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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Team Winward Racing Extends IMSA GTD Points Lead at Road America

by MikeAugust 4, 2025

ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – A convincing pole-winning performance by Russell Ward in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 on Saturday was the major factor in the Winward Racing team and drivers building their 2025 IMSA GT Daytona (GTD) championship leads despite a rough and tumble and largely frustrating race at Road America on Sunday. The top qualifying effort, which garnered 35 valuable championship points, was the fourth career and first pole of the season for Ward. The pole-winning effort returned the No. 57 team’s championship leads to more than 100 points with just three races remaining on the 2025 schedule.

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IMSA Insider: See What’s Brewing at Packed Road America IMSA Weekend

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s annual midsummer tour of North America’s iconic road courses continues with a trip to Road America for the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix. Opened in 1955 and celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025, the 14-turn, 4.048-mile circuit’s basic layout has had minimal design changes albeit several surface changes.

Set an hour north of Milwaukee in Elkhart Lake, Wis., the track has rightly earned the nickname “America’s National Park of Speed.” It’s an apt moniker, one that pays homage to the bucolic nature of the facility’s park-like 640 acres along with the breathtaking character of a track where some of the world’s fastest race cars may top 175 mph three times each lap.

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Flying Lizard Motorsports Brings Championship Charge to Road America

by MikeJuly 30, 2025

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (July 29, 2025) – Flying Lizard Motorsports heads to the scenic 4.048-mile circuit of Road America this weekend for Rounds 7 and 8 of the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championship. Following a strong showing at Watkins Glen International, the team brings momentum and two cars firmly in the title hunt to one of North America’s most iconic road courses.

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Wright Motorsports Reinvigorated for Road America SportsCar Grand Prix

by MikeJuly 30, 2025

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (July 29, 2025) – With the second half of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season well underway, Wright Motorsports heads to Wisconsin for the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America. Piloting the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R, Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer are eager to rebound from recent races to deliver a strong result at one of North America’s most iconic road courses.

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Race Guide: AORacing’s IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Road America

by MikeJuly 30, 2025

Here’s Everything You Need to Know for the IMSA Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America!

It’s home race week for AORacing at Road America! Since we’re based in St. Charles, Illinois, it’s just a quick drive up to one of the best road courses in North America. Spike is on a winning streak and Rexy is coming off hot from a podium finish. We can’t wait to get started!

Let’s race.

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IMSA Insider #609: The Road Ahead: Road America Field Revealed

by MikeJuly 24, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The lone IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship sprint race featuring all four classes kicks off the stretch run to the finish of the final four race weekends of 2025. The freshly renamed Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America marks the last time, for now, this race runs at the standard length two-hour, 40-minute duration before increasing to six hours in 2026.

The combination of four championship battles all under 100 points, intense racing, fun family atmosphere and great food and beverage options highlight the annual trip to the track frequently known as “America’s National Park of Speed.”

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Flying Lizard Motorsports Braves Storms, Scores BMW Victory at VIR

by MikeJuly 23, 2025

ALTON, Va. (July 22, 2025) – Flying Lizard Motorsports took on a challenging four-race weekend at VIRginia International Raceway, competing in both the McLaren Trophy America and GT4 America series. With temperatures soaring and storms rolling through, the team battled adversity and came away with a class win, an additional podium, and a continued push in the championship hunt.

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams JMF Motorsports and Dome Motorsport Secure Double-Podium Showings in SRO America Competition at VIRginia International Raceway

by MikeJuly 21, 2025July 21, 2025

ALTON, Virginia – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams JMF Motorsports and Dome Motorsport each turned in double-podium performances Saturday and Sunday in the SRO America race weekend at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). The No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 team, and co-drivers Mikael Grenier and Michai Stephens, finished third and second in the Pro class, respectively, in each of the GT World Challenge America races on Saturday and Sunday, but it was the first-year Dome Motorsport team that made the weekend’s breakout statement with twin second-place Pirelli GT4 America race finishes with team drivers Marc Miller and last-minute substitute Nate Cicero in the No. 37 Dome Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4.

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Momentum of GMG Racing Remains Strong with a Five-Car Entry for the SRO America Race Weekend at VIRginia International Raceway

by MikeJuly 18, 2025

DANVILLE, Virginia (April 17, 2025) – The memory and momentum of GMG Racing and their career weekend one race ago at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) remains strong as the championship-winning team brings a season-high five entries, and several 2025 title bids, to this weekend’s SRO America event at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). The race is the first event of the second half of SRO America’s racing season and comes after the series’ traditional early-summer break following the most recent race weekend at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in late April.

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IMSA Insider #607 – Dragons Slay CTMP; Lamborghini Launches New GT3 Car

by MikeJuly 15, 2025July 15, 2025

Three Takeaways: IMSA Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Analytics Rule; Three First-Timers; A Man For All Seasons (and Classes)

By David Phillips

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – IMSA’s lightning-fast, exotic Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) entries from Acura, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche bring unquestioned prestige, high-tech, speed and glamour to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

But as Sunday’s Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park demonstrated, the WeatherTech Championship’s other three classes of Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) can put on one heckuva show when left to their own devices.

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