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Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America will celebrate a milestone this weekend at Road America, when the single-make series featuring the sleek and powerful Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo cars conducts its 100th race.
The North American leg of Lamborghini Super Trofeo launched on Independence Day weekend in 2013, with Lee Davis and Ryan Eversley teaming to win the maiden race at Lime Rock Park. The race count stands now at 98 ahead of the Saturday-Sunday doubleheader at the iconic road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
As Senior Manager of Motorsports for Automobili Lamborghini America, Chris Ward has been there every step of the way, leading the effort to build the North American series from the ground up. It started nearly a decade ago, coaxing teams, drivers and Lamborghini dealers to become involved. From a 10-car field in that first race eight years ago, the series has grown to a record 30 entries at events this year.
“We’re massively proud of where the series is today, and it’s through the efforts of all the participants,” said Ward, who has not missed a single on-track session – practice, qualifying or race – since that 2013 inception.
“The teams, the drivers, the dealers and the product – those are the ingredients that make this championship what they are,” Ward added. “We would be nothing without the tremendous product that we race on the track. The people at Sant’Agata Bolognese (Italy) headquarters have really put together with the current Huracán Super Trofeo Evo a remarkable race car.”
That car and its predecessors in the series – the Gallardo and the first-generation Huracán – have lured a who’s who of drivers to compete. Among the notables are past Formula 1 drivers Enrique Bernoldi and Nelson Piquet Jr., IndyCar pilots Bruno Junqueira and Conor Daly and motocross star Chad Reed – not to mention IMSA standouts Eversley, Trent Hindman, Andy Lally, Katherine Legge, Corey Lewis, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow. There have even been a couple celebrity competitors in Olympian Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner and actor Dax Shepard.
Lewis is the all-time leader in class wins with 25 and class championships with four. Richard Antinucci, who finished second in that inaugural race eight years ago, still competes and has 21 career wins. Antinucci currently leads the Pro class standings in search of his third season title.
As great as it’s been to this point, Ward said it’s only going to get better. The next-generation Huracán, the Evo2, will debut in 2022, with the up-take on new car orders overwhelming.
Twenty-six cars are entered for Road America, the fourth of six doubleheader rounds on the 2021 schedule. Among those to watch this weekend are:
There will be one Lamborghini Super Trofeo practice each on Thursday and Friday ahead of qualifying at 5:15 p.m. ET Friday. Race 1 starts at 1:40 p.m. Saturday and Race 2 at 11:50 a.m. Sunday. Both races will stream live on IMSA.com/TV Live and TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold.