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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Secure Three GT3 Race Wins in Season-Opening SRO America Race Weekend in Sonoma

by MikeApril 1, 2025

SONOMA, California – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams JMF Motorsports, Regulator Racing and CrowdStrike by Riley combined for a trio of Mercedes-AMG GT3 race wins Saturday and Sunday in the season-opening SRO America event weekend at Sonoma Raceway. The victories accounted for half of the weekend’s six podium appearances by Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams in a competitive weekend that moved this year’s championship campaigns in both GT World Challenge America and GT America powered by AWS off to solid starts.

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GMG Racing’s Kyle Washington Wins First GT America Powered by AWS Race Sunday in Wet and Wild Conditions at Sonoma Raceway

by MikeMarch 31, 2025

– Washington Takes Early Lead and Survives and Thrives on a Soaked Sonoma Road Course for His First Career GT America Win in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
– “Rainmeister” Washington Two for Two in 2025 Rain-Race Victories Following VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Win in the Wet at Daytona International Speedway in January

SONOMA, California (March 31, 2025) – Veteran GMG Racing driver Kyle Washington broke through for his first career SRO GT America powered by AWS race win Sunday in a wet and wild sprint race at rain-soaked Sonoma Raceway. Starting on the outside front row in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, Washington took a lead he would hold to the finish on the first green flag lap after polesitter and former GT America Champion George Kurtz was among the half dozen competitors to go off course in the treacherous conditions. (more…)

TPC Racing and the DART Car Project McLaren Team Finish Fourth in Pirelli GT4 America Debut in Sonoma

by MikeMarch 31, 2025

– Zoë Barry and Aurora Straus Improve Five Positions from Qualifying to Score Solid Fourth-Place Finish in the Debut of the No. 44 DART Car/TPC Racing McLaren Artura GT4 in the SRO Pirelli GT4 America Series

SONOMA, California (March 30, 2025) – TPC Racing and the Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) scored a fourth-place finish Saturday in the debut race for the No. 44 DART Car/TPC Racing McLaren Artura GT4 in SRO Pirelli GT4 America competition at Sonoma Raceway. Starting ninth in the “Am” division in the packed 31-car field, team drivers Zoë Barry and Aurora Straus improved a class-high five race positions in the one-hour race to secure the solid fourth-place showing. (more…)

Flying Lizard Soars to GT America Podium at Sonoma Raceway Season Opener

by MikeMarch 31, 2025

SONOMA, Calif., (March 30, 2025) – Flying Lizard Motorsports kicked off the 2025 race season with a strong showing at Sonoma Raceway, competing in the McLaren Trophy America, GT America, and GT World Challenge America championships. The team celebrated an early-season podium, with Elias Sabo securing a second-place finish in the No. 80 BMW M4 GT3 during the GT America season opener, reflecting significant progress made during the off-season. (more…)

GMG Racing Wins SRO McLaren Trophy America Series Debut Race Saturday at Sonoma Raceway

by MikeMarch 31, 2025

SONOMA, California (March 30, 2025) – The majority of key moments in history happen only once, and GMG Racing and its pair of new McLaren Artura Trophy teams made the most of a milestone motorsports opportunity Saturday at Sonoma Raceway with a double-pole and race-winning performance in the inaugural series race of the new SRO McLaren Trophy America championship. (more…)

IMSA Insider: IMSA’s Good Old Days are Happening Right Now

by MikeMarch 28, 2025

By John Oreovicz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If you were among the thousands who attended the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, or if you happened to stream the flag-to-flag coverage, you had to be impressed with what you saw.

With Sebring International Raceway’s expansive infield already packed with campers, a steady stream of race day spectators continued to pour into the historic racetrack long after the 10:10 a.m. green flag for the second round of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. (more…)

TPC Racing and DART Car Launch New McLaren Artura GT4 Pirelli GT4 America Team at Sonoma

by MikeMarch 26, 2025

Debuting DART Car Project is a Female-Led, Mission-Driven Motorsports Program to Elevate the Achievements of Women in the Traditionally Male-Dominated Fields of Motorsports and Fine Art

SONOMA, California (March 26, 2025) – TPC Racing and the Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) debut the No. 44 DART Car/TPC Racing McLaren Artura GT4 this weekend at Sonoma Raceway with team co-drivers Zoë Barry and Aurora Straus in the Am class of the SRO Pirelli GT4 America series.

The debuting DART Car project is a female-led, mission-driven motorsports program with the purpose of elevating the achievements of women in the traditionally male-dominated fields of motorsports and fine art. (more…)

AO Racing’s Rexy Set to Thrill at Long Beach Grand Prix

by MikeMarch 26, 2025

ST. CHARLES, Ill., (March 26, 2025) – AO Racing never shies away from a good time, and for the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the team is making sure the party includes Rexy. The fan-favorite Porsche 911 GT3 R will return to the GTD class in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, competing in the thrilling April 11-12 street race. Fresh off his Twelve Hours of Sebring victory, Rexy will be driven by Porsche driver Laurens Vanthoor and rising talent Jonny Edgar. (more…)

Flying Lizard Motorsports Opens 2025 SRO and McLaren Efforts at Sonoma Raceway

by MikeMarch 26, 2025

SONOMA, Calif. (March 26, 2025) – Flying Lizard Motorsports is set to kick off an exciting 2025 racing season this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, fielding entries in both the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and the new McLaren Trophy America series. The team returns to its former home track, Sonoma Raceway, with a packed lineup of drivers, cars, and championship ambitions. (more…)

GMG Racing Launches 2025 SRO America Campaign at Sonoma Raceway with Two Full-Season GT3 Class and McLaren Trophy Campaigns

by MikeMarch 26, 2025

SONOMA, California (March 25, 2025) – GMG Racing begins another season of multi-tiered SRO America competition this weekend at Sonoma Raceway where four GMG Racing entries across four classes in three different racing series compete in the season-opening race weekend. The GMG Racing quartet includes full-season efforts in the featured SRO GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and the SRO GT America powered by AWS series as well as two entries in the inaugural race weekend of the debuting SRO McLaren Trophy America series. All competing series this weekend at Sonoma contest twin Saturday and Sunday races on the 2.52 Sonoma “Wine Country” road course. (more…)