Lexington, OH| Fourth of July weekend finds Porsche Sprint Challenge North America racing support for IndyCar at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2023 Civic Type R. Mid-Ohio will feature Rounds 7 & 8 Porsche Sprint Challenge North America with only the GT3 Cup class racing this weekend. Two practice sessions were held today with Mark Kvamme on his home track sitting on top of the time sheet after both practices. Qualifying will take place tomorrow morning followed by Race 1 at 12:45 pm EST. Race 2 will be Sunday at 8:30 am EST and both races will be live streamed via Race-Control.

Practice 1:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #43 Kvamme – 1:24.878 (P1 Overall)

2️⃣ #65 Castro – 1:26.492 (P4 Overall)

3️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:26.604 (P5 Overall)

4️⃣ #37 Williams – 1:26.75 (P6 Overall)

5️⃣ #68 Bellomo – 1:26.825 (P7 Overall)

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #82 Fischer – 1:26.166 (P2 Overall)

2️⃣ #4 Kezman – 1:26.172 (P3 Overall)

3️⃣ #36 Levitas – 1:26.882 (P8 Overall)

4️⃣ #89 Llibre – 1:27.309 (P9 Overall)

5️⃣ #46 Boden – 1:27.544 (P10 Overall)

Practice 2:

GT3 Cup 992:

1️⃣ #43 Kvamme – 1:25.531 (P1 Overall)

2️⃣ #27 Carazo – 1:25.547 (P2 Overall)

3️⃣ #65 Castro – 1:25.581 (P3 Overall)

4️⃣ #68 Bellomo- 1:26.406 (P4 Overall)

5️⃣ #042 Davoudi – 1:28.336 (P12 Overall)

GT3 Cup 991:

1️⃣ #89 Llibre – 1:25.763 (P4 Overall)

2️⃣ #82 Fischer- 1:25.810 (P5 Overall)

3️⃣ #78 Tutino – 1:27.837 (P7 Overall)

4️⃣ #4 Boden – 1:27.895 (P8 Overall)

5️⃣ #99 Zdanis – 1:27.935 1:27.935 (P9 Overall)

Alton, VA | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America and Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West wrapped off a successful weekend full of racing at Virginia International Raceway. A total of 5 races took place this weekend which left us with 10 podiums between the two series.

Race two for the North American Cayman class was won by Aidan Kenny who had an excellent turn around from a DNF yesterday. Taking 2nd in the Cayman was Weir of MDK Motorsports following his Cayman win yesterday. Wrapping up the North American Podium was Smith who also took 3rd place overall. The USA West Cayman class was won by Paul Bonderson who took 17th overall followed by the 2nd place finisher of Gaulke who took 20th overall. Flying Lizard Motorsports swept the podium in the USA West Cayman class.

In the North American GT3 Cup 992 class Sebastian Carazo raced his way to victory finishing P1 overall for the GT3 Cup Race. Coming in 2nd place for the North America 992 class was Castro who took 3rd place overall. Wrapping up the podium for the class was Uretsky who finished 5th overall. On the USA West side of the class was Chris Bellomo who won that class and finished 6th overall.

The North American GT3 Cup 991 class one once again by TJ Fischer who secured his 2nd victory of the weekend. Fischer placed 2nd overall. Taking 2nd in the North American GT3 Cup 991 class was Llibre who also took 4th overall. Rounding out the podium for the 991 class was Bloom who placed 8th overall. The USA West GT3 Cup 991 class was won by Laura Ely who placed 10th overall. Finishing in a close 2nd was Nemschoff who placed 11th overall. He was followed by King who took 3rd in the class and finished 16th overall.

The Yokohama Apex award was won by William Tally. The Yokohama Apex award is given to the driver that passes the most cars during the span of the racing session.

 

North America Cayman Podium:

🥇 #22 – Kenny (P1 Overall)

🥈 #23 – Weir (P2 Overall)

🥉 #421 – Smith (P3 Overall)

USA West Cayman Podium:

🥇 #42 – Bonderson (P17 Overall)

🥈 #90 – Gaulke (P20 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #27 – Carazo (P1 Overall)

🥈 #65 – Castro (P3 Overall)

🥉 #55 – Uretsky (P5 Overall)

USA West GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #68 – Bellomo (P6 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #82 – Fischer (P2 Overall)

🥈 #89 – Llibre (P4 Overall)

🥉 #66 – Bloom (P8 Overall)

USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #09 – Ely (P10 Overall)

🥈 #241 – Nemschoff (P11 Overall)

🥉 #777 – King (P16 Overall)

Alton, VA | Round 3 of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America took place today 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 two of them occurring today.

The GT3 Cup featured a mixture of 992 and 991 cup cars racing against each other in a single field. Efrin Castro claimed victory in the North America 992 class and finished 2nd overall with a 1.768 gap over 2nd place finisher Uretsky. Uretsky who took 2nd in the 992 class also took 3rd overall. Rounding out the North American 992 class podium was Chris Bellomo who took 5th overall.

On the USA West GT3 Cup side of the series stood Chris Bellomo who won the 992 class. The USA West 991 class was won by Paul Nemschoff who also finished 7th overall. Taking 2nd was Ely who finished 16th overall. Finishing up the podium in the 991 class was King who took 21st overall.

The North America Cayman saw a new face atop the podium with Christian Weir winning Round 5. In 2nd place was Smith followed by Eyme taking 3rd.

 

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #65 – Castro (P2 Overall)

🥈 #55 – Uretsky (P3 Overall)

🥉 #68 – Bellomo (P5 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 992 Podium:

🥇 #68 – Bellomo (P5 Overall)

USA West GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #41 – Nemschoff (P7 Overall)

🥈 #09 – Ely (P16 Overall)

🥉 #777 – King (P21 Overall)

North America GT3 Cup 991 Podium:

🥇 #82 – Fischer (P82 Overall)

🥈 #36 – Levitas (P4 Overall)

🥉 #4 – Kezman (P7 Overall)

North America Cayman Podium:

🥇 #23 – Weir

🥈 #421 – Smith

🥉 #983 – Eyme

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