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

Plymouth, WI | The largest Race Weekend in the history of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America has come to a thrilling conclusion. 40 GT3 Cup entries and 27 Cayman entries is the largest field to ever take to the track in the two year history of the series. 4 practice sessions and 4 races took place over the span of the weekend. Road America was highlighted by the battle of a former and aspiring GT3 Cup 992 champion and marked the first career victory for a young rising star.

Race 2 for the North American Cayman class was won by Elias de La Torre making it his first career victory in just his 2nd ever professional race with the series. Coming in a close 2nd place was Kenny who battled de La Torre all race long. Rounding up the North American Cayman podium was McAuliffe with a 3rd place finish finding himself on the podium for the first time this season. On the USA West Cayman side of things, Paul Bonderson sweeps the weekend with a P18 overall finish today.

A battle between the former North American GT3 Cup 992 champion, Grant Talkie, and aspiring 992 champion, Carazo, took place yet again. This time around, Talkie found himself victorious and took P1 Overall. The Kelly Moss teammates of Carazo and Metni rounded out the podium taking P2 Overall & P4 Overall. For the USA West GT3 Cup 992, Chris Bellomo was able to sweep the weekend by taking P18 Overall.

In the North American GT3 Cup 991 class Jimmy Llibre expanded his championship lead by sweeping this weekend and placing P3 Overall in Race 2. Taking 2nd place in the 991 class was Levitas who took P6 Overall. Taking the last spot on the podium was once again the Cinderella story of Zdanis who finally found himself on the podium by taking P7 overall. The USA West GT3 Cup 991 class was won by Paul Nemschoff who took 2nd in the class yesterday and placed P10 Overall today. Taking 2nd in the class was Ely who took P13 Overall. Rounding out the USA West GT3 Cup 991 podium was once again McInnes taking P19 Overall.

Race 2 Results:

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #981 Talkie – (P1 Overall)

🥈 #27 Carazo – (P2 Overall)

🥉 #98 Metni – (P4 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #89 Llibre – (P3 Overall)

🥈 #36 Levitas – (P6 Overall)

🥉 #99 Zdanis – (P7 Overall)

USA West GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #68 – Bellomo (P18 Overall)

USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #41 Nemschoff – (P10 Overall)

🥈 #09 Ely – (P13 Overall)

🥉 #56 McInnes – (P19 Overall)

North America Cayman Podium:

🥇 #29 – de La Toree (P1 Overall)

🥈 #22 – Kenny (P2 Overall)

🥉 #117 – McAuliffe (P3 Overall)

USA West Cayman Podium:

🥇 #41 – Bonderson (P18 Overall)

Plymouth, WI | The largest field in the history of the Porsche Sprint Challenge kicked off the race weekend with 2 of 4 races being held today. 67 entries marks the largest field in the young two year history of the series. Over 1,000 Yokohama Advan tires will be used this weekend, and 88 barrels of VP Fuel, or approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel, have been dispersed throughout the paddock.

Race 1 for the North American Cayman class was won by Aidan Kenny who started the race in P2 and battled his way to find himself on top of the podium. Finishing in 2nd place in his Porsche Sprint Challenge debut was de La Torre IV in an impressive first drive with the series. Rounding out the North American Cayman Podium in 3rd place was Krainz. Standing alone on top of the USA West Cayman podium was Paul Bonderson.

In the North America GT3 992 class a fierce battle took place between Sebastian Carzao and Grant Talkie. Talkie led most of the race while Carazo ran in 2nd until late in the race when Carazo was able to overtake Talkie and claim victory in Race 1 and P1 overall. Talkie came in 2nd place and P2 Overall. Following him was the fellow Kelly Moss car of Metni who found himself on the podium by taking P3 overall. On the USA West side of things Chris Bellomo stood alone on top of the podium alone and took P35 Overall.

In the North America GT3 991 class Jimmy Llibre went from start to finish with the class lead and took P5 overall. In 2nd place for the class was Levitas who took P6 Overall. Rounding out the podium was the Cinderella story of Zdanis who finally found himself on the podium by taking P7 overall. The USA West 991 GT3 Cup class was won by Laura Ely who had a last lap pass to win the class and take P11 overall. Taking 2nd place in the class was Nemschoff who had led most of the race for the class, but ended up taking P14 overall. Wrapping up the USA West podium was McInnes who took P18 overall.

North America Cayman Podium:

🥇 #22 – Kenny (P1 Overall)

🥈 #29 – de La Torre IV (P2 Overall)

🥉 #119 – Krainz (P3 Overall)

USA West Cayman Podium:

🥇 #41 – Bonderson

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #27 Carazo – (P1 Overall)

🥈 #981 Talkie – (P2 Overall)

🥉 #98 Metni – (P3 Overall)

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USA West GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #68 – Bellomo (P35 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #89 Llibre – (P5 Overall)

🥈 #36 Levitas – (P6 Overall)

🥉 #99 Zdanis – (P7 Overall)

 

USA West 991 Podium:

🥇 #09 Ely – (P11 Overall)

🥈 #41 Nemschoff – (P14 Overall)

🥉 #56 McInnes – (P18 Overall)

Plymouth, WI | The largest Porsche Sprint Challenge North America event to be held this weekend at Road America. 67 entries (40 GT3 Cup & 27 Cayman) marks the largest event in the two year history of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America. 88 barrels of VP Fuel have been distributed throughout the paddock which is nearly 5,000 gallons of fuel and over 1,000 Yokohama Advan tires will be run this weekend. Four practice sessions were held over the course of the day today. Qualifying will take place tomorrow morning followed by the first Cayman Race at 2:30 pm CST and GT3 Cup Race 1 will take place at 4:25 pm CST. Sunday will hold the final two races of the weekend with Cayman Race 2 at 8:35 am CST followed by GT3 Cup Race 2 at 12:05 pm CST. As always, all four races this weekend will be livestream on FloSports and Youtube.

