Road America Weekend Notebook

Photo: Jamey Price/Lamborghini

***The Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America has reached another record grid this weekend of 37 cars, surpassing the 36 Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2s that were entered at the most recent round at Watkins Glen International.

***Former Pro class champion and World Final winner Richard Antinucci has joined forces with Luke Berkeley in the No. 23 Dream Racing Lamborghini following Antinucci’s previous co-driver, Justin Price, not continuing after missing Watkins Glen.

***Dario Capitanio has moved over from Alan Grossberg’s Pro-Am entry to Dream’s No. 27 Pro class effort with Edoardo Liberati, meanwhile. It has resulted in Grossberg now running solo in the LB Cup class.

***The No. 11 Flying Lizard Motorsports Lamborghini is running in the Pro class this weekend with Joel Miller driving solo, due to co-driver Brett Jacobson having a prior commitment. It marks the team’s Pro class debut in the single-make series.

***While not having tested with its Super Trofeo cars here prior to the event, the California-based team is coming off last weekend’s Porsche Sprint Challenge North America round where it fielded five cars.

***TPC Racing also took part in the Road America event last weekend, having scored two podium finishes.

***This weekend marks the second of three events over a four-week period at Road America for Flying Lizard, which will be back at the Wisconsin circuit for SRO America action on Aug. 19-21.

***NTE Sport, which debuted its expanded four-car operation last time out at Watkins Glen, has two all-new lineups this weekend with Lucas Petersson and Ashley Freiberg in the Pro-Am class No. 42 car and Todd Archer and Tiger Tari aboard the No. 18 Lamborghini, which will run in LB Cup.

***Jeff Courtney, who along with Fred Roberts have been mainstays with the Texas-based team, has been moved from the Pro-Am to the Am class this weekend.

***Forty7 Motorsports has confirmed Jake Walker to its No. 77 entry that will compete in the Am class, while Jordan O’Brien is driving solo this weekend without ANSA Motorsports team co-owner Patrick-Otto Madsen.

***The 2023 schedule was announced Friday evening during IMSA’s ‘State of the Sport’ address, featuring all five North American rounds on WeatherTech SportsCar Championship weekends, including the series’ debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

***The season will kick off at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in May followed by return trips to Watkins Glen International, Road America and Virginia International Raceway, showcasing stability in the single-make series, which will enter its 11th year in 2023.

***Race 1 is set for a 9:50 a.m. CT (10:50 a.m. ET) start, with live coverage on Peacock and IMSA.tv. The second 50-minute race of the weekend gets underway Sunday at 1:55 p.m. CT (2:55 p.m. ET) following the conclusion of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. A one-hour recap show will air on Aug. 13 at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network.

John Dagys

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