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Photo: John Dagys Vasser Sullivan Racing have been forced to switch to a backup car for the remainder of the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix weekend at Road America after its No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 crashed in practice. The team confirmed that it was preparing its backup car to compete in qualifying later today. The GTD Pro-entered Lexus sustained heavy damage to both the front and rear of the car after Jack Hawksworth crashed at Turn 6 in wet conditions during Practice 2. Hawksworth’s crash brought out the second of four red flags in the chaotic one-hour 45-minute session. This incident led to the team being penalized by race control for causing the stoppage. If the team is able to compete in qualifying this afternoon, it will lose its fastest lap in the session. This is a hefty blow to the team as Hawksworth and teammate Ben Barnicoat currently sit fifth in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship standings, with the third, fourth and fifth placed teams separated by...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA Jordan Taylor set the pace in a rainy final practice for the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America. The Wayne Taylor Racing driver laid down a 2:07.647 lap time in his No. 40 Cadillac V-Series.R, 0.165 seconds clear of Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 24 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8. Nick Yelloly was third fastest overall ahead of teammate Tom Blomqvist in the pair of the Acura ARX-06s. Felipe Nasr rounded out the top-five in the faster of the Penske Porsche 963s. Roman De Angelis placed sixth in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie. Seventh fastest was Porsche Penske’s Laurens Vanthoor, with Marco Wittmann setting the slowest GTP lap in eighth with the No. 25 BMW. Many of the fastest times were set in the final moments of the session as track conditions began to improve. Seven cars elected not to participate in the one-hour 45-minute session, which was wet throughout. The session saw a flurry of incidents as wet condit...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA The future of Paul Miller Racing is up in the air, amid multiple reports of the team potentially ceasing operations at the end of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The longtime GT entrant, a two-time IMSA GTD class championship squad, currently leads the GTD Pro championship standings entering this weekend’s Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America with BMW factory stars Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen. Multiple paddock sources have indicated to Sportscar365 that its staff was informed on Thursday that it would not continue, at least in its current guise, in 2027. Speaking with Sportscar365, team principal Mitchell Simmons, however, stressed that a final decision on its direction has not yet been taken. “We’re not sure yet,” he said. “We don’t have any contracts yet. Obviously we’re going to keep our options open. “Where we exactly land for next year, I’m not sur...

Photo: Jamey Price/Lamborghini Will Bamber and Nick Persing have claimed pole positions for this weekend’s pair of Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America races at Road America. Bamber, in the No. 33 XONINE Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2, reeled off a chart-topping 2:05.784 in Friday’s Q1 to edge out the No. 1 Wayne Taylor Racing entry of Hampus Ericsson by 0.112 seconds. Danny Formal qualified third overall in the Pro-Am class points-leading No. 10 WTR entry, while Dennis Lind was fourth in the No. 29 TR3 Racing entry and Giano Taurino completing the top-five. XONINE scored a double pole for Race 1, courtesy of Anthony Bullock’s top qualifying run in the Am class, while TB Autosports’ Philippe Touchette scored pole in LB Cup. Q2 saw Persing, in the No. 1 WTR Lamborghini, record a best lap of 2:067.728 in the second 15-minute session, which was nearly four-tenths quicker than Taurino. The Pro-Am pole for Race 2 went to Marc Miller in the No. 4...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Tyler Maxson seized pole position for the opening race of Porsche Carrera Cup North America round at Road America in his No. 77  Topp Racing Porsche 911 Cup. The points leader set a 2:07.587 lap time, which was 0.296 seconds faster than teammate Cole Kleck best effort in the No. 78 Porsche. Kellymoss driver Aaron Jeansonne claimed third place on the Race 1 grid. Callum Hedge had set the pace early on, but was pipped to the pole time by Maxson late in the session. Maxson’s chart-topping lap was followed by a red flag for an off-track moment for Patrick Mulcahy, which severely limited the time Hedge had to respond to Maxson’s pole challenge. Hedge was unable to improve on his early lap time and eventually finished the session in fourth place. The top-five was completed by the No. 40 ACI Racing entry of Janne Stiak. Scott Blind snatched pole in the Masters class in the No. 45 Ruckus Racing Porsche. Pro-Am pole went to Josh Conley in the No...

Photo: Jamey Price/Lamborghini Danny Formal topped the time charts in both Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America practice sessions ahead of this weekend’s pair of races at Road America. Formal, who along with Wayne Taylor Racing co-driver Graham Doyle remain undefeated on the season in Pro-Am, reeled off a best lap of 2:05.983 in Thursday’s opening session. The Costa Rican edged out teammate Hampus Ericsson in the Pro class No. 1 WTR Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 by 0.298 seconds. Will Bamber set the third quickest time overall in the No. 33 XONINE Racing entry, with the Pro championship-leading No. 29 TR3 Racing Lamborghini of Dennis Lind was fourth. The No. 36 Kaizen Autosport entry of Joel Miller was fifth quickest and second in Pro-Am. Paul Whiting led the way in the Am class, despite his SP Motorsports co-driver Daniel Morillo suffering a spin in Turn 14 with ten minutes left of the first session. TB Autosports’ Philippe Touchette was quickest in ...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Porsche Carrera Cup North America rookie Callum Hedge led the way in the pair of practice sessions for this weekend’s triple-header at Road America. The Kiwi topped the times both 30 and 40-minute sessions on Thursday morning, with his benchmark 2:08.350 lap time from the latter good enough to edge out points leader Tyler Maxson by more than three-tenths. It came, however, after the JDX Racing driver, along with three others, served drive-through penalties in the second session for repeated track limits violations in either Turns 1 and 14. Both sessions ran without any stoppages or accidents, though. Jared Thomas was third quickest in the combined times in his JTR Motorsports Engineering Porsche 911 Cup, ahead of recent first-time winner Janne Stiak in the No. 40 ACI Motorsports entry, in a time that was set in the early morning session. Sabre Cook completed the overall top-five in her JDX entry. Patrick Mulcachy was quickest in Pro-Am in his A...