Practice Session Results

Practice 1:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #981 Talkie – 2:11.829

2️⃣ #37 Williams – 2:13.509

3️⃣ #98 Metni – 2:13.533

4️⃣ #27 Carazo – 2:13.918

5️⃣ #64 Hyatt – 2:14.139

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #36 Levitas – 2:12.812

2️⃣ #243 McIntosh – 2:13.701

3️⃣ #66 Bloom – 2:14.655

4️⃣ #99 Zdanis – 2:14.771

5️⃣ #41 Nemschoff – 2:14.906

Cayman:

1️⃣ #29 de la Torre – 2:19.713

2️⃣ #22 Kenny -2:20.982

3️⃣ #95 O’Hara – 2:21.716

4️⃣ #21 Sajady – 2:22.174

5️⃣ #421 Smith – 2:23.003

6️⃣ #90 Gaulke – 2:23.104

7️⃣ #13 Iarossi – 2:23.341

8️⃣ #88 Masiero – 2:23.520

9️⃣ #119 Krainz – 2:23.710

🔟 #117 McAuliffe – 2:23.996

Practice 2:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #981 Talkie – 2:11.912

2️⃣ #98 Metni – 2:12.517

3️⃣ #27 Carazo – 2:12.888

4️⃣ #55 Uretsky – 2:13.303

5️⃣ #65 Castro – 2:13.583

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 2:12.758

2️⃣ #36 Levitas – 2:13.202

3️⃣ #4 Kezman – 2:13.842

4️⃣ #243 McIntosh – 2:14.302

5️⃣ #46 Boden – 2:14.318

Cayman:

1️⃣ #22 Kenny – 2:21.628

2️⃣ #117 McAuliffe – 2:21.973

3️⃣ #119 Krainz – 2:22.245

4️⃣ #29 de La Torre – 2:22.276

5️⃣ #21 Sajady – 2:22.637

6️⃣ #13 Iarossi – 2:23.332

7️⃣ #88 Masiero – 2:23.334

8️⃣ #030 Hodneland – 2:23.617

9️⃣ #421 Smith – 2:24.316

🔟 #70 Walker – 2:24.353

Lexington, OH| Rounds 7 & 8 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America saw the series take to Mid-Ohio on Fourth of July Weekend. Race 2 this weekend took place this morning as the support race for IndyCar and The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2023 Civic Type R. Sebastian Carazo once again found himself winning the 992 GT3 Cup class and placing P1 Overall with a best lap time of 1:24.769. His teammate Castro took second in the class and P2 Overall with a best lap time of 1:24.602. Rounding out the 992 podium was Kvamme who took P3 Overall with a best lap time of 1:25.069. TJ Fisher once again won the 991 GT3 Cup class and took P4 Overall with a best lap time of 1:25.622. In second place was Llibre who took P5 overall with a best lap time of 1:25.696. Wrapping up the 991 podium was Levitas who took P6 Overall with a best lap time of 1:26.359. Up next for the series is Rounds 9 & 10 at Road America July 29th – 31st.

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #27 – Carazo (P1 Overall)

🥈 #65 – Castro (P2 Overall)

🥉 #43 – Kvamme (P3 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #82 – Fischer (P4 Overall)

🥈 #89 – Llibre (P5 Overall)

🥉 #36 – Levatis (P6 Overall)

 

Lexington, OH| Sebastian Carazo kicks off the Fourth of July weekend by winning the Round 7 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America. Carazo placed first overall in the race and won the 992 GT3 Cup class. Carazo had a best lap time of 1:25.324, following him in 2nd place and P2 Overall was his teammate Castro who had a best lap time of 1:25.646. Rounding out the podium coming in 3rd place was Kvamme with a best lap time of 1:26.326. For the 991 GT3 Cup class TJ Fischer came home to win the class and take P3 Overall with a best lap time of 1:26.576. Llbire took 2nd in the class and P4 Overall with a best lap time 1:26.296. Completing the podium in the class was Kezman who took P7 overall with a best lap time of 1:27.342. Race 2 of the weeking will happen tomorrow morning at 8:30 am EST right before The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2023 Civic Type R.

 

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #27 – Carazo (P1 Overall)

🥈 #65 – Castro (P2 Overall)

🥉 #43 – Kvamme (P5 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #82 – Fischer (P3 Overall)

🥈 #89 – Llibre (P4 Overall)

🥉 #4 – Kezman (P7 Overall)

 

Qualifying Results:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:25.185 (P1 Overall)

2️⃣ #65 Castro – 1:25.593 (P2 Overall)

3️⃣ #43 Kvamme – 1:25.684 (P3 Overall)

4️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:26.106 (P6 Overall)

5️⃣ #37 Williams- 1:27.814 (P12 Overall)

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 1:25.711 (P4 Overall)

2️⃣ #82 Fischer – 1:25.765 (P5 Overall)

3️⃣ #4 Kezman- 1:26.332 (P7 Overall)

4️⃣ #99 Zdanis – 1:27.151 (P8 Overall)

5️⃣ #99 Levitas – 1:27.151 (P9 Overall)