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Photo: Porsche Laurens Vanthoor led the way in the first practice session of the weekend for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, which saw Porsche Penske Motorsport entries take the top two positions. Vanthoor, in the special Mobil 1-liveried No. 6 Porsche 963, recorded a best lap of 1:47.985 in the 90-minute session to edge out teammate Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 entry by 0.026 seconds. Jack Aitken was third quickest in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R, while Louis Deletraz slotted in ahead of Wayne Taylor Racing teammate Filipe Albuquerque, who completed the top-five in their Cadillacs. The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 of Tom Blomqvist was sixth quickest, meanwhile. LMP2 was led by the No. 22 United Autosports Oreca 07 Gibson of Paul di Resta, thanks to a 1:50.700 lap set by the Peugeot factory driver. It was 0.048 seconds quicker than Ferdinand Habsburg in the No. 18 Era Motorsport entry, with the No. 99 AO Racing Oreca classified third in class...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche A late flyer in second practice put Tyler Maxson atop the combined timesheets following the first two practice sessions of the season for Porsche Carrera Cup North America at Sebring International Raceway. Maxson took his No. 77 Topp Racing Porsche 911 Cup to a 2:00.775 in the closing minutes of Wednesday afternoon’s Practice 2 to outpace the No. 24 Kellymoss Porsche of Aaron Jeansonne by 0.248 seconds. Carrera Cup competitors are giving the new Type-992.2 Porsche 911 Cup, equipped with Pirelli tires for the first time, its North American debut this weekend. Jared Thomas, who was quickest in the opening session, was third in the No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering entry, thanks to his time from the morning. Kiwi Callum Hedge, in his series debut, was fourth quickest in his No. 9 JDX Racing Porsche, with Topp’s Cole Kleck, a graduate of Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, completing the overall top-five, all in the Pro class. The Pro-Am class was...

Photo: Wes Duenkel/Ford Cole Loftsgard led the way in practice for this week’s pair of Mustang Challenge North America season opening races at Sebring International Raceway. The Round 3 Racing driver took his No. 42 Ford Mustang Dark Horse R to a chart-topping 2:12.564 in Wednesday afternoon’s session to edge out morning pacesetter Will Lucas by 0.937 seconds. Wheelhouse Motorsports teammate Michael Tosi was third quickest in the combined time charts, with Sandy Satullo and Tate Pritt completing the overall top-five for Wheelhouse and Automatic Racing, respectively. Devin Anderson was sixth quickest in his TechSport Racing Mustang, with Dark Horse Legends pace-setter Alec Bachoura seventh overall. Bachoura, however, was handed a five-minute stop and hold penalty at the start of second practice for taking more than one checkered flag in the opening session. Practice 1 otherwise ran relatively clean, aside from the No. 63 Wheelhouse Mustang of Joseph Dederichs going off course i...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Matheus Leist was quickest in the first IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge practice session for Friday’s Alan Jay Automotive Networks 120 at Sebring International Raceway. The ex-IndyCar driver led a CSM Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 1-2 in the session, with the No. 2 entry of Morgan Burkhard clocking the second fastest time, 0.057 seconds behind. Jaxon Bell was third quickest in the No. 23 Koch-Copeland Motorsports Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2, with Spencer Pumpelly making it three Porsches in the top-four in his No. 83 BGB Motorsports entry. The No. 54 Panam Motorsport Toyota completed the top-five in the hand of Thiago Camilo, ahead of the No. 14 Circle H Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo of Thomas Merrill in sixth. The session saw a single red flag, with 15 minutes to go, for the No. 66 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin of Allen Patten, who went off course in Turn 15. The car had set the seventh quickest time of the session with Trenton Estep at the...

Photos: Supercars Rising Ford Supercars stars James Golding and Aaron Cameron will be part of history at Phillip Island in less than two weeks, set to contest the inaugural round of the Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia. Golding and Cameron will drive a pair of Garry Rogers Motorsport-prepared Mustang Dark Horse Rs in the all-new one-make racing series, joining James Moffat in what will be a three-car GRM effort at Phillip Island. The pair will compete in GRM’s traditional numbers, with Cameron to race under the No. 33 and race a brand-new Dark Horse R, while Golding will have No. 34 on the windows and drive the very-first Mustang that has been used for promotional and testing purposes over the past year. Driving for the Blanchard Racing Team – the outfit that finished last in the 2025 Supercars Team’s Championship – Golding and Cameron have taken BRT to the top in the opening two rounds. In the first six races, the pair has racked up a number of outstanding qualifying efforts, i...

Photo: TDS Racing Charles Milesi will replace Mathias Beche in TDS Racing’s LMP2 entry for this weekend’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The French squad revealed on social media this morning that the Alpine FIA World Endurance Championship star, who served as the team’s fourth driver for January’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, will take Beche’s seat alongside David Heinemeier Hansson and Tobi Lutke. Beche revealed on Instagram that he has been dealing with symptoms of long COVID and “some health issues” that has “forced me to step back and take a difficult decision.” “I [know] that I had to give myself the time to fully recover if I [want] to come back at my best,” he wrote. “[I’m] grateful to be back training again, with a lot of motivation and perspective.” Beche had been announced as the full season driver in the car, alongside FIA Bronze-rated Lutke. Track action for the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season gets underway on Thursday. Source: Spo...

Photo: Dome Motorsport Laura Hayes will complete Dome Motorsport’s lineup for the upcoming Pirelli GT4 America season, joining the team’s Am class Mercedes-AMG GT4 co-driven by team owner Eddie Killeen. Hayes, formerly of Thunder Bunny Racing, holds experience in the SRO America-run series, scoring a class victory in Race 2 at Barber Motorsports Park, as well as multiple other podium finishes. Prior to that, Hayes won the inaugural Pikes Peak GT4 Trophy by Yokohama while setting the record as the fastest woman ever up the mountain. “I am very excited to be paired with an experienced driver in Laura,” said Killeen. “She brings strong race craft and proven results, and I believe we’ll be a very competitive pairing in the AM class. “I am thrilled for Laura that Dome Motorsport can play a small part in what is sure to be an accomplished racing career. “With Marc and Allen leading our Pro-Am effort and Laura joining me in the Am entry, we have a very balanced program for 2026 that g...