Indianapolis, IN | Chris Bellomo, #68 Flying Lizard Motorsports, wins the 2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West GT3 Cup 992 Championship. Bellomo put on an absolutely dominant performance during the 2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West season finishing with 594 championship points and a suffocating 399-point lead over 2nd place finisher in the championship, Kyle Washington. During the 2022 season, Bellomo was able to secure nine (9) race victories and only a single (1) 2nd place finish. Chris Bellomo’s most notable wins during the season include sweeps at Virginia International Raceway, Road America, and COTA.

2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge Race Wins:

Sonoma Raceway Race 1 & 2

Virginia International Raceway Race 1 & 2

Road America Race 1 & 2

Utah Motorsports Campus Race 2

Circuit of the Americas Race 1 & 2

Indianapolis, IN | Laura Ely, #09 Black Sheep Racing, wins the 2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West GT3 Cup 991 Championship. Ely and the USA West 991 class put on the most fierce championship battle with first place changing hands every weekend between Ely and Nemschoff. In the end, Ely was able to triumph and finish the season with 583 championship points and a 10-point gap over Nemschoff. Laura Ely had a remarkable 2022 season with a total of six (6) race victories and four (4) 2nd place finishes. Notable wins for Ely include the sweeps of Sonoma and COTA.

2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge Race Wins:

Sonoma Raceway Race 1 & 2

Virginia International Raceway Race 2

Road America Race 1

Circuit of the Americas Race 1 & 2

Indianapolis, IN | Michael Gaulke, #90 Flying Lizard Motorsports, wins the 2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West GT3 Cup Cayman Championship. Gaulke and fellow Flying Lizard teammate, Paul Bonderson, fought hard all season for the USA West Cayman championship with Gaulke ending up on top with 596 championship points, a 26-point gap over Bonderson. Gaulke had an impressive start to the 2022 USA West season by winning the first 7 races of the season. In total for the 2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West season, Gaulke won nine (9) races and had two (2) 2nd place finishes.

2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge Race Wins:

Laguna Seca Raceway Race 1 & 2

Sonoma Raceway Race 1 & 2

Ozarks International Raceway Race 1 & 2

Virginia International Raceway Race 1

Circuit of the Americas Race 1 & 2

 

Austin, TX | The 2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge North America and Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West by Yokohama season finale will take place this weekend at the famed Circuit of the Americas. 6 champions will be crowned this weekend with 3 coming from each series. Some notable championship battles to keep a eye out for this championship weekend include – North America 992: Sebastian Carazo (+53) over David Williams, North America 991: Jimmy Llibre (+43) over Michael Levitas, North America Cayman: Aiden Kenny (+31) over Mark Smith, USA West 991: Laura Ely (+1) over Paul Nemschoff, USA West Cayman: Micheal Gaulke (+21) over Paul Bonderson. There are also some tight battles in the team championship battles including – North America 992 Team: Kelly Moss (+57) over TPC, North America 991 Team: MDK (+7) over TPC, North America Cayman Team: W2W (+29) over RS1, USA West 991 Team: Black Sheep (+5) over Flying Lizard. Both the Cayman and GT3 Cup classes each had three practice sessions through the course of the day. Tomorrow will see the Caymans qualify at 9:55 am CST with the GT3 Cup following at 11:25 am CST. Cayman Race 1 will be at 2:30 pm and GT3 Cup Race 1 will be at 4:20 pm CST. On Sunday Cayman Race 2 will be at 10:20 am and GT3 Cup Race 2 will be at 12:20 pm CST. All races will be live streamed via race control and on the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama YouTube page.

