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Photo: Winward Racing Philip Ellis and Bryce Ward grabbed Winward Racing’s first Michelin Pilot Challenge win since 2023 after a left rear puncture struck the leading No. 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO with 18 minutes to go in Saturday’s LP Building Solutions 120 At The Glen. Ellis survived a late race restart with five minutes to go after Caleb Bacon stopped his No. 21 Victor Gonzalez Racing CUPRA Leon VZ TCR on-track with 12 minutes to go. The race ended under caution after a piece of curb broke loose in the inner loop brought out another yellow. It marked Ward’s third Pilot Challenge win and his first since Indianapolis in 2023. Ellis, meanwhile, was subbing in for Daan Arrow who is competing this weekend at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The CarBahn BMW of Jeff Westphal led from the first round of pit stops after pulling off the overcut from second. Hannah Grisham put her Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo on pole with the GS track record on Friday, bu...

Photo: SRO/JEP The pole-winning No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari continued to lead the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as the race hit the three-hour mark. Alessio Rovera maintained the car’s position at the top of the leaderboard after Nicklas Nielsen and then Tommaso Mosca had completed their stints in the 296 GT3 Evo through a chaotic early phase of the race interrupted by two safety cars and five full-course yellows. But the Ferrari had been awarded a 15-second time penalty for exceeding the 80 kph speed limit during an FCY, which it was due to take at the next round of pit stops. Mosca had extended the Ferrari’s lead to as much as 14 seconds over Benjamin Goethe in Garage 59 No. 58 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo during the second hour. The field was then closed up during the second safety car in the opening minutes of hour three. Rovera held an advantage of approximately seven seconds over Louis Prette in the Gold Cup McLaren entry after the race went green, before extending his advantage to 13...

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...