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Ansa Motorsports who scored a race two podium at the opening round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series at Sebring, will see a slightly revised lineup for round two at Laguna Seca. Tommi Gore in his rookie season will be joined by Nico Jamin. Jamin who has a lot of experience with the Ansa team will team up with the Jamaican rookie while Colin Queen is in Europe for the Road to Le Mans Series. Queen will rejoin the Ansa squad at round three in Watkins Glenn.

With this weekend being a clashing weekend for both IMSA and European Le Mans Series Valentine Haase Clott has taken priority of his ELMS commitment over IMSA. Taking his place this weekend will be Scott Andrews. Andrew’s who has been taking part in the endurance cup with Lone Star Racing aboard there Mercedes AMG GT3. He will now join the Van Der Steur team with there Aston Martin Vantage. He’s going to be teaming up with Aston Martin Academy driver Rory Van Der Steur for La

Ben Hanley is set for an additional appearance in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship at CTMP this is due to the FIA WEC having a clashing weekend with WEC being in Interlagos in Brazil. Hanley will sub for Paul Di Resta in the 22 LMP2 the United AutoSports team has confirmed. Hanley will team up with bronze rated co driver Dan Goldburg. Last year Tom Blomqvist filled in for Di Resta at the CTMP round which clashed with the 6 Hours of São Paulo where Di Resta compete

Confirmed today the Acura GTP program will come to a hault at the conclusion of the 2026 season. This is due to a significant financial losses from parent company Honda in relation to sale of EV vehicles. At the moment no word has been made regarding the possibility of seeing future ARX-06’s run by customers either next year or in the future. Additionally no reason was given for the haulting of it’s sports car program. With today’s confirmation this now puts drivers Renger Va

Lorenzo Patrese will return to IMSA action at Laguna Seca with the Conquest team subbing for Manny Franco. Patrese who is apart of the team’s endurance lineup for this year is making his first sprint start. Franco is unavailable for the first two hour and forty minute race of the year due to personal reasons. Conquest is coming off there first podium of the season at Long Beach where Manny Franco and Albert Costa Balboa placed third place class result.

Jarrett Andrettti and Gabby Chaves are set to return to IMSA competition next weekend at Laguna Seca. Andretti Performence will enter two Michelin Pilot Challenge races fielding a Cayman GT4 for Jarrett Andretti and Gabby Chaves at Laguna Seca and at Indy in September. This marks Andretti’s return to IMSA action having made over 20 starts in LMP3 with the Andretti team.

Abel Motorsports will make there second Indy 500 start this year with Jacob Abel at the helm. This entry marks Abel’s return to Indycar competition since the conclusion of the 2025 season when he last competed with Dale Coyne Racing. Abel Motorsports last competed in the Indy 500 in 2021 with RC Enerson. Right now this appears to be Jacob’s only start for the year as he continues his endurance role in IMSA with Era Motorsports. The full entry list is tipped to be completed wi

GTD class honors went to the number 89 Vasser Sullivan Lexus who is making a one off in the GTD class. Frankie Montecalvo was able to set the fastest lap of the session on the last lap setting a 1:18.411 to outpace the 36 DXDT Corvette driven by Robert Wickens. Danny Formal and his WTR Lamborghini team will slot into third place for tomorrow’s first sprint race of the 2026 season.

Acura’s Meyer Shank Racing takes pole position for the first sprint race of the 2026 season at Long Beach. Nick Yelloly laid down a flying 1:11.626 during Friday evening’s qualifying session. Marco Wittman was just 0.030 seconds slower in the 25 Team WRT BMW. Louis Deletraz slotted into third place in his number 40 Cadillac. With the 31 Action Express Cadillac of Jack Aitken taking fourth. The number 7 factory Porsche which is carrying 45 kilograms of extra weight rounds out

Acura to end there GTP program at the end of the 2026 season with the possibility of customer teams available in 2027. Multiple paddocks have confirmed that the Japanese automaker is set to axe its factory involvement at the conclusion of the season. It’s GTP drivers are understood to have been informed of this decision which was made several weeks ago. Right now it’s understood that we could see an official announcement as early as next week on the fate of the Acura team. It

