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Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Gresham Wagner and Tyler Gonzalez took their first overall Pirelli GT4 America win in Race 2 on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park for RAFA Racing. Wagner emerged from the pit cycle in the overall race lead after the No. 33 Blackdog Racing Artura GT4 of Michael Cooper and Tony Gaples, which led comfortably early on, tumbled down the order during their stop. The No. 68 RAFA Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Supra GT4 EVO2 ran second overall at the head of the Silver class in the early stages of the race in the hands of Tyler Gonzalez. P1 Groupe’s Matthew Bell made up significant ground after a late restart, bringing the No. 43 McLaren up the order from 13th overall and sixth in Pro-Am to second overall, 4.533 seconds behind Wagner by the checkered flag to take the team’s first podium of the season and the win in class. James Webb was also on the move once racing resumed, with just over 17 minutes remaining, bringing his No. 3 JMF Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo...

Photo: Wes Duenkel/Ford Robert Noaker clinched the Mustang Challenge Dark Horse championship with a rain-soaked victory in Race 2 at Circuit of The Americas. Noaker maintained his undefeated streak in points-paying races in another flag-to-flag run in his No. 13 Robert Noaker Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse R, finishing 9.765 seconds ahead of the No. 26 entry of Sam Paley. It came amid a start behind the safety car and two full-course cautions for accidents in treacherous conditions. The No. 91 RNR Mustang of Britt Casey Jr. made heavy contact with Turn 11 barriers on the first lap of green flag action, which was followed by a separate accident by Dark Horse Legends points leader Alex Bachoura in the No. 33 Spark Performance entry. With all 16 Mustangs starting on wet-weather Michelin tires, racing action resumed with 31 minutes to go but went under a second yellow after Joseph Dederichs’ RNR entry went straight into the Turn 12 barriers. It set up a 12-minute shootout to the f...

Photo: Brian Cleary/SRO Justin Rothberg inched closer to clinching the GT America powered by AWS championship with his sixth victory of the season in Sunday’s round at Barber Motorsports Park. The Turner Motorsport driver led the 40-minute race from flag-to-flag, taking his No. 29 BMW M4 GT3 EVO to a 9.182-second win over the No. 56 SKI Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of Memo Gidley. Early race trouble for title rival Kyle Washington, who was forced to the pit lane to clear grass from the radiator of his No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, initially dropped him back to seventh. Washington, however, ended up finishing fifth after the No. 004 HP-TECH Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 of Tony Davis got into Ross Chouest’s No. 50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R while battling for third on Lap 5. While Davis was served a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility, followed up by a stop-and-go penalty for a pit speed violation, both cars sustained damage. Chou...

Photo: MPS Agency Robert Kubica led a Ferrari 1-2 in the third and final Free Practice session ahead of the FIA World Endurance Championship round at Circuit of The Americas. The Polish racer steered the No. 83 Ferrari 499P to a best lap of 1:51.967, 0.190 seconds clear of the No. 50 machine in the hands of Nicklas Nielsen. Charles Milesi was third in the No. 35 Alpine A424, followed by Earl Bamber’s No. 38 Cadillac V-Series.R. Antonio Giovinazzi rounded out the top five behind the wheel of the No. 50 Ferrari, with the No. 007 Aston Martin Valkyrie sixth in the hands of Harry Tincknell. The second Alpine slotted into seventh with Fred Makowiecki at the wheel as Kevin Estre picked up eighth in the No. 6 Porsche 963. In the LMGT3 class, Ben Barker put Proton Competition atop the timesheets with a best lap of 2:05.947 in the No. 77 Ford Mustang GT3. That allowed the Blue Oval to improve on Clemens Schmid’s previous class-topping effort by 0.273 seconds. Schmid, driving the No. ...

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO The No. 9 ACI Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport of Loek Hartog has been stripped of his pole position for Race 1 of the Pirelli GT4 America weekend at Barber Motorsports Park due to a technical infringement. Hartog’s Pro-Am class Porsche was found to be 2.75 kgs under the minimum weight in post-qualifying technical inspection. It has promoted the No. 43 P1 Groupe McLaren Artura GT4 of Matt Bell to the overall pole for this afternoon’s 60-minute race, with the Silver class pole-sitting No. 4 JMF Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo of Mike David Ortmann set to line up alongside Bell on the front row. GT4 America Race 1 gets underway at 4:50 p.m. CST with live coverage on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel and on Twitch. Source: Sports Car 365

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Loek Hartog claimed his first career Pirelli GT4 America pole position, while Michael Cooper will start Race 2 from the front following a pair of qualifying sessions at Barber Motorsports Park. Hartog, in the No. 9 ACI Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport reeled off a chart-topping 1:28.367 to edge out the No. 43 P1 Groupe McLaren Artura GT4 of Matt Bell by 0.123 seconds in Q1. Mike David Ortmann, meanwhile, claimed Silver class pole honors in his No. 4 JMF Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo, leading a 1-2 for the Canadian squad in class, ahead of teammate Jesse Webb in the No. 3 entry. Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver Riley Dickinson will start Race 1 from fifth overall, with Marc Miller sixth in the No. 37 Dome Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4. Thunder Bunny Racing claimed Am class pole honors, with the No. 606 BMW M4 GT4 EVO of Laura Hayes laying down a 1:29.775 lap time that was good enough for the 12th quickest time overall....

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Braydon Arthur led a JMF Motorsports 1-2 in the second practice of the Pirelli GT4 America weekend at Barber Motorsports Park on Friday. Arthur’s 1:28.998 benchmark lap time, set early in the 45-minute practice session, was enough to top the overall times before handing his Silver class No. 4 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo off to Mike David Ortmann, with the Canadian outfit seeing both of their Aston Martins sit atop the times for most of second practice. Arthur set his quickest lap on just his third attempt around the 2.38-mile Alabama road course, with stablemate Neudorf a narrow 0.032 seconds behind in the sister No. 3 Vantage. Matheus Leist, meanwhile, was third-fastest in the No. 23 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport he shares with Michael Auriemm. The Nolasport driver set the fastest Pro-Am class time of the session from third overall on the time sheets. Tyler Gonzalez’s No. 68 RAFA Racing Team Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Supra GT4 EVO2 finished Practice 2 ...