Max Schweid led the opening laps in his No. 98 RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate entry but immediately came under heavy attack by Fletcher. Fletcher got around Schweid, who received a warning for blocking, on Lap 8 with 24 minutes to go. A full-course yellow for Kohlbecker’s stricken car in the grass at pit-out with 15 minutes to go set up a ten-minute run to the finish. With Legends drivers Wood and Tom Rudnai’s late-race accident, the race ended behind the safety car. It marked Fletcher’s first-ever weekend sweep,...

Photo: SRO/JEP Comtoyou Aston Martin drivers Marco Sorensen, Mattia Drudi and Nicki Thiim have taken a second GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup win of the season at the Nürburgring while Winward Mercedes-AMG trio Maro Engel, Luca Stolz and Lucas Auer secured the title. The No. 007 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo led for almost the entire three-hour race from pole but never enjoyed an advantage of much more than a second as first the No. 17 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and then the No. 59 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo piled on the pressure. But the Aston trio resisted the attacks and Thiim crossed the line 0.490 seconds ahead of the McLaren that was shared by Joseph Loake, Dean Macdonald and Marvin Kirchhoefer. However, a late ten-second penalty for the McLaren for a full-course yellow infringement dropped it to 11th in the final order and that promoted the No. 48 Winward Mercedes-AMG to the fourth place it needed to unexpectedly secure the Endurance Cup title w...

Photo: Dan Bathie/McLaren Patrick Liddy and Tanner Harvey extended their lead in the McLaren Trophy America Pro championship with overall victory in Sunday’s round at Road America. Harvey drove the No. 24 Forte Racing McLaren Artura Trophy EVO to the win over the No. 43 Motorsports In Action entry of Alexandra Hainer after the 50-minute race ended behind the safety car for a crash by Fabio Grecco. While reigning McLaren Trophy Europe champion Michael O’Brien, who qualified on pole, dashed away at the start ahead of Liddy, the mid-race pit stop and driver change saw the top three positions maintained. However, Harvey managed to pass O’Brien’s Am-classified co-driver Randy Highland for the overall lead with 17 minutes to go. It marked Liddy and Harvey’s second Pro class win of the season after bouncing back from 13th overall place finish in Saturday’s mixed-condition race. Hainer and co-driver Jesse Lazare claimed Pro-Am class honors with the run...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Riley Dickinson was quickest in a wet final practice session for GT World Challenge America competitors ahead of qualifying and tomorrow’s race at Road America. Dickinson recorded a best lap of 2:21.552 in the No. 13 Kellymoss Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo to outpace the No. 28 RS1 Porsche of Danny Dyszelski by 0.066 seconds. Mikael Grenier’s No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo was third quickest, followed by a late improvement by Benny Simonsen in the No. 163 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo. Only 12 of the 24 entered cars turned laps in the session, with only a slight chance of rain tomorrow morning. Qualifying is set for Sunday at 9:10 a.m. CST ahead of the three-hour race, which gets underway at 2 p.m. CST. Both sessions will be streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel. Source: Sports Car 365

Image: SRO RS1’s Spencer Pumpelly and Luca Mars closed in on the Silver class championship title with their seventh consecutive Pirelli GT4 America win in a rain-soaked race that saw a 33-minute safety car period for a heavy crash and barrier repairs at Canada Corner as well as a late-race accident. Pumpelly drove the No. 028 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, a borrowed chassis from Nolasport following Pumpelly’s accident on Thursday, to the win over Yves Baltas in the No. 7 ACI Motorsports Porsche. The race ended under yellow for an accident by the Pro-Am championship leading No. 94 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO of Sam Craven, who made heavy contact with the wall. Pumpelly and Mars provisionally expanded their lead to 63 points, with only 100 points available in the final four races of the season. Pro-Am race honors went to Blackdog Racing’s Tony Gaples and Michael Cooper, who extended their win streak as well with a third place overall, with Austin Ju...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Matias Perez Companc was quickest in the second of three practice sessions for GT World Challenge America powered by AWS competitors ahead of tomorrow’s three-hour race at Road America. The Argentinean in the No. 12 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo laid down a 2:04.895 lap time early in the hour-long session, which was impacted by the arrival of light rain, to edge out Friday’s pace-setter Tom Sargent by 0.021 seconds. Sargent’s 2:04.606 lap time set in the fully dry session yesterday in his No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo, however, was still quicker. Colin Braun ended the second practice third quickest in the No. 017 Kellymoss Porsche, with the No. 69 Archangel Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Aaron Telitz and repaired No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo completing the overall top-five in the hands of Mikael Grenier. The No. 163 AF Corse Ferrari of Benny Simonsen led the Am class with the 16th quickest time overall. Two ...

Photo: Bob Chapman/Ford Frankie Muniz said his first professional win in motorsports “couldn’t have come at a better time” amid challenges off the track and while plotting his future in sports car racing. The Hollywood star, best known for his starring role in the 2000’s TV sitcom ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, claimed Am class victory in Friday’s Pirelli GT4 America race at Road America, teaming up with co-driver Tyler Stone in TechSport Racing’s Ford Mustang GT4. Muniz’s breakthrough win has come in his first year of sports car racing, alongside a parallel effort in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, also with Ford Racing, which the 40-year-old admitted has been a bit of a “whirlwind” year. “We never tested, never driven the car, never turned it on before the first practice session at Sonoma,” Muniz told Sportscar365. “I didn’t even know what the buttons did. It’s obviously so different fro...