In a frantic final hour packed with penalties, Ricky Taylor and Felipe Albuquerque secured Wayne Taylor Racing’s first victory in more than two years in the Six-Hour SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America.
The No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R reached victory lane for the first time since Detroit in 2024, doing so under caution on Sunday afternoon. The car had arrived for the race in a difficult position, sitting 10th in the GTP standings.
Albuquerque was at the wheel when the win was sealed in a race that featured nine cautions and a major GTP crash involving the championship-leading Action Express Racing Cadillac and the No. 7 Porsche Penske.
With a little over 10 minutes remaining, Jack Aitken in the No. 31 and Kevin Estre in the No. 7 made contact while entering the first corner as they fought over second place. Before the caution, the pair had been battling hard and were clearly frustrated with one another. Both cars hit the wall, bringing the No. 31’s podium streak to an end and opening the door further for the No. 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche to take the fight to Cadillac in this year’s championship.
That clash between Aitken and Estre will be reviewed after the race.
The situation became even more significant when the No. 23 Aston Martin Valkyrie received a time penalty at the end of the race, dropping it from second place and promoting the No. 5 to second on the podium.
The pole-sitting No. 93 Acura of Sheldon van der Zande and Nick Yelloly was elevated to fourth, having recovered from setbacks during the race.
With the Valkyrie pushed down the order, WTR completed a double podium as the No. 40 car of Lewis Deletraz and Jordan Taylor was promoted to third.
Romain De Angelis and Ross Gunn were classified fifth after their penalty, finishing ahead of Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963.
Both the Acuras and BMWs ran into trouble across the race, while both BMWs retired before the finish, leaving Estre in eighth and Aitken in ninth.
In GTD Pro, Pfaff Motorsports’ Andrea Calarelli and Sandy Mitchell delivered Lamborghini’s first US win and its first endurance race victory in the all-new Temerario; this came after the car claimed its first global win last week in DTM.
The Inter Europol Competition No. 43 driven by Todd Dillmann, Garg, and Clark won the LMP2 class.
The No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 took victory in the GTD class.