Practice 1 Times:

Cayman:

1️⃣ #29 de la Torre – 2:18.448

2️⃣ #22 Kenny – 2:19.395

3️⃣ #619 Krainz – 2:19.902

4️⃣ #114 Horstmann – 2:20.238

5️⃣ #520 Kopczynski – 2:20.316

6️⃣ #26 Scalzo – 2:20.702

7️⃣ #95 O’Hara – 2:21.452

8️⃣ #119 Krainz – 2:21.587

9️⃣ #111 Harvey – 2:21.588

🔟 #111 Smith – 2:22.030

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #98 Menti – 2:11.220

2️⃣ #156 Mosing – 2:21.690

3️⃣ #042 Davo udi – 2:24.579

4️⃣ #339 Krahn – 2:26.112

5️⃣ #17 Siblie – 2:27.714

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 2:12.053

2️⃣ #243 Chambers – 2:14.228

3️⃣ #09 Ely – 2:15.628

4️⃣ #402 Bray – 2:17.118

5️⃣ #36 Levitas – 2:17.159

Practice 2:

Cayman:

1️⃣ #114 Horstmann – 2:20.688

2️⃣ #29 de la Torre – 2:20.970

3️⃣ #117 McAuliffe – 2:21.645

4️⃣ #21 Sajady – 2:21.799

5️⃣ #22 Kenny – 2:22.113

6️⃣ #119 Krainz – 2:22.437

7️⃣ #154 Harvey – 2:22.815

8️⃣ #421 Smith – 2:23.260

9️⃣ #26 Scalzo – 2:23.277

🔟 #11 Formela – 2:23.384

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #98 Menti – 2:10.639

2️⃣ #27 Carazo – 2:11.301

3️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 2:12.592

4️⃣ #37 Williams – 2:12.820

5️⃣ #156 Mosing – 2:13.226

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 2:12.912

2️⃣ #99 Zdanis – 2:13.859

3️⃣ #09 Ely – 2:14.025

4️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 2:14.199

5️⃣ #437 Vanier – 2:14.592

Practice 3:

Cayman:

1️⃣ #29 de la Torre – 2:19.389

2️⃣ #114 Horstmann – 2:19.903

3️⃣ #22 Kenny – 2:20.322

4️⃣ #421 Smith – 2:20.322

5️⃣ #115 McAuliffe – 2:21.518

6️⃣ #119 Krainz – 2:21.677

7️⃣ #26 Scalzo – 2:22.840

8️⃣ #21 Sajady – 2:23.351

9️⃣ #171 Madruga – 2:23.404

🔟 #95 O’Hara – 2:23.493

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #27 Carazo – 2:10.914

2️⃣ #98 Metni – 2:11.285

3️⃣ #37 Williams – 2:11.693

4️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 2:12.187

5️⃣ #156 Mosing – 2:13.789

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 2:11.285

2️⃣ #437 Vanier – 2:12.593

3️⃣ #09 Ely – 2:13.388

4️⃣ #402 Bray – 2:13.490

5️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 2:13.900

Indianapolis, IN | Over this Labor Day weekend, Porsche was back in Indianapolis to commemorate its long history of successful road and racing cars. For spectators of all ages, there were also trackside activities. Two of the German sports car manufacturer’s best performance models—the GT range of road vehicles and its top one-make race series—were on exhibit at the Sports Car Together Fest, the second annual headliner at the esteemed Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) by Porsche. The Porsche GT car gathering was the biggest ever, and the event also celebrated the RS model’s 50th birthday.

Weather conditions were much improved compared to yesterday’s heavy rain fall. The GT3 Cup cars were the first to hit the track for the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama. Race 2 of the weekend for the GT3 Cup class saw dry track conditions and everyone was able to run on the slick Advan Yokohama tires. Sebastian Carazo was able to get back to his winning ways after a tire failure yesterday caused him to DNF. Carazo won the North America 992 class by finishing P1 Overall. 2nd place in the 992 class was Todd who finished P10 Overall. Rounding out the North America GT3 Cup 992 podium was Race 1 winner Washington who placed P14 overall. On the North America 991 side of things, championship leader Jimmy Llibre suffered mechanical issues and was not able to finish Race 2. Winning the 991 podium and sweeping the weekend in the class was Dan Clarke who placed P2 Overall. 2nd place in the 991 class was claimed by Sedgewick who placed P3 Overall and in 3rd place for the class was Cirone who placed P4 Overall. In the USA West 991 class, John McInnes was able to sweep the weekend by placing P15 Overall. Haunold placed 2nd in the class and P21 Overall with Ayers taking 3rd and P33 Overall.

