Alton, VA | After nearly a month the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America returns for Rounds 5 & 6 at Virginia International Raceway. VIR features 17 turns for a total of 3.27 miles through the beautiful Virginia hills. This weekend features 4 races with the addition of a 5th race to make-up for the canceled Cayman Round 4, which took place this evening. This weekend features 24 Cayman entries and 29 GT3 Cup entries. Two separate practice sessions were held for each class through the course of the day.
In the Round 4 Ozark make-up race Aidan Kenny started on pole and lead from the start of the race to finish in domaine fashion, Kenny finished the race with a comfortable gap of 12.659 seconds to the 2nd place finisher of Mark Smith who finished 2.604 seconds ahead of his teammate Nick Iarossi, the third place finisher. Kenny, Smith, and Iarossi complete a W2W Racing sweep of the podium once again.
North American Cayman Round 4 Podium:
🥇 #22 – Kenny
🥈 #421 Smith
🥉 #13 Iarossi
Cayman Practice 1 Times:
1️⃣ #174 Bigony – 1:55.136
2️⃣ #23 Weir – 1:55.465
3️⃣ #520 Kopczynski – 1:56.548
4️⃣ #21 Sajady – 1:57.839
5️⃣ #421 Smith – 1:58.519
6️⃣ #030 Hodneland – 1:58.569
7️⃣ #95 O’Hara – 1:58.753
8️⃣ #13 Iarossi – 1:58.569
9️⃣ #26 Scalzo – 1:59.125
🔟 #111 Harvey – 1:59.126
Cayman Practice 2 Times:
1️⃣ #23 Weir – 1:56.892
2️⃣ #22 Kenny – 1:56.920
3️⃣ #21 Sajady – 1:58.003
4️⃣ #983 Eyme – 1:58.125
5️⃣ #88 Masiero – 1:58.383
6️⃣ #421 Smith – 1:58.518
7️⃣ #111 Harvey – 1:59.097
8️⃣ #13 Iarossi – 1:59.170
9️⃣ #117 McAuliffe – 1:59.337
🔟 #95 O’Hara – 1:59.433
GT3 Cup Practice 1 Times:
GT3 Cup 992:
1️⃣ #17 Sibille – 1:48.684 (P1 Overall)
2️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:49.540 (P2 Overall)
3️⃣ #48 Brule – 1:49.634 (P3 Overall)
4️⃣ #55 Uretsky – 1:50.356 (P4 Overall)
5️⃣ #042 Davoudi – 1:50.546 (P5 Overall)
GT3 Cup 991:
1️⃣ #99 Zdanie – 1:51.432 (P7 Overall)
2️⃣ #82 Fischer – 1:51.566 (P8 Overall)
3️⃣ #402 Bray – 1:51.611 (P9 Overall)
4️⃣ #722 Martien – 1:51.712 (P10 Overall)
5️⃣ #89 Llibre – 1:52.304 (P11 Overall)
GT3 Cup Practice 2 Times:
GT3 Cup 992:
1️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:49.302 (P1 Overall)
2️⃣ #55 Uretsky – 1:49.867 (P2 Overall)
3️⃣ #65 Castro – 1:50.659 (P4 Overall)
4️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:51.114 (P5 Overall)
5️⃣ #37 Williams – 1:52.249 (P10 Overall)
GT3 Cup 991:
1️⃣ #82 Fischer – 1:50.109 (P3 Overall)
2️⃣ #89 Llibre – 1:51.519 (P6 Overall)
3️⃣ #16 Olson – 1:51.974 (P7 Overall)
4️⃣ #36 Levitas – 1:52.018 (P8 Overall)
5️⃣ #66 Bloom – 1:52.147 (P9 Overall)
Indianapolis, IN | After winning both Porsche Sprint Challenge North America races at the Miami GP Jimmy Llibre is awarded yet again, this time with the honor of meeting the President of the Dominican Republic. Yesterday, Llibre met with Dominican Republic President, Luis Abinader, in the nation’s capital of Santo Domingo. Llibre can be seen photographed with the president holding his 1st place trophy and medals from the winning of two races at the Miami GP. According to the President’s Instagram account it was a special moment to hear the playing of the Dominican Republic’s national anthem for the first time in a motorsports event of this level.
Jimmy Llibre has become one of the leading young talents from the Dominican Republic. Llibre has quickly risen to fame following the sweeping of two races of the Porsche Sprint Challenge on the series’ biggest stage during the support race of the Formula One Miami Grand Prix.
Miami Gardens, FL | Jimmy Llbire goes back-to-back to win both races at the Miami GP this weekend. Round 4 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge saw 28 drivers take to the track at the Miami International Autodrome before the inaugural F1 Miami GP. An incident in the first turn of the race saw the GT3 Cup 992 winner from yesterday, Carazo, and GT3 Cup 992 3rd place finisher, Castro, taking each other out and ending their chances of ending up on the podium again. The 992 class was won by Moisey Uretsky who had quite the turnaround from his DNF in Race 1. The 991 class was won once again by Jimmy Llibre leading every lap in the class and finishing 5th overall for the second day in a row.
