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Road America’s debut as an IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup round with the six-hour Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix presented a different challenge than the circuit’s traditional sprint race. Track temperatures climbed throughout the afternoon, while nine full-course cautions repeatedly reset strategies. Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque kept the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R in contention throughout the six-hour race before Albuquerque took control in the closing stages. He then managed two late restarts to secure the victory. Taylor credited Michelin’s hard-compound Pilot Sport Endurance tire for providing consistency across the changing conditions. “We saw many different conditions, and the hard Michelin tire was suited to it all,” he said. “Whether it was 70 degrees or 80 degrees.” While Sunday’s race featured more cautions than extended green-flag running, the event still demanded adaptability. Strategy shifted throughout the afternoon, manufa...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Pfaff Motorsports will pause its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship program at the end of the season, amid a renewed focus on supporting up-and-coming Canadian drivers and new developments at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Crew members of the Steve Bortolotti-led team were informed of the decision during last weekend’s Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America. The Canadian squad, owned by Pfaff Automotive President and CEO Chris Pfaff, has been a mainstay in the WeatherTech Championship since 2019, having won the inaugural WeatherTech Sprint Cup title before going on to season-long GTD and GTD Pro class championships, including class victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. While starting with Porsche machinery and a brief one-year stint with McLaren, the team has been Lamborghini’s factory partner in the GTD Pro class since 2025, initially with the Huracan GT3 EVO2 before giving the Temerario GT3 its global race debut in this ye...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Andrea Caldarelli said Pfaff Motorsports and Lamborghini Squadra Corse had “everything” to deliver a historic first endurance win for the Lamborghini Temerario GT3. The longtime Lamborghini factory driver and fellow works pilot Sandy Mitchell teamed for GTD Pro class honors in Sunday’s Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America, overcoming the might of the pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R Evos in the early stages of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup race. Having started eighth in class, the No. 9 Lamborghini made continuous inroads although Caldarelli specifically credited the Canadian team’s calls, led by veteran strategist Mike Johnson, for putting them in prime position in the second half of the six-hour contest. “The Porsches looked very fast, even yesterday in qualifying,” said Caldarelli. “At the beginning we were just holding position, then we got a couple of good calls on the pit [stand]. “Then t...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque broke a two-plus year winless streak, delivering Wayne Taylor Racing’s first victory with the Cadillac V-Series.R in Sunday’s chaotic Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America that ended under caution. Albuquerque took the No. 10 Cadillac to the win in the six-hour IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup round, which was marred by nine full-course cautions, totaling more than two hours behind the safety car, and numerous penalties and incidents. The Portuguese driver stayed out of trouble and led the final 90 minutes of the race, following several well-timed stops and penalties for fellow GTP competitors. It marked the first win for the duo since Detroit 2024, back when the team was still running Acura ARX-06 machinery. The race effectively ended with 11 minutes to go when Kevin Estre and Jack Aitken made contact entering Turn 1, sending both the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 and GTP championship-leading No. 31 Act...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Julien Andlauer held the lead at the midpoint of the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix after a lengthy caution in the third hour. Andlauer in the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 was just ahead of teammate Kevin Estre in the No. 6 Porsche at the three-hour, points-paying mark for the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was neutralized as the timer ticked over to Hour 4 after a crash for Connor De Phillippi in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO. A hefty crash for Fran Rueda in the No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo earlier in the race ushered in an extended safety car period which shuffled up much of the race order. The No. 7 Porsche, which had worked its way into the top five after an early pit stop, managed to snatch the lead from Dries Vanthoor and the No. 24 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 in the pits after the whole GTP field pitted under caution. Kevin Estre in the No. 6 Porsche followed his teammate up the order. Colin Braun was fourth ...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA Marco Wittmann led the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America following a hectic opening hour involving a numerous LMP2 cars. Wittmann, in the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8, was the only of the GTP cars to stay out during the race’s second full-course caution after a heavy crash by the No. 37 Intersport Racing Oreca 07 Gibson of Jon Field. The German driver was ahead of the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 of Felipe Nasr, which beat the field out of a frantic pit lane by an energy-only stop. The No. 24 Spider-Man-liveried BMW of Sheldon van der Linde slotted into third at the one-hour mark, ahead of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Louis Deletraz, in fourth. Nick Yelloly led the field from pole in the No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 ahead of teammate Tom Blomqvist and Deletraz, in what was a largely uneventful run in the top class. There, however, were incidents before the drop of the green flag, with Orey Fidani h...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA YRB Racing drivers Trenton Estep and Allen Patten claimed the team’s first victory in the Road America 120 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race. The No. 66 Car Blanche Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo crossed the line behind the safety car, just ahead of Matt Plumb and Paul Holton’s No. 46 Team TGM Ford Mustang GT4. Guilherme Salas and Caio Chaves took their first podium finish of the season with a third place in the No. 54 Panam Motorsport Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2. The No. 23 Koch-Copeland Motorsports Toyota finished fourth, ahead of the No. 60 KohR Motorsports Mustang. Pit stop strategy was key to the No. 66 crew’s victory, as it was able to cycle up the race order by pitting at the ideal times. The two-hour race was interrupted by four full-course caution periods. The second caution was key to shuffling up the running order as the majority of cars in both GS and TCR decided to stop for fuel when the pit window opened, but some of the front...