The Porsche Sprint Challenge North America Cayman class was swept by Conor Horstmann who was able to run away from the field and win both races this weekend. After a wild incident yesterday, the RS1 team was able to rebuild Austin Krainz’s car which paid off well and Krainz was able to take home 2nd place after an eventful 24 hours for him and the team. Rounding out the Cayman podium was Kenny in 3rd place.

🏁North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium 🏁

🥇 #27 Carazo (P1 Overall)

🥈 #52 Todd (P10 Overall)

🥉 #132 Washington (P14 Overall)

🏁North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium 🏁

🥇 #641 Clarke (P2 Overall)

🥈 #189 Sedgwick (P3 Overall)

🥉 #184 Cirone (P4 Overall)

🏁USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium 🏁

🥇 #56 McInnes (P15 Overall)

🥈 #00 Haunold (P21 Overall)

🥉 #30 Ayers (P33 Overall)

🏁North America Cayman Podium 🏁

🥇 #114 Horstmann

🥈 #119 Krainz

🥉 #22 Kenny

Indianapolis, IN | Porsche is back in Indianapolis over the Labor Day weekend to celebrate its long history of competitive road and racing cars. Additionally, there are trackside activities for viewers of all ages. At the Sports Car Together Fest, the second annual headliner at the prestigious Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) by Porsche, two of the German sports car manufacturer’s best performance models—the GT range of road vehicles and its top one-make race series—will be on display. The gathering of Porsche GT cars is expected to be the largest ever, and the 50th anniversary of the RS model will also be highlighted at the event.

Race 1 of 2 took place today with both the GT4 Club Caymans and the GT3 Cup 992 and 991 taking to the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A wet start was declared for the Cayman race this morning forcing all competitors to switch to the rain tires. Weather conditions forced a nearly 30 minute delay. After things got underway, 5 laps of green flag racing got in before an incident caused the rest of the race to take place under yellow due to extensive tire wall repair. Winning the shortened Cayman Race 1 was Connor Horstmann. P2 in the Cayman class was Kenny and rounding out the Cayman podium in P3 was de La Torre IV.

Conditions got better for the GT3 Cup Race later in the afternoon and the sky started to clear, but there was still moisture on the track. Tire failure in the race caused championship points leader, Carazo, to retire from the race early. Carazo was running P1 Overall at the time of the incident. Winning the North America GT3 Cup 992 Class was Kyle Washington who took P3 Overall after coming fresh off a win at Utah Motorsports Campus. P2 in the 992 class was Bellomo who placed P4 overall. Rounding out the 992 GT3 Cup podium was Todd who placed P6 Overall. The North America GT3 Cup 991 class was won by Dan Clarke who also placed P1 Overall. In 2nd place for the 991 class was Llibre who took P2 Overall. Rounding out the podium for the class was Menti who placed P5 Overall. On the USA West side of things, the GT3 Cup 991 class was won by John McInnes who took P12 Overall. Taking 2nd place in that class was Ayers who placed P23 overall.

 

🏁Cayman Race 1 Podium 🏁

🥇 #114 Horstmann

🥈 #22 Kenny

🥉 #29 da La Torre IV

🏁North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium 🏁

🥇 #641 Clarke (P1 Overall)

🥈 #89 Llibre (P2 Overall)

🥉 #198 Metni (P5 Overall)

 

🏁North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium 🏁

🥇 #132 Washington (P3 Overall)

🥈 #68 Bellomo (P4 Overall)

🥉 #52 Todd (P6 Overall)

🏁USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium 🏁

🥇 #56 McInnes (P12 Overall)

🥈 #30 Ayers (P23 Overall)

