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GMG Racing’s Career Weekend at COTA Nets Six Race Wins and a Nearly Perfect Nine Podium Showings Across Three SRO America Racing Series

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Kyle Washington Wins Second GT America Powered by AWS Win of the Season From the Pole Saturday in His No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R at Circuit of The Americas
Washington and Tom Sargent Secure First GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Podium of The Season with a Third-Place Showing Saturday in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
John Capestro-Dubets and Debuting Co-Driver Andre Solano Join James Sofronas in Sweeping Pro and Am-Class McLaren Trophy America Doubleheader Races Saturday and Sunday in the Twin GMG Racing McLaren Trophy EVO Entries
Sofronas a Perfect Three-for-Three in Texas with the COTA Sweep and Friday Sonoma Makeup Race Win to Take Am-Class Championship Lead in the No. 14 GMG Racing McLaren Trophy Evo

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GMG Racing Arrives at Circuit of The Americas Looking for More Early-Season SRO America Championships Winning Success

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Kyle Washington Looks for Second GT America Powered by AWS Win of the Season at COTA in His No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R: Co-Drives Sister No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche in GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS with Tom Sargent
John Capestro-Dubets and Debuting Co-Driver Andre Solano Seek Repeat Overall McLaren Trophy America Race Win in The No. 4 GMG Racing McLaren Trophy Evo
James Sofronas Determined to Avenge Narrow Season-Opening Am-Class Loss in The No. 14 GMG Racing McLaren Trophy Evo

AUSTIN, Texas (April 24, 2025) – With a pair of 2025 milestone race wins already in the record books, GMG Racing has arrived at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) looking for more early-season success in the second full-series event on this year’s SRO America calendar this weekend at the 3.426-mile Lone Star road course. Running four cars across three different SRO America series, GMG Racing won both a GT America powered by AWS Sunday sprint and the series debut race for the all-new McLaren Trophy America championship on Saturday last month in the season-opening weekend of SRO America competition at Sonoma Raceway.

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Flying Lizard Motorsports Ready to Tackle Circuit of the Americas in Multi-Series Weekend

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AUSTIN, Texas (April 23, 2025) – Flying Lizard Motorsports heads to Circuit of the Americas (COTA) this weekend, continuing its three-series campaign in GT America powered by AWS, GT World Challenge America powered by AWS, and McLaren Trophy America. Coming off a strong season opener at Sonoma Raceway, followed by a successful weekend at Long Beach, the Lizards are dialed in for another competitive outing on the flowing Texas circuit.

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

March 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

March 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…)

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

March 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

March 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…)

U.S. Army Hero to Compete in the Inaugural SRO McLaren Trophy America Championship

March 24, 2025

Knoxville, Tennessee – March 24^th – Retired U.S. Army veteran SFC, Jason Guzman will be competing for Aero-B and Skip Barber Racing in the inaugural SRO McLaren Trophy America Championship, starting with a debut outing at the Sonoma Raceway on March 28^th – 30^th.

Established in Europe for the 2023 season, McLaren Trophy is designed to challenge serious race drivers in 50-minute races with pitstops for driver changes. Designed for the 577BHP V6 twin-turbo, carbon-fibre chassis Artura Trophy race car, the championship is also open to drivers of the older 570S Trophy. (more…)

Flying Lizard Motorsports Reveals Two-Car Entry in Inaugural McLaren Trophy America Series

March 22, 2025

PHOENIX, Ariz. (March 21, 2025) – This April, Flying Lizard Motorsports will join the highly anticipated debut of the McLaren Trophy America series at Sonoma Raceway. The championship, introduced by SRO America and McLaren Automotive, marks a new era of single-make competition, and Flying Lizard will field a two-car entry with two new Artura Trophy Evos in the PRO/AM class.

The team’s lineup features George Lawrence III and 2023 TC America champion Spencer Bucknum in the No. 3 Artura Trophy Evo, while Brandon Kreutz and Caanan O’Connell will pilot the No. 18 Artura Trophy Evo. (more…)

Lanza on Podium of the 2024 EuroNASCAR Challenger Trophy

October 18, 2024

The 2024 EuroNASCAR season has come to an end in Belgium, with the Italian driver playing a leading role in the Trophy right up to the final race
credit: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

Zolder, Belgium – A 12-race journey, continuous twists and turns, and a truly thrilling finale: this is how we can summarize Max Lanza’s assault on the Challenger Trophy of the 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The Rome-native driver fought like a lion until the last lap of the last race, defying the odds with extraordinary determination and grit. In the end, just 3 points – out of 340 for the winner – separated Lanza from the 2024 title, leaving him in third place in a season that was nonetheless very positive. (more…)