Ayhancan Güven set the pace as the 2026 DESDER Indianapolis 8 Hour weekend got underway on Wednesday, putting the #32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo fastest in the opening 90-minute test session. The Porsche factory driver produced a 1:24.333 around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, placing the Pro-Am entry 0.250s clear of…
The 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) reaches its conclusion at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, with Maro Engel attempting to defend a championship lead from afar as Luca Stolz, Maxime Martin and Laurin Heinrich chase him in Saturday’s DESDER Indianapolis 8 Hour. A record 28 cars will contest the final IGTC race at Indianapolis before…
Tom Sargent has lost eligibility for the 2026 SRO GT Academy despite entering the final GT World Challenge (GTWC) America powered by AWS round with a commanding 61-point lead, after the Sporting Board ruled that he had not fulfilled the programme’s full-season participation requirement due to his absence from the Indianapolis 8 Hour. Sargent, Alex…
McLaren GT3 Junior Driver Thomas Fleming will join Todd Coleman and Aaron Telitz in Archangel Motorsports’ #69 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO for this weekend’s DESDER Indianapolis 8 Hour. The trio will compete in the Pro-Am category at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, combining Coleman and Telitz’s established GT World Challenge America powered by AWS partnership with Fleming’s…
Wright Motorsports has revised one of its Porsche line-ups for this weekend’s DESDER Indianapolis 8 Hour, with Morris Schuring joining Thomas Merrill and Kévin Estre in the #120 Porsche 911 GT3 R for the eight-hour season finale. Therese Lahlouh, who had originally been due to share the car with Merrill and Estre, will not compete…
Five-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou will return to the Indianapolis 8 Hour with Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing as the manufacturer prepares to fight for titles across two championships at the 2026 season finale. The Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) and GT World Challenge (GTWC) America powered by AWS will conclude their seasons at the DESDER…
Scott Dollahite will return to the wheel of the #6 Ford Mustang GT3 EVO for the 2026 Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour as Dollahite Racing switches from Pro to Pro-Am for the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale. The FIA Bronze-rated American will partner full-season driver Alex Sedgwick and…
Kellymoss will mount a three-car Porsche challenge at the 2026 Indianapolis 8 Hour, adding Kay van Berlo, Lars Kern and Aaron Jeansonne to its regular GT World Challenge (GTWC) America line-ups for the season-ending Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) endurance race. Van Berlo joins Riley Dickinson and Todd Parriott aboard the #13 Porsche 911 GT3 R,…
