Kurtz Sweeps Sebring Weekend

Photo: Brian Cleary/SRO

George Kurtz swept the weekend in GT America powered by AWS competition at Sebring International Raceway, with the CrowdStrike by Riley driver picking up top honors in Sunday’s race.

Kurtz took his No. 04 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to a 1.738-second win over the No. 3 SKI Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of Johnny O’Connell, who got around the No. 27 CRP Racing Mercedes-AMG of Jason Daskalos with eight minutes to go in the 40-minute contest., which ran caution-free.

Daskalos faded to fourth on the final lap, with GT3 rookie Justin Rothberg claiming his first series podium in the No. 29 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3.

Kyle Washington completed the top-five in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R following a race-long battle with Mirco Schultis’ Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R.

The GT4 ranks saw Issac Sherman continue his undefeated run in the series, steering his No. 098 Rotek Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport to top class honors.

The No. 7 ACI Motorsports Porsche of Curt Swearingin finished second, with Gray Newell again completing the class podium in the No. 25 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

Alan Grossberg picked up another GT2 class victory in his No. 102 TPC Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 despite finishing the race in the pits, as the only class entrant this weekend.

RESULTS: Race 2

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