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Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Kenny Habul said he’s been impressed with Will Power’s quick transition to GT3 racing and was beaming after setting his personal-best lap time around Indianapolis Motor Speedway earlier this morning in a GT America powered by AWS test session. The 75 Express team owner/driver, who is fighting for a recored-extending fifth Intercontinental GT Challenge class championship in this weekend’s title-deciding Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS, reeled off a chart-topping 1:23.955 in his SunEnergy1-sponsored Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in Thursday morning’s second GTA test session. It marked the Bronze-rated drivers’ fastest ever lap around The Brickyard, and put him within only a few tenths of his Platinum-rated co-drivers Chaz Mostert and Will Power, who is making his GT3 debut this weekend. “It was a good time,” Habul told Sportscar365. “I’m really, really happy. I don’t normally try to go for qualifying; It’s not my strong point. “I usually just try to set the...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Blake McDonald led the way in the first official practice session of the weekend for GT America powered by AWS competitors, putting his DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R atop the time sheets. McDonald’s 1:24.259 was 0.066 seconds quicker than the No. 04 CrowdStrike by Riley Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of George Kurtz, who is making his series return for the first time since Long Beach in April. Kenny Habul, who blitzed the field in the final GT America test session earlier this morning with a 1:23.955 lap time, his personal best around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was third quickest in the first official session. Habul, in the 75 Express Mercedes-AMG, also topped the time charts in the GTA/GT4 Paid Bronze test that ran immediately prior to GTA Practice 1. The No. 19 RS1 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Joel Cortes and Ross Chouest’s No. 50 Corvette completed the overall top-five and in the SRO3 class. Evan King led the way in GT2 in his debuting Flying Lizard Moto...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Mercedes-AMG rose to the fore in the second and final test session ahead of the start of official track action for Saturday’s Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS, with the German manufacturer sweeping the top three positions. Silver-rated Lin Hodenius topped the time charts in the 90-minute session, reeling off a 1:23.156 lap time in the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to edge out the No. 34 JMF Motorsports example of Lucas Auer. The No. 75 SunEnergy1-backed Mercedes-AMG, featuring NTT IndyCar Series star Will Power, was third on on the time charts, ahead of the No. 61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R in fourth. Kelvin van der Linde completed the top-five in the No. 46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO, ahead of Wednesday’s pace-setting No. 51 Radom Vandals Racing BW and the No. 777 WRT BMW. Regulator Racing was quickest in Pro-Am with its No. 91 Mercedes-AMG, which placed eighth overall, ahead of the Colin Bran-driven No. 04 CrowdStrike by...

Photo: DXDT Racing DXDT Racing and Regulator Racing could exit GT World Challenge America powered by AWS competition at the end of the year due to lack of interest from its customer on the new-for-2026 race format according to general manager Erin Gahagan. The North Carolina-based organizations, both owned by David Askew, have been longtime entrants in the series, with DXDT having given the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R its first victory in global competition last year at Circuit of The Americas, on a run to eight consecutive Pro class wins. Regulator, an offshoot of DXDT, was formed last year for Bronze-rated driver Burton, who along with Mercedes-AMG factory driver Philip Ellis, have achieved significant success in the Pro-Am ranks, including two overall wins this season. With DXDT’s customer Blake McDonald, who along with Matt Bell sit second in this year’s Pro-Am title race, set to race in Europe next year, it’s currently left the group with only Burton as a possibility accord...

Photo: Dan Bathie/McLaren Jesse Lazare led the way in both McLaren Trophy America practice sessions on Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for this weekend’s pair of season-ending races. Lazare, in the No. 43 Motorsports In Action McLaren Artura Trophy EVO, reeled off a chart-topping 1:25.836 in the first 60-minute session to edge out Patrick Liddy in the No. 24 Forte Racing entry by 0.358 seconds. The Canadian driver’s 1:26.228 lap time, which paced the afternoon session, would have been good enough for third quickest on the day. The No. 919 Skip Barber Racing McLaren of Tommy Pintos ended the second session runner-up overall and quickest in the Pro class between the two hours of running. The No. 5 Dark Horse Racing entry of Jeff Cook were fastest of the Am class contenders, thanks to a quick lap in Practice 2. The opening session saw a red flag ten minutes in after the No. 812 RAFA Racing Club McLaren of Keegan Massey backed into the Turn 5 barriers. Acti...

Photo: John Dagys Will Power said his previous knowledge and success at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course will ‘take some time out’ of his huge learning curve in coming to grips with a modern-day GT for the first time in this weekend’s Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS. The two-time NTT IndyCar Series champion and double Indianapolis 500 winner has been drafted into Kenny Habul’s 75 Express squad for the Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale, alongside Chaz Mostert, for an all-Australian lineup that could fight for overall honors in the race. Originally set to make his GT3 debut in the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona in Habul’s SunEnergy1-sponsored Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, Power was forced to back out of that race due to complications from his wife’s surgery, although the two longtime friends and competitors in the junior open-wheel ranks in Australia kept in touch in the years since. “Kenny and I have actually spoken a few times about doing it,” Power told Sportscar36...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Riley Dickinson and Ryan Yardley are set for a Texas-style standoff for the Porsche Carrera Cup North America title in this weekend’s pair of season-ending rounds at Circuit of The Americas, in front of a capacity Formula 1 crowd. Dickinson re-took the Pro class points lead with his fifth win of the season in Race 2 last weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and heads to Austin with a scant two-point advantage over Topp Racing’s Ryan Yardley for the final showdown of the year. The Texan is seeking his second Carrera Cup title and what would mark Kellymoss’ third consecutive drivers’ crown after Loek Hartog’s championship last year. JDX Racing’s Zachary Vanier sits third in the driver standings, 44 points behind Dickinson, and is still mathematically eligible for the title, with a maximum of 56 points up for grabs at COTA. Despite Kellymoss’ historic dominance in the single-make series, Topp currently leads the Entrant standings, courtesy of a lat...