Class Battles Poised to Intensify at Road America

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Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America teams head to Road America for Rounds 7 and 8 of the season, where the class battles for championships may intensify. LB Cup is the closest of the four battles with Pro and Am also relatively tight, while Pro-Am has a clear leader.

Thirty-seven cars are on the entry list for the pair of 50-minute races.

A weekend sweep at Watkins Glen moved Elias De La Torre (No. 29 TR3 Racing) to the head of the championship table over his former teammate, Will Bamber (No. 33 XONINE Racing).

De La Torre has Dennis Lind back alongside him this weekend; a win for the young driver would mean he’d have captured a checkered flag alongside three different co-drivers in what could be a championship season.

Bamber and Darius Trinka will look to reclaim the top spot, after winning their first race together at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in May and scoring two important podium finishes in Watkins Glen.

Wayne Taylor Racing seeks a bounce back weekend after a tough Watkins Glen, and Road America may be the perfect venue for them to do so.

Hampus Ericsson and Danny Formal swept the weekend here last year and Ericsson, along with Nick Persing, need a big weekend to stay in the title battle now down 29 points in their No. 1 WTR Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2.

RAFA Racing Team impressed at Watkins Glen with a pair of podiums for Tyler Gonzalez and Kiko Porto in their No. 2 Lamborghini, with the duo set to continue for a second consecutive race weekend.

Formal and Graham Doyle, in their No. 10 WTR entry have enjoyed a dream season to date with six wins from six starts and a 36-point lead heading into Road America.

They’ve claimed 92 of a possible 96 points so far in this year and with six races remaining, may put themselves in position to wrap up the title early.

Best of the rest so far have been Lindsay Brewer and Keawn Tandon, who have four podiums from six races in their No. 77 Forty7 Motorsports entry.

They’re at the head of a four-car battle for second, covered by just 16 points. Brewer won here last year in Am with Jem Hepworth as part of an all-female lineup.

With six podiums from six starts, David Staab is writing the book on consistency in Am.

The driver of the No. 48 Precision Performance Motorsports entry only has one win but has consistently featured on the box as his nearest rivals have changed from race-to-race.

Dean Neuls, in his No. 70 TR3 Lamborghini, was the first driver to two wins in the class and sits second, just ten points in arrears.

Two-time LB Cup champion Nick Groat won his Am debut in his No. 57 XONINE Lamborghini at Sebring but hasn’t been back to the top since.

Groat did win twice here last year in LB Cup. He’s part of a close battle for third, also featuring teammate Anthony Bullock – a two-time winner in his own No. 12 XONINE entry – and Johan Schwartz, who shares the No. 89 89X Motorsports entry with Mike Fitzpatrick.

The closest championship battle resides in the hotly contested LB Cup division.

A post-race penalty in Race 2 at Watkins Glen flipped the race results and the standings. Philippe Touchette (No. 11 TB Autosports) now leads Rocky T. Bolduc (No. 99 Topp Racing) by just one point.

Five different drivers have already won races in LB Cup this year, as beyond Touchette and Bolduc, Ray Shahi (No. 65 Taurino Racing) and Forty7 teammates Christopher Koebbe (No. 66) and Christopher Tasca (No. 95) all have a win apiece.

Super Trofeo practices on Thursday with qualifying Friday morning and the two 50-minute races Friday at 3:45 p.m. CST and Saturday at 5 p.m. CST. Races stream via Peacock, IMSA’s YouTube channel and Lamborghini’s YouTube channel.

John Dagys

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