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Photo: Laurent Cartalade/MPS Agency Indy NXT frontrunner Tymek Kucharczyk was fastest of the LMP2 newcomers in the European Le Mans Series’ post-season rookie test at Portimao, while Doriane Pin set the quickest time overall. Pin clocked a 1:32.840 aboard the No. 30 Duqueine Team Oreca 07 Gibson in which she has been competing this year to top the afternoon leaderboard, while Inter Europol Competition regular Nick Yelloly headed the morning times with a 1:33.088. But single-seater convert Kucharczyk was fastest of the true rookies as he posted a 1:33.522 in the afternoon aboard the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis machine that finished second in this year’s ELMS standings. Kucharczyk, who was third in the Indy NXT standings, was just eight thousandths of a second faster than the lap FIA World Endurance Championship Lexus RC F GT3 pilot Hadrien David posted in the same car during the morning. Third quickest among the LMP2 newcomers was Enea Frey in the No. 7 Vector Sport...

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Westin Workman and Tyler Gonzlaez claimed a sweep of the weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway but it still wasn’t enough to overcome the RS1 duo of Spencer Pumpelly and Luca Mars, who won the Pirelli GT4 America Silver class title while in the pits. Workman took his No. 68 RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 to a 4.389-second win over the No. 7 ACI Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport of Yves Baltas in Sunday’s 60-minute season finale. Workman and Gonzalez, who trailed the RS1 pairing by 18 points were in a must-win scenario to take the championship, and initially appeared possible when Mars sustained left-front wheel damage in an opening lap incident triggered by the sister RAFA Toyota of Werner Neugebauer, who was served with a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility. However, two other Silver class cars, the No. 130 Advance Motorsports McLaren Artura GT4 of Parker DeLong and Bruno Colombo’s No. 98 Random Vandal...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Frederik Schandorff led the way ahead of Maxime Martin at the halfway mark of the Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour, as the Intercontinental GT Challenge and GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season finale set into a long green flag run. Schandorff, in the No. 12 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo, was 12.135-seconds ahead of the No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Martin, who, if the race ended now, would be crowned IGTC champion. The two cars swapped positions during the most recent pit stop sequence in the fourth hour, which saw Martin’s co-driver Michai Stephens hold off Nicklas Nielsen. The No. 29 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Robby Foley ran third with four hours completed. Laurin Heinrich held command in the Pro-Am ranks, aboard the No. 31 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo, ahead of Aaron Telitz and Robert Renauer in their Archangel Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo and Herberth Motorsport Porsche, respectively. Another P...

Photo: MPS Agency United Autosports drivers Griffin Peebles, Gregoire Saucy and Ben Hanley dominated the 4 Hours of Portimao European Le Mans Series season finale to secure the title. The No. 22 Oreca 07 Gibson led from pole and was never seriously threatened en route to taking a first ELMS championship for United Autosports since 2020. Hanley ultimately crossed the line 12.089 seconds ahead of the No. 18 IDEC Sport Oreca of Jamie Chadwick, Valerio Rinicella and Laurents Hoerr. The only car that could prevent the United Autosports crew from taking the title was the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis machine that reigning champions Oliver Gray and Esteban Masson shared with Louis Rousset. But this trio could only finish fourth, although have also secured an automatic invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team. Peebles enjoyed a brilliant opening stint, building a lead of 4.7 seconds in the first three laps but his advantage was then eradicated not long after when the virtual...

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Photo: Toyota Spike Kohlbecker will start at the head of the field in Race 1 piloting the No. 15 TechSport Racing Toyota GR 86 Cup car after collecting his sixth pole of the season in Qualifying 1 for Toyota GR Cup North America Friday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kohlbecker’s lap time of 1:39.483 midway through session held still en route to the checkered. The pole continues the championship leader’s perfect weekend so far, setting the fastest times in Practice 1 and 2. Starting beside the championship leader in 2nd is his teammate, Parker DeLong, aboard his No. 42 TechSport entry. Will Robusto rounds out the top three on the starting grid in the No. 2 car prepared by RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate, while Michael Edwards in his No. 21 Eagles Canyon w/ Fast Track effort and championship pursuer Jeremy Fletcher in the No. 22 Copeland Motorsports machine complete the Top 5 in the running order. Additionally, Patrick Brunson will lead the Legends...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Loris Spinelli continued his form from Thursday evening’s Free Practice to lead Pre-Qualifying for the Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour. The Italian in the No. 64 Chicago Performance and Tuning Co. Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 laid down a best lap of 1:23.503 to outpace the No. 6 Dollahite Racing Ford Mustang GT3 EVO of Chris Mies by 0.119 seconds. The No. 8 McCann Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo was third quickest overall in the hands of Alessio Picariello, with Ayhancan Guven’s No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche fourth and No. 31 Wright Motorsports Porsche of Laurin Heinrich completing the top-five. Tsunami RT’s Porsche was sixth on the time sheets with Alex Fontana as the best-placed Intercontinental GT Challenge entrant in sixth, while Danny Dyszelski made a late-session improvement to seventh in the No. 28 RS1 Porsche. Turner Motorsport, which is GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro class title contention, was eighth in the hands of Connor...