NEWS

Year-to-year continuity won out over slightly revised lineups when it came to the overall and Pro class wins to start the 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season at Sebring International Raceway in March. But two key changes have emerged in the Pro lineups since Sebring ahead of the cross-country trip West to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in picturesque Monterey, California for Race 3 and 4.

The trip to WeatherTech Raceway also marks the last new North American venue for the new Hankook L63H tire, which debuted mid-year through 2025 at Watkins Glen International and has provided additional grip and durability to competitors. The WeatherTech Raceway track was repaved a couple years ago but is still an abrasive surface as sand and gravel often blows onto the track.

Pro

TR3 Racing started with a perfect Sebring weekend, as Will Bamber and Elias De La Torre IV in their No. 29 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 secured two poles and two race wins for a maximum 32 points.

In the interim, Bamber has shifted to XONINE Racing’s No. 33 Lamborghini Chicago, Huracán alongside Darius Trinka while TR3 welcomes back Dennis Lind to share the No. 29 Huracán with De La Torre from Monterey onwards. The No. 33 XONINE entry finished fifth both races at Sebring.

That leaves the points leaders set to diverge on two different paths in Monterey and creates an opportunity for Wayne Taylor Racing’s entries – and the rest of the field – to close the gap or overtake.

Hampus Ericsson and Nick Persing in the No. 1 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán banked a pair of runner-up finishes at Sebring and enter eight points back. Persing has been the driver to beat at WeatherTech Raceway the last two years at his closest venue to home. The Morgan Hill, California resident and Boise State University student swept both Pro races in 2025, including in a photo finish over Ericsson and Danny Formal’s entry in Race 2. He also won in ProAm in 2024.

ANSA Motorsports may be poised to reach the top step this weekend for the first time in Pro since 2024, too. They’ll enter with a new lineup. In 2025, two Lamborghini Young Driver Program Shootout winners Enzo Geraci and Colin Queen shared a podium. Nico Jamin will fill in for Queen this weekend at Monterey alongside Tommi Gore, into his second weekend, aboard ANSA’s No. 4, Lamborghini Broward, Huracán.

Precision Performance Motorsports’ Brandon Gdovic, running a striking orange livery highlighting the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, had a quietly strong start in Sebring with fourth both races in his No. 46 PPM, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán.

ProAm

Danny Formal shifted into ProAm to start 2026 alongside Graham Doyle, but the change of class didn’t produce a change in result for the three-time Pro champion. Formal and Doyle swept the weekend at Sebring in their No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán. It’s rare to find a track on the schedule where Formal hasn’t won recently, and it’s been a “relative” dry spell going back to 2023 to find the last time Formal won in Monterey – he swept Pro that weekend with Kyle Marcelli.

Behind them, both Kaizen Autosport and Forty7 Motorsports started strong in Sebring. Both Seth Henry and Wyatt Foster (Kaizen) and Lindsay Brewer and Keawn Tandon (Forty7) got a second and third place apiece.

TR3’s Mateo Siderman and Martin Fuentes rebounded from last-place grid spots to fourth in both Sebring races, while TB Autosports’ Marcelli and Mathieu Boucher and Alliance’s Jack William Miller and Angelo Dinkov also scored top-fives in Sebring.

Am

The Am battle at Sebring was eventful throughout the weekend with Nick Groat (No. 57 XONINE Racing, Lamborghini Chicago, Huracán) and Dean Neuls (No. 70 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán) splitting the wins and David Staab (PPM) and Johan Schwartz (89x Motorsports) scoring two podiums apiece. Groat, Staab and Schwartz are in a three-way tie for the lead with Neuls only two points behind. Both Staab and Groat won Monterey Race 1 last year, Staab in Am and Groat in LB Cup.

LB Cup

Just as Am was exciting to watch at Sebring, so too was LB Cup. Ray Shahi (No. 65 Taurino Racing, Lamborghini Newport Beach, Huracán) and Rocky T. Bolduc (No. 99 Topp Racing, Lamborghini Greenwich, Huracán) split the wins with Philippe Touchette (TB) and Clay Wilson (TR3) also scoring podiums.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo practices on Friday with qualifying Saturday morning and the two 50-minute races Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT) and Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET (10:35 a.m. ET). Races stream via Peacock, IMSA’s YouTube channel and Lamborghini’s YouTube channel.

2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Monterey Race 1 Winners:
- Pro: Nick Persing, No. 8 Wayne Taylor Racing
- ProAm: Andy Lee/Slade Stewart, No. 14 Flying Lizard Motorsports
- Am: David Staab, No. 48 Precision Performance Motorsports
- LB Cup: Nick Groat, No. 57 ONE Motorsports

2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Monterey Race 2 Winners:
- Pro: Nick Persing, No. 8 Wayne Taylor Racing
- ProAm: Anthony McIntosh/Brendon Leitch, No. 69 Wayne Taylor Racing 
- Am: Graham Doyle/Glenn McGee, No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing
- LB Cup: Adrian Kunzle, No. 42 MLT Motorsports