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Photo: Gruppe C Photography Mercedes-AMG driver Maro Engel is the early DTM championship leader after taking a win and a third place during the season-opening weekend at the Red Bull Ring. The Winward Racing driver had started the first contest from pole and proceeded to lead the first portion of the race, but a slow tire change at his pit stop proved costly and ultimately left him finishing third in the No. 80 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo racer Thomas Preining was able to capitalize on Engel’s misfortune to take the honors, helped by jumping into second spot at the first corner. The 2023 DTM champion was chased by Jules Gounon in the latter stages until his Winward Mercedes-AMG picked up rear damage and was forced into retirement. This promoted the Landgraf-run Mercedes-AMG of Lucas Auer to second and meant Austrian drivers finished 1-2 on their home turf. Behind Engel, Auer’s rookie team-mate Tom Kalender and the lead BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Marco Wittmann co...

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Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Wright Motorsports scored a surprise overall win for one of its Pro-Am class Porsche 911 GT3 R Evos in Sunday’s GT World Challenge America powered by AWS race at Circuit of The Americas following a pair of late-race penalties for the dominant JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver Ryan Yardley claimed victory in the No. 31 Porsche that he shared with Dave Musial Jr., with a third place overall, and second-in-class, for the sister No. 242 entry of Thomas Merrill and Therese Lahlough marking a 1-2 class finish for the Ohio-based squad. It came after the overall and Pro class pole-sitting No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG, which dominated the first three-fourths of the race, was handed two penalties in the final 40 minutes. Mikael Grenier, who was out front by nearly 25 seconds, first served a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility with the No. 71 Rebel Rock Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of ...

Photo: TGRNA Spike Kohlbecker held off Max Schweid for victory in the second Toyota GR Cup North America race of the weekend at Circuit of The Americas after Jeremy Fletcher was handed a total of 13 seconds of post-race time penalties for track limits violations. The Copeland Motorsports driver, who led every lap in Sunday’s race, crossed the line more than eight seconds ahead of Kohlbecker, although was demoted to third in the results. At the time of his first three-second penalty, Fletcher held a narrow 1.5 second lead, although an intense battle between Kohlbecker and the No. 2 RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate Toyota of Max Schweid for second stretched his lead. He appeared to be set to overcome the initial penalty to take the win, but race control handed Fletcher an additional ten second penalty for repeated track limits offenses. Schweid finished second, just 0.182 seconds behind the TechSport driver, who claimed his fourth win of the season and sees his champion...

Photo: Trevor Travis/TGRNA Westin Workman has claimed pole for this evening’s third annual Lone Star Enduro at Circuit of The Americas, in a qualifying session that ended early due to an accident by Jack Parriott. Workman, in the Pirelli GT4 America Silver class points-leading No. 68 RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2, reeled off a chart-topping 2:15.475 lap time prior to a red flag for Parriott’s accident in the Esses with eight minutes to go. The session did not restart, although Parriott climbed from his No. 73 Kellymoss Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport under his own power. The No. 39 Dome Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Allen Patten will line up alongside Workman on the front row, claiming Pro-Am class pole in the process. Chris Spada qualified third overall in the No. 812 RAFA Toyota, with Kris Wilson taking the No. 413 Flying Lizard Motorsports BMW M4 GT4 EVO to Am class pole honors in fourth overall. Loni Unser, meanwhile, will start fifth overall. The majority...

Photo: Andrew Miterko/SRO Tony Davis beat Scott Blind and Ross Chouest to claim his first career GT America powered by AWS pole ahead of this afternoon’s opening race of the weekend at Circuit of The Americas. Davis took his No. 04 HP-TECH Motorsport Ferrari 2096 GT3 Evo to a fast lap of 2:06.210 to edge out Blind, in the No. 45 Ruckus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo by 0.436 seconds. Chouest, aboard his No. 50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R was third quickest. All three drivers outpaced points leader Memo Gidley, who swept the weekend in last month’s season opener at Sonoma Raceway in his No. 56 SKI Autosport Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. Gidley qualified fourth, with Dan Knox, making his series return in his Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, completing the top five. The No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche of Kyle Washington was sixth, ahead of the RS1 Porsche of Joel Cortes and Jason McCarthy’s One11 Competition Ferrari. David Lecko qualified his lone Cup class Ginet...

Photo: AO Racing AO Racing has unveiled the livery of its Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo for next weekend’s StubHub Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, in the first-ever ‘throwback’ event for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Revealed Saturday at the Air|Water event in Costa Mesa, Calif., the GTD Pro class entry, driven by Nick Tandy and Harry King, is known as ‘Sketchy’ a sketched, concept-style version of the team’s brainstorming phase that brought its dinosaur, ‘Rexy’ to life. “When I heard Laguna Seca was going to be IMSA’s first official throwback event, I was very excited as a long time sports car fan,” said team principal Gunnar Jeannette. “It did create an interesting problem for AO, as our team doesn’t have much history to throwback to! “So, instead of a historic livery, we through our fans would appreciate seeing Rexy turn into his origin story and first sketch. “What better place for us to unveil Sketchy to the world than Air|Water. It’s...