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Photo: Ethan Ring/AO Racing Laurin Heinrich said he’s “hyped” to be reunited with Rexy, as the Porsche factory star chases his first-ever Intercontinental GT Challenge victory in this weekend’s Suzuka 1000km. Heinrich, who drove with AO Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for two seasons, winning the 2024 GTD Pro title, has spent this year in Porsche 963 machinery, split between the factory Porsche Penske Motorsport operation and customer JDC-Miller Motorsports squad in top-class competition. Before embarking on the final two GTP races of the season in his championship hunt, Heinrich is back in a Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo sporting ‘Bushi Rex’ a samurai-themed dinosaur character, the ancestor of AO’s main character Rexy. The 24-year-old German is sharing the Absolute Racing-run entry with fellow Porsche drivers Alessio Picariello and Julien Andlauer, marking AO’s foray into IGTC combination. “It feels amazing to ...

Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Anthony McIntosh said his entry in this weekend’s Suzuka 1000km is aimed to get more track experience ahead of a full season Intercontinental GT Challenge program in the future. The FIA Bronze-rated American driver has brought his FIA World Endurance Championship co-drivers Dan Harper and Parker Thompson to the fourth round of the IGTC season in a Bronze class Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO. It marks a one-off appearance in the globe-trotting GT3 series this year, although McIntosh took part in last year’s revival of the race, finishing 18th overall and second in the Pro-Am class in a GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. “For me, Suzuka was one of those tracks where I needed to spend some more time at and just really learn,” McIntosh told Sportscar365. “Last year when I went there, I didn’t really get a lot of seat time. It was raining and I had to learn the track at night, so that was kind of wild. “I never really got th...

Photo: Gruppe C Photography/SRO Fred Vervisch believes the biggest challenge for the Ford Mustang GT3 EVO’s Suzuka debut will be putting all of the “new” pieces in place, although he and co-drivers Chris Mies and Dennis Olsen are confident in the experience they’re bringing to the program. The Ford Racing factory trio, who won the 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona together in the GTD Pro class, will reunite for this weekend’s Suzuka 1000km with Miedecke Motorsport By Team MPC, which is set for its first race outing with the Multimatic-built car. With the Melbourne-based outfit not able to test with the car, which was shipped directly to Japan and built up in the paddock, there will be a number of new elements to overcome according to Vervisch. “It’s a new team, it’s a new [chassis]. Everything we’re bringing there, we didn’t see each other, so there’s no real preparation like you’d like to have,” he told Sportsc...

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Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Ferrari Challenge fans have much to look forward to this weekend, as the North American series returns to Road America for just the fifth time in its history. The 4.048-mile Wisconsin circuit has long been a favorite amongst sports car fans, and it was 2023 that the Prancing Horse last took over the town. Prior, the series ran at Road America in 2014, 2017 and 2021. Ferrari most recently celebrated a podium at Road America – finishing second in the GTD class during last month’s IMSA SportsCar Championship Endurance Cup event – and nearly 60 drivers in Ferrari Challenge hope to write their name in history this weekend. Midwestern Celebration A quartet of teams celebrate Ferrari Challenge’s return to the midwestern U.S., with Ferrari of Lake Forest leading the charge. Less than two hours from Road America, Ferrari of Lake Forest has representatives in all four classes: David Musial Sr. and son David Musial Jr. in Trofeo Pirelli, Logan Broughton in Trofeo P...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA A total of 44 cars are set for next weekend’s TireRack Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in the first sprint round for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at The Brickyard since 2023. Released on Wednesday, the entry list features 11 GTP class machines, ten LMP2 and GTD Pro cars apiece and 13 GTD entries for the two-hour and 40-minute contest. The biggest change, as reported earlier today , is Laurin Heinrich replacing Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 6 Penske Porsche 963, meaning the young German driver will now complete the season with the factory squad. Nico Mueller will take Heinrich’s spot in the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports entry alongside full season driver Tijmen van der Helm. While Intersport Racing is not listed in LMP2, Era Motorsport’s entry is but with a to-be-announced driver alongside FIA Bronze-rated driver Nick Boulle. Both teams were not present at the only other LMP2 sprint race of the season at C...

Photo: Mustang Cup Australia GWR Australia has confirmed its driver for its first tilt at the Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia, with production car ace Ben Kavich set to contest the final two rounds of the season at Sydney Motorsport Park and Sandown. The Garth Walden-run Sydney-based team has recruited Kavich, who will drive the No. 11 Team Thryv/Race For A Cure Mustang Dark Horse R. Kavich and GWR Australia are a familiar pairing, with Kavich, brother Michael and Supercars ace Thomas Randle claiming victory in this year’s Bathurst 6 Hour, driving the GWR-prepared BMW M2 Competition. Kavich has been a fixture of the Australian scene for close to 20 years, competing in V8 Utes and Production Cars and every Bathurst 6 Hour since its inception in 2016. The entry has support from small business marketing software provider Thryv, while the Kavichs’ own charity Race For A Cure will also be prominently featured on the Mustang. Race For A Cure is a charitable organisation fo...