Indianapolis, IN | Over the Labor Day holiday weekend, Porsche is back in Indianapolis to commemorate its long heritage of competitive road and race vehicles. There will also be trackside events for spectators of all ages. The GT range of road vehicles and its top one-make race series are two of the German sports car manufacturer’s greatest performance models that will be featured at the Sports Car Together Fest, the second annual headlining event at the renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) by Porsche. The event, which runs from September 2 to 4, will be punctuated by what is anticipated to be the biggest gathering of Porsche GT vehicles ever as well as a spotlight on the 50th anniversary of the RS model.

Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama in addition to the Carrera Cup presented by the Cayman Islands will highlight the weekend. Porsche Sprint Challenge North America had five track sessions today with 2 practice sessions each for the GT3 Cup class and the Cayman class. Cayman qualifying took place this afternoon while the GT3 Cup qualifying session will be tomorrow morning at 8:30 am. Cayman Race 1 will take place at 11:55 am tomorrow followed by GT3 Cup Race 1 at 3:35 pm. On Sunday, GT3 Cup Race 2 will be at 10 am and Cayman Race 2 will be at 11:40 am. All races will be live streamed via Race Control and on Youtube and Flosports on Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama.

 

Cayman Practice 1:

1️⃣ #114 Horstmann – 1:33.252

2️⃣ #117 McAuliffe – 1:33.307

3️⃣ #22 Kenny – 1:33.662

4️⃣ #29 da La Torre IV – 1:33.789

5️⃣ #421 Smith – 1:34.908

6️⃣ #42 Bonderson – 1:35.136

7️⃣ #21 Sajady – 1:35.214

8️⃣ #5 Martin – 1:35.324

9️⃣ #9 Formela – 1:35.457

🔟 #154 Harvey – 1:36.446

Cayman Practice 2:

1️⃣ #114 Horstmann – 1:33.489

2️⃣ #22 Kenny – 1:33.722

3️⃣ #21 Sajady – 1:33.930

4️⃣ #117 McAuliffe – 1:34.292

5️⃣ #119 Krainz – 1:34.381

6️⃣ #421 Smith – 1:34.637

7️⃣ #29 de La Torre – 1:34.788

8️⃣ #619 Krainz – 1:35.357

9️⃣ #111 Harvey – 1:35.512

🔟 #157 Parnagian – 1:35.535

GT3 Cup Practice 1:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #17 Sibille – 1:27.657

2️⃣ #37 Williams – 1:28.188

3️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:28.347

4️⃣ #132 Washington- 1:28.503

5️⃣ #52 Todd – 1:29.124

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #641 Clarke – 1:28.341

2️⃣ #6 Lorndale – 1:28.499

3️⃣ #78 Tutino – 1:28.559

4️⃣ #36 Levitas – 1:28.579

5️⃣ #198 Metni – 1:28.653

 

GT3 Cup Practice 2:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:27.854

2️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:29.510

3️⃣ #132 Washington- 1:30.293

4️⃣ #37 Williams – 1:30.490

5️⃣ #575 Leathers – 1:30.875

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 1:28.150

2️⃣ #198 Metni – 1:28.734

3️⃣ #189 Sedgwick – 1:28.869

4️⃣ #99 Zdanis – 1:28.978

5️⃣ #09 Ely – 1:29.487

 

Grantsville, UT | Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West wrapped up a successful weekend full of racing as the feature series at Utah Motorsports Campus. The hometown team of Tatum Racing and John McInnes ran away with the weekend by taking P1 Overall in both races. Coming in 2nd place and P2 Overall in the GT3 991 class was Ely who was able to take over the championship league from 3rd place finisher, Nemschoff, who took P5 Overall. In the GT3 Cup 992 class Chris Bellomo was able to get back to his winning ways and win the class by taking P3 Overall. After winning the class yesterday, Washington found himself taking 2nd and P4 Overall. Rounding out the USA West 992 podium was Krahn who once again took P9 overall. In the USA Cayman class Sam Parnagian was able to sweep the weekend for the class and take P11 Overall. 2nd place in the Cayman class was Gaulke who was able to extend his championship lead in the class with a P12 Overall finish. Wrapping up the USA West Podium and taking 3rd place was Gordon who placed P13 Overall.

