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Photo: Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Porsche junior driver Marcus Amand holds a strong lead in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title race at the halfway stage after securing his second and third victories of the season in last weekend’s third round at Fuji Speedway. The 20-year-old Franco-Finnish driver, took a clean sweep of wins aboard his Phantom Global Racing-prepared No. 3 car at the iconic Japanese venue to extend his points lead, adding to his triumph in the opening race of the Zhuhai round in April. It has put Amand 37.5 points clear of Phantom Global stablemate Rodrigo Dias Almeida, who has scored three podiums from the opening six races and scored maximum points in the second Zhuhai race, second on the road behind stand-in Alexander Tauscher. The season began at Shanghai in March, when Carrera Cup Asia became the first series worldwide to debut the all-new Type-992.2 Porsche 911 Cup car, with the wins being shared by Naquib Azlan (EBM) and another guest driver, Luo Kailuo. ...

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Photo: Porsche Circuit of The Americas provided an assortment of experiences for Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West by Yokohama drivers ranging from first wins to scorching temperatures, and to arguably the most crucial of all – additional track time at one of the country’s most technical road courses. Crigler Earns First GT3 Cup Win in USA West A new name topped the GT3 Cup Pro-Am leaderboard for the first time at COTA, as Mark Crigler celebrated his inaugural series victory on Saturday afternoon. It came during the hottest race seen throughout the weekend, as track temperatures reached above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Crigler and his Crigler Sport team finally broke through after four consecutive podium finishes dating back to the opening weekend at Apex Motor Club. But, Brannan Hankins – Friday’s winner at COTA in the same class – had been dominant since the season’s first green flag with Loftus Motorsports. Hankins did face strong competition, though, en route to his Race 1 win. ...

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Photo: Mustang Cup Australia Josh Anderson took a clean sweep of Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia victories in last weekend’s second round of the season at The Bend Motorsport Park, grabbing the lead of the championship for the series’ inaugural campaign in the process. Anderson, the 2022 Aussie Racing Cars champion, proved the class of the 11-car field that assembled at the South Australian venue as he won both 40-minute races aboard his No. 94 RM Race Cars-prepared entry. With neither of the drivers that won during the series’ opening weekend at Phillip Island in late March present this time, it puts Anderson — who scored a best finish of fifth in the first two races of the year — into a healthy points lead. The opening race on Saturday was decided on the final lap as Jack Perkins, son of Australian motor racing legend Larry, led by as much as four seconds having started from pole on a wet-but-drying track, only to be caught by Anderson in the closin...

Photo: Ford Racing Logan Adams and Kale Buhl each took a victory in the third weekend of Mustang Cup USA at Circuit of The Americas. On Friday in the Miles Cup race, Adams drove his Capaldi Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse R to 9.33-second victory over Buhl after taking the lead late in the 40-minute contest. Harris Levitas completed the Dark Horse class podium, finishing third in his No. 36 TPC Racing entry in the 14-car starting field. While Craig Capaldi swept the weekend in Dark Horse Legends, picking up wins in both the Miles and Parnelli Cups, it was Buhl who returned to victory lane in Saturday’s race, finishing 3.740 seconds ahead of second-placed Carlton MacFarlane in his McCumbee McAleer Racing entry. Adams’ No. 86 Capaldi Mustang did not finish the Parnelli Cup race, having lost the lead in the DH standings to Buhl, who has now has a 13-point lead. Pole position and victory in the Miles Cup, however, has put Adams into the championship lead in the Miles Cup. ...

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO RS1 made a clean sweep of victories in the Pirelli GT4 America weekend at Sebring, snatching the Race 2 win after a successful pit stop undercut. Spencer Pumpelly took the checkered flag in his No. 028 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, taking a third consecutive Silver class victory of the season with his co-driver Luca Mars. The RS1 squad finished with a healthy lead of 3.487 seconds ahead of fellow title rivals Tyler Gonzalez and Westin Workman in the No. 68 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2. RS1 extended its lead in the Silver class championship to 13 points over the No. 68 RAFA car. The No. 94 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO took top honors in the Pro-Am class and a third place finish overall after Sam Craven overtook Nolasport’s Porsche in the final ten minutes of the race. This marked Random Vandals’ fourth consecutive class win this season. The No. 47 Nolasport machine had led from pole position as FIA Gold-rated driver Matheus Leist edged out a ...