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Photos: Porsche Porsche factory stars Laurin Heinrich and Kevin Estre will complete Wright Motorsports’ driver lineups for next month’s Indianapolis 8 Hour. Announced on Monday, Heinrich, fresh off overall victory in last weekend’s Suzuka 1000km, will team up with GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro-Am points leaders Dave Musial Jr. and Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver Ryan Yardley in the No. 31 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo for the Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale. Estre, meanwhile, will partner Thomas Merrill and Therese Lahlouh in the No. 242 entry. Both cars will compete in the Pro-Am class, although are likely to be in the mix for overall honors. It will mark Heinrich’s third Indy 8H appearance with the Ohio-based team, with the 24-year-old German the only Porsche driver still mathematically in with a shot of the IGTC drivers’ championship. “It’s my third time with the team at this race and I’m very excited t...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Indy Dontje will join TR3 Racing for next month’s Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS, completing the team’s Pro-Am class lineup for the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season finale. Dontje, a three-time Rolex 24 at Daytona GTD class winner, will team up with Brayton Williams and Daniel Morad, who are fresh off a breakthrough class win in the most recent GTWC America round at Road America. “I’m really happy to join TR3 Racing for the Indy 8 Hour,” said Dontje. “I want to say thank you to Daniel for connecting me with Brayton and TR3. Daniel and I have won Daytona together, and our goal is, of course, to win at Indy “I’m really looking forward to working together with the boys and TR3 Racing. Hopefully we can put everything together and fight for the win.” Team owner Gregory Romanelli added: “We’re excited to have Indy join us for the 8 Hour. He has been an essential part of Mercedes’ enduran...

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Photo: Ford Racing Logan Adams was crowned a double Mustang Cup USA champion this weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, claiming both the Miles and Parnelli Cup championships. The Capaldi Racing driver finished second in Saturday’s Miles Cup race to Kale Buhl, which was enough for Adams to take the Dark Horse title. On Sunday, Adams led the Parnelli Cup race flag-to-flag to take his fifth win out of six races in the Cup. “It’s been an unbelievable season,” said Adams. “It’s incredible to bring home both the Miles Cup and Parnelli Cup championships. “A huge thank you to Capaldi Racing for giving me an amazing Mustang Dark Horse R all season, and congratulations to Craig for earning both Dark Horse Legends championships.” In Dark Horse Legends, Craig Capaldi became the first back-to-back series champoin, winning his second Miles Cup championship and his first Parnelli Cup championship. Both titles were clinched last time out at Road America....

 Ferrari Challenge North America is back in Wisconsin, taking over the famous Road America racetrack during the series’ final event on North American soil this year. This season, Brian Cook (Ferrari of Seattle) represents just a handful of drivers who were on the grid during Ferrari Challenge’s last visit in 2023. Lap the 4.048-mile circuit in Cook’s Ferrari 296 Challenge race car as the calendar winds down before Finali Mondiali in November. All Ferrari Challenge races stream live and replays are held on the Ferrari  YouTube channel . Source: Sports Car 365

Photo: Ferrari Ferrari has revealed a new track day-only 296 GT Modificata that is an extreme version of its 296 GT3 Evo and is designed for use with its exclusive Club Competizioni GT program. The 296 GT Modificata takes inspiration from the revised GT3 car that was introduced this year and features a 2.9-liter V6 engine capable of producing 537 kW of power at 7500rpm. The tailpipes of the engine have been modified specifically for this car while new drive ratios have been developed for the six-speed sequential gearbox with carbon clutch. There has also been significant tweaks to the aerodynamics compared to the race car it is based upon with a new front wing, or “Slotted Splitter,” designed to generate more downforce while a modified rear wing has been created that includes endplates inspired by the Ferrari 499P Hypercar, which also has a Modificata version. It is believed that not being governed by GT3 regulations will enable the 296 GT Modificata to lap the Fiorano circuit aro...

Photo: Gruppe C Photography/SRO The starting grid for Sunday’s Suzuka 1000km round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge has been confirmed after a raft of penalties that shook up the qualifying order. Miedecke Motorsport/Team MPC’s Ford Mustang GT3 EVO will lead the 30-car field to green after Christopher Mies, Frederic Vervisch and Dennis Olsen set the second-best average time in Saturday evening’s three-part qualifying session. That was already enough for pole, given the three-place grid penalty incurred by the car that topped the timesheets, the No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo shared by Kaku Ohta, Maxime Martin and Luca Stolz, which was then subsequently found to have been underweight and had its lap times deleted . With the No. 77 car dropping to the back of the field and some of the other top runners from qualifying taking grid drops, the No. 45 PONOS Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo of Tadasuke Makino, Seita Nonaka and Takuro Shinohara is elevat...