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Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Yves Baltas topped the time charts following two practice sessions for this weekend’s pair of season opening Pirelli GT4 America races at Sonoma Raceway. Baltas, in the No. 7 ACI Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, laid down a benchmark 1:42.133 in his Silver class entry late in Thursday’s second session, outpacing the No. 94 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO of Kenton Koch by 0.230 seconds. While Koch still led Pro-Am, it was a late flyer by Westin Workman who put his No. 68 RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 third on the overall time charts and second in Silver. It demoted Tyler McQuarrie’s No. 38 BimmerWorld BMW to fourth and the Luca Mars-pedaled No. 028 RS1 Porsche to fifth. Matheus Leist was sixth quickest in the No. 47 Nolasport Porsche, in a last-lap improvement that bumped the No. 98 Random Vandals BMW of Josh Green to eighth. James Clay led the way in the Am class in his No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW, thanks to a 1:42.880 lap ...

Photo: Dan Bathie/McLaren Paul Holton led the way in the opening McLaren Trophy America practice session of the weekend at Sonoma Raceway. Holton, in the No. 8 Forte Racing McLaren Artura Trophy EVO, reeled off a chart-topping 1:38.019 lap early in the hour-long session. The former McLaren factory driver edged out the Am pace-setting No. 5 GMG Racing entry of Jeff Cook by 0.074 seconds. Cook outpaced the fellow Am class entries by nearly 2.5 seconds, with the next best in class having been TechSport Racing’s Colin Harrison, who set a best time of 1:40.469 and was ninth overall. Patrick Liddy was third quickest overall in the sister Pro class Forte entry he shares with Tanner Harvey, while Kevin Madsen led the way in Pro-Am in the RPM by Forte McLaren that was good enough for fourth quickest overall. The No. 7 GMG McLaren of John Capestro-Dubets completed the overall top-five, ahead of the No. 22 Greystone GT entry of Oliver Webb, also in Pro-Am. RWE’s Pro class No. 74 McLaren ...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO The No. 88 Kellymoss Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo of John Gilliland and Loek Hartog has been withdrawn from this weekend’s season-opening GT World Challenge America powered by AWS round at Sonoma Raceway following an accident in testing on Wednesday. Gilliland suffered a crash at the wheel of the Pro-Am class entry in Turn 7 during Wednesday’s final test session, with the car reportedly sustaining chassis damage. While the FIA Bronze-rated driver escaped injury, per Bill Riley, who is running the three Kellymoss GTWC America entries, the team has elected not to take any further part in the weekend. This comes despite the team having two spare 911 GT3 R Evo chassis on-site. Kellymoss will instead focus its GTWC America efforts on its two other Pro-Am entries, driven by Colin Braun/Michael Clarke (No. 017) and Riley Dickinson/Todd Parriott (No. 13). The withdrawal of the No. 88 entry brings the GTWC America race grid down to 18 cars, with the No. 50 Chouest Pov...

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO Scott Dollahite has shifted into a team manager role with Dollahite Racing, which sees the Texas-based squad step up to the Pro class of GT World Challenge America powered by AWS with two new drivers. The 36-year-old has stood down from full-time GTWC America driving duties after contending for the Am class title last year in the team’s Ford Mustang GT3, which now features the all-new lineup of Cameron Lawrence and Alex Sedgwick, as well as the upgraded EVO package. As he explained to Sportscar365, the decision was made as part of a “long term” goal for the team and its manufacturer partner Ford Racing, in order to fight for overall honors. “We did some testing in the off season with the EVO package,” he said. “We tested a few drivers, and Cameron Lawrence and Alex Sedgwick really stuck out. “They meshed really well with the team. They both had a lot that they could bring to the table and work well together and improve the program moving forward. “I ma...

Photo: GMG Racing Inaugural McLaren Trophy America Am class champion James Sofronas will not defend his title this season, with the GMG Racing team owner/driver instead set to place his full focus on an increased customer effort in the single-make series, which includes the addition of Deniz Teoman and Jeff Cook. Teoman and Cook, who arrive at GMG after a season with Dark Horse Racing, will join the Pro-Am pairing of John Capestro-Dubets and Randy Highland in the new-look two-car McLaren Artura Trophy EVO effort, which kicks off the weekend at Sonoma Raceway. GMG additionally won the overall teams’ title in the single-make series last year. “Last year was a crucial learning year for me and GMG Racing, less about my on-track achievements and more about laying the groundwork for the team’s future success in McLaren Trophy,” said Sofronas. “We are totally committed to this great new series, and my goal last year was to familiarize myself with the ins and outs of the McLaren Trophy ...

Image: Provided Racing to End Alzheimer’s has expanded its program to SRO America, teaming up with Stephen Cameron Racing’s partial season BMW M4 GT4 EVO entry in Pirelli GT4 America, beginning with this weekend’s season opener at Sonoma Raceway. The association, which was formed in the team’s IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Ford Mustang GT4 entry last year, will see its now-famous “names” livery applied to the No. 90 BMW of Jonathan Perichon and Greg Liefooghe in the Pro-Am class. The decision to join GT4 America came from a conversation between Frengs, team owner Stephen Cameron, and Liefooghe, with the livery set to feature 83 names of loved ones who have suffered from Alzheimer’s. “We’re thrilled to be back in the SRO paddock,” said Frengs. “We have so many great memories from 2021 and the championship has continued to grow through the years. “Greg and Cameron Racing also have an outstanding history in this and in other SRO series, so we’re looking forward to seeing what we ca...

Photo: JEP/SRO GT World Challenge powered by AWS raises the curtain on its season this weekend with races in America and Australia, while the opening rounds in Asia (April 4-5) and Europe (April 11-12) are not far behind. An unchanged lineup of ten brands will compete for the global title, which will be decided by a 46-race schedule staged across 14 countries on four continents. Mercedes-AMG is on a remarkable winning streak, claiming each global title since the inaugural season in 2019. But its status has been fiercely contested in recent seasons. Indeed, 2025 was the closest fight yet as BMW went into the deciding round with a slender lead. Mercedes-AMG ultimately prevailed, though just 23 points made the difference at the conclusion of the campaign. Porsche ended 2025 in third spot, followed by Ferrari, Audi, Lamborghini, McLaren, Aston Martin, Corvette and Ford. The full field returns this season hoping to improve their positions, while Mercedes-AMG must keep them at bay if...