Up next on the calendar is the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway over Labor Day

USA West GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇#68 – Bellomo (P3 Overall)

🥈#132 – Washington(P4 Overall)

🥉#339 – Krahn (P9 Overall)

 

USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇#55 – McInnes (P1 Overall)

🥈#09 – Ely (P2 Overall)

🥉#41 – Nemschoff (P5 Overall)

 

USA West Cayman Podium:

🥇#157 – Parnagian (P11 Overall)

🥈#90 – Gaulke (P12 Overall)

🥉 #231 – Gordon (P13 Overall)

Grantsville, UT | Round 5 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West took place today at the scenic Utah Motorsports Campus. Coming into this weekend a fierce championship battle was going to be put to the test as Paul Nemscoff held just a 2 point lead over fellow competitor, Laura Ely, in the USA West GT3 Cup 991 class. Qualifying this morning saw the pure emotion of Kayden Kelly from Throttle Therapy Motorsports who was the fastest qualifier overall in his very first weekend with the series. Race 1 in Utah was highlighted by the GT3 Cup 991 class who were able to stay in front of the 992 class and take the top overall positions. The USA West GT3 Cup 991 class was won by John McInnes who got his first victory of the season and placed P1 Overall. Taking 2nd in the class and P2 Overall was Kelly. Rounding out the 991 class podium was Ely who took P3 Overall. The USA West GT3 Cup 992 class was won by Kyle Washington who took P4 Overall. Coming in 2nd place for the class and P5 Overall was Bellomo, and wrapping up the podium was Krahn who took P9 Overall. In the USA West Cayman class Sam Parnagian found himself on top of the box and placed P13 Overall. 2nd place in the class was Gordon who took P14 Overall. The Cayman class podium was rounded out by Gaulke who took P15 Overall.

Race 2 will be live streamed tomorrow at 11:50 am MST via Race Control.

USA West GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇#123 – Washington (P4 Overall)

🥈#68 – Bellomo (P5 Overall)

🥉#339 – Krahn (P9 Overall)

 

USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇#55 – McInnes (P1 Overall)

🥈#880 – Kelly(P2 Overall)

🥉#09 – Ely (P3 Overall)

 

USA West Cayman Podium:

🥇#157 – Parnagian (P13 Overall)

🥈#231 – Gordon (P14 Overall)

🥉#90 – Gaulke (P15 Overall)

Practice 1:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:57.689

2️⃣ #339 Krahn – 1:59.489

3️⃣ #132 Washington – 1:59.514

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #00 Haunold – 1:54.018

2️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 1:54.571

3️⃣ #30 Ayers – 1:55.165

Cayman:

1️⃣ #42 Bonderson – 2:02.357

2️⃣ #90 Gaulke – 2:02.483

3️⃣ #157 Parnagian – 2:06.056

 

Practice 2:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:56.595

2️⃣ #132 Washington – 1:58.119

3️⃣ #339 Krahn- 1:59.591

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #880 Kelly – 1:55.798

2️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 1:56.443

3️⃣ #09 Ely – 1:57.194

Cayman:

1️⃣ #157 Parnagian – 2:03.929

2️⃣ #90 Gaulke – 2:05.997

3️⃣ #42 Bonderson – 2:06.536

 

Practice 3:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:56:580

2️⃣ #339 Krahn – 2:00.200

 

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 1:55.796

2️⃣ #09 Ely – 1:55.871

3️⃣ #56 McInnes – 1:57.862

Cayman:

1️⃣ #231 Gordon – 2:04.539

2️⃣ #157 Parnagian – 2:04.636

3️⃣ #90 Gaulke – 2:05.902