Podium Finishers:
GT3 Cup 992:
🥇 #55 – Uretsky
🥈 #98 – Metni
🥉 #14 – Torres
GT3 Cup 991:
🥇 #89 – Llibre
🥈 #4 – Kezman
🥉 #09 – Ely
Miami Gardens, FL | Sebastian Carazo (Puerto Ricco) and Jimmy Llibre (Dominican Republic) stood atop the podium after winning their respective classes in the first of two races in Miami this weekend. Round 3 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America took place this afternoon at the Miami International Autodrome. 31 drivers took to the 19 corners, 3.36 miles track around the iconic Hard Rock Stadium. The GT3 Cup 992 class was swept by Kelly Moss Road and Race with Carazo coming in first followed by Metni, and Castro. Castro (Dominican Republic) is the third Latin American driver to stand on the podium after Race 1. In the GT3 Cup 991 class an absolute dominant performance took place by Jimmy Llbrie to win the class and finish P5 overall. The second race of the weekend will take place at 12:30 pm tomorrow right before the F1 Miami GP.
Podium Finishers:
GT3 Cup 992:
🥇 #27 – Carazo
🥈 #98 – Metni
🥉 #65 – Castro
GT3 Cup 991:
🥇 #89 – Llibre
🥈 #46 – Boden
🥉 #09 – Ely
Miami Gardens, FL | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America will race in support of the Formula One Grand Prix in its inaugural race in Miami Gardens. Rounds 3 and 4 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge will take place at the Miami International Autodrome. The Autodrome features 19 corners which totals 3.36 miles around the iconic Hard Rock Stadium. A 30 minute sunset practice session took place this evening, the GT 3 Cup 992 class was led by Sebastian Carzo while the 991 class was led by Jimmy Llibre who was third fastest overall. Qualifying and Race 1 will take place tomorrow with Qualifying at 10:25 am followed by the first of two races this weekend at 5:30 pm. The second race of the weekend will take place at 12:30 pm Sunday right before the F1 Miami GP.
Top 5 per class:
GT3 Cup 992:
1️⃣ #27 Carazo – 2:02.140
2️⃣ #43 Kvamme – 2:02.529
3️⃣ #14 Torres – 2:03.158
4️⃣ #98 Menti – 2:03.271
5️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 2:03.796
GT3 Cup 991:
1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 2:02.918
2️⃣ #20 Womack – 2:04.246
3️⃣ #36 Levitas – 2:04.371
4️⃣ #46 Boden – 2:04.562
5️⃣ #78 Tutino – 2:05.262
Gravois Mills, MO | Round 4 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Cayman series was postponed due to inclement weather at Ozarks International Raceway. Round 4 make-up race will be announced at a later date.
Gravois Mills, MO | Aidan Kenny wins the first ever professional race held at Ozarks International Raceway. Kenny was able to handle the challenges this 3.97 mile, 19 turn circuit with over 1,200 feet of elevation change brought. Kenny was able to go wire to wire from pole position to win Round 3 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America. Mark Smith and Nick Iarossi battled for 2nd and 3rd for the majority of the race with Smith edging out Iarossi for 2nd place. Geoff Isringhausen went on to win the Yokohama Apex award for passing the most cars during the race. From the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West perspective, Michael Gaulke won yet again to extend his point lead in the USA West series.
🏁Round 3 Podium🏁
🥇 #22 Kenny
🥈 #421 Smith
🥉#13 Iarossi
Gravois Mills, MO | Aidan Kenny claimed Pole Position for the first ever professional race to be held at Ozarks International Raceway. 17 drivers took to the challenging, yet rewarding course for the very first qualification session in the track’s history. The 30 minute qualification saw a full green flag session with Kenny and Krainz fighting for the pole. Up next is Race 1, the very first professional race to be held at the start of the art Ozark International Raceway. Race 1 at Ozarks will take place later today at 3:00 pm CST and will be live streamed via Race. Race 2 of the weekend tomorrow will also be live streamed via Race Control at 10:50 am CST.
Top 10 Qualifiers:
1️⃣ #22 Kenny – 2:31.548
2️⃣ #119 Krainz – 2:32.915
3️⃣ #421 Smith – 2:33.776
4️⃣ #13 Iarossi – 2:34.038
5️⃣ #21 Sajady – 2:34.169
6️⃣ #111 M. Harvey – 2:35.553
7️⃣ #154 D. Harvey – 2:35.779
8️⃣ #88 Masiero – 2:35.985
9️⃣ #117 McAuliffe – 2:37.784
🔟 #619 R. Krainz – 2:38.153
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