Could we see Kevin Estre leave the German manufacturer Porsche and make a move over to Toyota for 2027 well the option sounds likely due to Porsche moving out of FIA WEC competition. If the move happens he will likely take over for British racer Mike Conway. This deal sounds to be a loan deal for 2027. Estre was asked about this rumor at Long Beach stating he expects to remain a Porsche driver in 2027. Conway’s role at Toyota has been under speculation for some time but with

Ferrari AF Corse paces the Prologue claiming the top three positions in both the morning and afternoon sessions of running at the Imola circuit. The day was plagued by off and on rain showers. BMW had a productive day of running with the 20 car taking the fourth fastest time. However for the sister 15 car an engine was needed during the morning session but had a productive afternoon of running. The only other major problem in the Hypercar class was the 009 Aston Martin Valkyr

Bryan Herta Autosport takes delivery of of first McLaren Trophy Evo ahead of a planned effort to make debut at Road Atlanta. The multi time IMSA TCR champions has partnered this year with PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports in there LMP2 effort looks to add a third program to their 2026 campaign. Currently this is the first Evo car was delivered to the BHA shop for a intended debut for the Road Atlanta round as a precursor to an expanded presence in the series for 2027 and beyond. Curr

Current Porsche factory driver Kevin Estre makes a return to LMP2 competition with TDS Racing at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans. Since the departure of Porsche from the Hypercar class at the conclusion of the 2025 season Estre was faced at missing Le Mans for the first time since 2014. He joins TDS where he will be joined by Mathias Beche and Le Mans debutant Tobias Lutke. This will be the first time since 2014 that we have seen Estre in LMP2 machinery. He last competed in the

Porsche factory driver Laurin Heinrich will join JDC Miller Motorsports for the sprint rounds of the season starting next week at Long Beach. Heinrich who is apart of the number 7 Porsche Penske squad has been apart of the winning team for both Daytona and Sebring will make his first starts aboard a customer entered 963. Heinrich teams up with full season driver Tijem Van Der Helm. Nico Pino was understood to have been a full season driver but now has scaled back to the endur

Vasser Sullivan Lexus will enter a second car in the GTD in the upcoming sprint round at the Long Beach Street Circuit. The car that is usually the 14 in the Pro class has been rebranded as the number 89 featuring familiar faces to the Lexus family. Jack Hawksworth will make a cameo in the pro am class alongside Frankie Montecalvo. 89 last year took a third place finish at Long Beach last year with Aaron Telitz and Frankie Montecalvo. Telitz is apart of the team’s full season

Huber Motorsports announces two IMSA drivers to there Porsche 992 Cup Car GT3 for NLS Race 3 this weekend at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, current IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge competitor Jon Miller returns for his 10th year on the Nordschleife. He joins current Gradient Racing driver Jake Walker as he returns to the Nordschleife. Jaden Lander joins them as they take to the Green Hell in the 992 Cup Class this weekend in NLS Race 3.

Spencer Pumpelly returns to the Heart of Racing team for the first time since 2024 where he was part of the winning CTMP team. The team announces the veteran will return to the team for the 100 minute sprint race at Long Beach in the number 27. Pumpelly comes in as Tom Gamble is on duty in Imola driving the Valkyrie Hypercar at the opening round of WEC. Pumpelly will be joined by Dudu Barichello. Pumpelly has made two starts this season with a second place at the Rolex 24 and

AO Racing announces today a one off return to the GTD class for the third round of the season at Long Beach this time bringing Roxy to the California streets. AO Racing is the defending winners of the GTD class making a one off appearance with Laurens Vanthoor and Jonny Edgar last season. AO Racing’s Harry King will have a new teammate for Long Beach Mikkel Pederson who fulfills the class requirement of having either a bronze rated or silver rated driver. AO is the second GTD

Current Aston Martin F1 driver Lance Stroll will make his GT3 and GT World Challenge debut in the 6 Hours of Paul Richard. Stroll will share the number 18 Aston Martin fielded by Comtoyou Racing with fellow rookies Roberto Mehri and Maria Boya in a one off fourth entry from the 2024 24 Hours of Spa winning squad. The trio will be competing in the pro class. This has been made possible for Lance Stroll by the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Stroll is no stranger to end