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Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA The field has been narrowed to 15 finalists for the 2027-28 IMSA Diverse Driver Development (3D) Scholarship. The recipient, to be named in the fall, will receive benefits worth up to $300,000 to compete in one of four IMSA-sanctioned championships in 2027. The IMSA 3D Scholarship promotes and empowers drivers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to participate in select IMSA-sanctioned series. The finalists chosen possess a desire to compete in IMSA, have strong previous race results and/or proven on-track potential in junior racing categories, plus the ability to create a compelling strategy to compete in a full season in one of four IMSA-sanctioned series: the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Michelin Pilot Challenge, VP Racing SportsCar Challenge or Mustang Challenge. The scholarship includes financial assistance from IMSA and is supported by a growing number of corporate partners: Michelin, VP Racing Fuels, OMP, Bell, RAFA Racing Club an...

Image: TR3 Racing TR3 Racing has confirmed a four-car entry in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, which kicks off next week at Sebring International Raceway. The Florida-based team will be represented in all four classes of the single-make series featuring the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2. Elias De La Torre and Will Bamber, who finished runner-up in the Pro class championship last year, return to the wheel of the No. 29 entry, with Martin Fuentes making a comeback in the No. 63 entry alongside Mateo Siderman in Pro-Am. TR3 will also enter single-driver efforts in the Am and LB Cup classes. Dean Neuls will return to the No. 70 Lamborghini in Am while Clay Wilson is set to contest the LB Cup season in the No. 37 entry. In addition to its success in the Pro class last year, TR3 took championship honors in Pro-Am with the driver pairing of Jason Hart and Conrad Geis, who will not return to the team for the upcoming campaign. “We’re proud to continue our partners...

Photo: Porsche Belgian young star Karel Staut and female racer Anna Cecchi emerged as the standout winners of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama season opener at Sebring International Raceway. Fifteen-year-old Staut captured both 992 victories across the weekend, while Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program racer Cecchi completed a Cayman sweep with back-to-back victories. This year marks the series’ sixth season of competition after its inaugural run in 2021, and drivers from across the country – and even abroad – gathered in Central Florida to kick off the calendar. Different Races, Same Result: Staut, Smith Snatch 992 Wins Two stories could be told about the two 992 races at Sebring, which featured a relaxed Race 1 on Friday and a hectic Race 2 on Saturday. Despite the varying conditions and with nearly 40 entries, the Pro-Am and Masters classes saw the same victors – Karel Staut with Kellymoss and Matt Smith with ACI Motorsports, respectively – on both d...

Photo: GT World Challenge Australia Tigani Motorsport’s James and Theo Koundouris will return to GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS this season with the brothers once again entered in the Am Cup in their Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. Veterans of Australian motorsport, the Koundouris brothers have more than four decades of racing experience and just shy of 600 races between them since making their official debuts back in 2003. Since their first appearance at the Bathurst 24 Hour race in 2003, where they raced in different cars, the brothers have competed in a range of national categories such as GT and production cars. While they spent their younger years racing against each other, they have been together in recent times tackling multiple Bathurst 12 Hour events as well as the GTWC Australia. Over the past two seasons in the GTWC Australia Am Cup, they have enjoyed 13 podiums in 17 races, making them one of the key contenders for the class. The pair got their first win in the s...

Photo: Ford Racing Logan Adams and Chris Clarke swept the weekend as Mustang Cup USA kicked off the season at Sebring International Raceway, and Paolo Salvatore put on impressive performances in the new-for-2026 Mustang Cup Classic class. In the Miles Cup race, which was cut short due to inclement weather, Adams started from pole position and kept the lead of the race until the end. Clarke started sixth in the Dark Horse Legends class and made moves early in the race to take the lead. Adams again led from green to checkered in the Parnelli Cup race. Starting second, Clarke battled Craig Capaldi for the Dark Horse Legends lead in the early laps of the race, and, after winning the battle, remained in the lead for the rest of the race. In Mustang Cup Classic, a class for Mustang race cars produced in the 2000s, entrant Salvatore fought hard in both races and got himself in the mix with the Dark Horse R cars. Mustang Cup USA will be back on track March 27-29, racing as part of th...

Photo: European Le Mans Series Genesis Magma Racing driver Mathys Jaubert will remain in the European Le Mans Series this year but switch to the LMGT3 ranks as part of the lineup for Kessel Racing’s No. 57 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo. The Frenchman’s impressive performances with IDEC Sport in the ELMS last year, when he finished third in the standings alongside Dani Juncadella and Jamie Chadwick, resulted in him being promoted to Genesis’ Hypercar lineup for its maiden campaign in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Those results when part of the Genesis Trajectory Program also earned him Sportscar365’s rookie of the year award . But amid uncertainty about whether the manufacturer will adopt two- or three-driver lineups in the shorter WEC rounds this season, Jaubert said at the end of last year that he was targeting an additional GT program . The 21-year-old previously described having an extra campaign as a chance “to learn many things from a GT [that] can help me a lot” with his Hyp...

Photo: IMSA Oscar Tunjo will lead the field to the green flag for the inaugural IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge at Sebring International Raceway after securing the pole in the No. 1 Gebhardt Motorsports USA Duqueine D08 Nissan. Tunjo was dominant in qualifying, posting a fast lap of 1:58.274 around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn road course. Shortly after the start of the session, light rain began to fall intermittently around the track, but some wet patches from an earlier afternoon shower proved to be more challenging. Tunjo, who was the fastest qualifier for both of the VP Racing SportsCar Challenge races in the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway, never relinquished his spot at the top of the charts during Saturday’s 15-minute qualifying session. His lap was 1.539 seconds quicker than Lincoln Day’s lap of 1:59.813 in the No. 95 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS P325 Toyota. Brian Thienes was the top qualifier among Bronze-rated drivers and will roll off third wi...