Allen Moody

2 weeks ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Allen Moody

GMG Racing has been one of the top teams in the SRO Motorsports collection of series for some time now. But the team never had a weekend like last weekend at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. GMG Racing claimed nine podiums and six wins in 10 races across three different series. “Grateful, proud, humble and appreciative are just a few words to describe my thoughts of the team and drivers after this weekend’s success,” team principal and founder James Sofronas said.

2 weeks ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Allen Moody

Thirty-six cars are entered in next weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The race features three of the four IMSA classes and is the first to be run at the traditional sprint time of two hours, 40 minutes this season. The GTD Pro class returns after sitting out in Long Beach, leaving just the LMP2 class out of the race.

2 weeks ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Allen Moody

AUSTIN, Texas — Sebring’s John Dean II is a fixture in the Mazda MX-5 Cup record book. It hasn’t taken him long to etch himself into the Toyota GR Cup Series after a pair of third-place finishes over the weekend at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Dean’s pair of third-place finishes gave him the class victories in the WWEX Group Legends Cup or as Dean called it on social media, “the old man’s class.” The Legends class is for drivers 45 years and older.

2 weeks ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Allen Moody

SONOMA, Calif. — Paul Menard returned to the winner’s circle in Sunday’s Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli feature race. After winning the series opener at Sebring, Menard encountered problems last time out, but rebounded nicely in leading from start-to-finish to hold off Chris Dyson at Sonoma Raceway in California. “It was a battle,” Menard said. “We led every lap and won the race. It was a great points day, and now I’m looking forward to Laguna Seca.

2 weeks ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Allen Moody

After taking back-to-back class victories in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, AO Racing is giving “Rexy,” the beloved-dinosaur-themed Porsche 911 GT3 Rawr a well-deserved break. He’ll be sitting out the next round of the WeatherTech series, as sister “Roxy” will be on the starting grid for the Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 11.