| The Single-Make Series Reaches a Milestone at Road America August 8, 2021By Mark RobinsonIMSA Wire ServiceUnofficial Race Results ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – In a historic day for Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, the exciting single-make series celebrated its 100th race with another highly competitive competition Sunday at Road America. Kyle Marcelli and Danny Formal will go into the record books as overall winners of the milestone race. Starting from pole position in the No. 1 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Paramus Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO, the duo put in a flawless performance to win the 50-minute event on the 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course. It provided Marcelli and Formal a weekend sweep of the overall and Pro class victories. “It was just one of those weekends,” Marcelli said. “Right from Day 1, things were just clicking. We took a 180-degree turn with the setup direction on the car this weekend, so just a big thank you to Wayne Taylor Racing for having the confidence in us, making some changes and finding the speed that we did. We needed this.” The double dip also earned the first series wins for either driver, and elevated their spirits after a crash in the first race at Watkins Glen in June damaged their championship hopes. “This weekend, we came here having to win both days to even have a shot at something at the end of the year after we had an incident at Watkins Glen,” Formal said. “The car was on rails all weekend. Kyle was fantastic; I think we both drove well.” Another Wayne Taylor Racing driver, Jordan Missig, completed a weekend victory sweep of his own in the ProAm class. Missig guided the No. 53 WTR, Lamborghini Greenwich Huracán to a flag-to-flag win in his class. Like Marcelli and Formal, Missig had not won a series race before this weekend. Through 100 races dating to its 2013 inception, Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America has now seen 96 different drivers claim at least one class win. “I can’t thank the guys at Wayne Taylor Racing enough for putting such a rocket ship car together,” Missig said. “The race was really good. I was able to get out to a nice early lead against Brandon Gdvoic, and from there it was just pacing myself and keeping my consistency up and moving on to the victory. “This is my first year in the car and I actually didn’t get in the car for the first time until we got to (Circuit of The Americas) for the first race. To be able to get two wins in six races is phenomenal.” Gdovic – appearing in his 75th Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America race, the most of any driver – teamed with Bryan Ortiz in the No. 46 Precision Performance Motorsports, Lamborghini Palm Beach Huracán to finish second in ProAm. The Am class saw 17-year-old sensation Luke Berkeley race to his second win of the season. The driver of the No. 23 Dream Racing Motorsport, Lamborghini Broward Huracán started second in class but charged into the lead on the opening lap and held the point from there. “First lap I was able to put the car on the inside in Turn 5, had a little bit of contact but got by and here we are,” Berkeley said. “I had no laps in Practice 1 or Practice 2 and qualifying was canceled, so I used (Race 1 on Saturday) to learn. With my coach, Gustavo Yacaman, we went over data and video, and ultimately I was able to find two seconds per lap today in race pace to extend the lead and hold it the entire race.” John Hennessy wrapped up a weekend sweep in LB Cup, taking the class win in the No. 33 O’Gara Motorsport/US RaceTronics, Lamborghini San Diego Huracán ahead of Justin Price in the No. 21 Dream Racing Motorsport, Lamborghini Atlanta Huracán. After missing five races since sustaining a wrist injury in a crash at the Circuit of The Americas season opener, Hennessy couldn’t have been any happier than to come back and win both Road America races. “It’s shocking, to be honest,” Hennessy said of the twin wins. “Today was a lot more difficult. There was a lot more action, a lot of near misses. It was a tough one for me, but fun. I don’t want to be doing anything else.” The championship races in three of the four classes tightened over the weekend. In Pro, Richard Antinucci (No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport, Lamborghini Las Vegas Huracán) saw his unofficial lead shrink to five points over Stevan McAleer (No. 16 Change Racing, Lamborghini Charlotte Huracán). In Am, Alan Metni (No. 99 Change Racing, Lamborghini Dallas Huracán) is just three points up on Berkeley. Terry Olson and Mark Kvamme (No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports, Lamborghini Palm Beach Huracán) are five points ahead of Matt Dicken (No. 36 Change Racing, Lamborghini Charlotte Huracán) in LB Cup. Gdovic and Ortiz were able to stretch their ProAm advantage to 19 points over Victor Gomez (No. 29 Change Racing, Lamborghini Charlotte Huracán). A recap of the Road America weekend airs at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, Aug. 18. Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America returns for its fifth doubleheader round of 2021 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca from Sept. 10-12. |
