Doyle, Formal Also Sweep in ProAm; Neuls, Bolduc Score Am, LB Cup Triumphs
Race 2
The second race of the 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season at Sebring International Raceway featured the same overall winner, but in a much more dramatic fashion.
It took Will Bamber’s bold move with 14 minutes remaining into Turn 1 in his No. 29 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 and a safe launch out of the corner ahead of the pit-exiting Hampus Ericsson in the No. 1 Wayne Taylor Racing Huracán to ensure Bamber and co-driver Elias De La Torre could complete a weekend sweep in the Pro class.
Most of the first 30 minutes in the 50-minute race was run behind the Lamborghini Urus Safety Car following a pair of incidents, which shifted the mandatory pit window back to a later period of 20 minutes to 10 minutes left rather than the usual 30 minutes to 20-minute stint.
That also affected the strategy, where most of the field – including De La Torre from the lead – opted to pit at the first available opportunity once the revised pit window opened and the race went back to green.
The combination of a swift pit stop and Bamber’s push on the out lap ensured he had just enough pace to sweep through to the lead as Ericsson’s teammate, Nick Persing, tried an overcut strategy to keep the lead by going longer on-track. Bamber took the win today by 1.877 seconds.
“That was the dramatic part, but it really came down to everything before it,” Bamber admitted. “One small mistake and we would have been behind. His in lap had to be so good, the pit stop had to be good, and the out lap had to be good to. I had to go for it; hopefully it looked good on TV!”
De La Torre added, “You always hope to be in front the whole season, but you have to see what happens! I think we have a great team getting the car ready. If we can continue working together like we do, we have a great shot from here.”
Behind them, ANSA Motorsports secured its first podium finish of the weekend with Lamborghini Young Driver Program Shootout winner Colin Queen sharing his No. 4 Huracán with Jamaican driver Tommi Gore, a series newcomer.
ProAm followed in similar fashion to Race 1 on Thursday, with the same winners prevailing once more. Danny Formal and Graham Doyle doubled up in their No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán.
“Overall, a great day and weekend,” Formal said. “Two overall top-fives and two ProAm wins. Phenomenal job by Graham, fastest race lap in both Race 1 and 2 shows how good the WTR crew is. They gave us rocket ships and we couldn’t ask for a better weekend.”
The podium finishers behind them were the same as well, albeit in a different order. Kaizen Autosport’s Seth Henry and Wyatt Foster in their No. 44 Huracán improved from third to second, while Forty7 Motorsports’ Lindsay Brewer and Keawn Tandon were third today in their No. 77 Huracán after finishing second on Thursday.
Both Am and LB Cup had new winners, as TR3 Racing added its second class win of the day while Topp Racing returned to the top in its series return.
Dean Neuls banked five podium finishes in 2025, but the driver of the No. 70 TR3, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán had not yet finished on the top step. He finished up top today ahead of Johan Schwartz in his No. 89 89x Motorsports Huracán and David Staab in his No. 48 Precision Performance Motorsports Huracán. Both Schwartz and Staab finished on the podium both days.
“It’s been a lot of work, but it feels so amazing,” Neuls said. “I had a ProAm car in front of me the last few laps of the race and P2 and P3 behind me breathing down my neck! I did everything I could to get by the guy in front but couldn’t. They’re quick drivers though. I’ve not been so happy to see a checkered flag!”
There was late-race drama in LB Cup, as Rocky T. Bolduc got on the board for the first time in 2026 in his No. 99 Topp Racing, Lamborghini Greenwich, Huracán. Courtesy of a late-race pass on Race 1 winner Ray Shahi in the No. 65 Taurino Racing Huracán, Bolduc moved to the lead in the waning minutes, and Philippe Touchette in his No. 11 TB Autosports Huracán got past Shahi as well. Shahi held on for third.
“Let me tell you, as my wife says, every setback has got a comeback,” said Bolduc, who finished fifth in Race 1 after a drive-through penalty was assessed. “We did exactly that with this move forward. It was amazing racing against these guys. Ray gave me a run for my money and Philippe is a fast driver.”
Shahi reflected on a positive weekend despite a missed double: “It was a great weekend at least as I was leading today with three minutes left; there was another car parked under the bridge. I took evasive action to avoid it, and I went wide on the marbles and brushed the wall. My competition passed there. But it’s been a good week. This new team is amazing.”
The weekend double winners also lead their championships heading out of Sebring, with Bamber and De La Torre starting strong in Pro and Formal and Doyle doing the same in ProAm. With two podium finishes apiece in Am, Staab and Schwartz are unofficially tied for the points lead along with Race 1 winner Nick Groat, with Race 2 winner Neuls just behind. LB Cup is similarly close, with Shahi unofficially and marginally ahead of Touchette and Bolduc.
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America heads to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Rounds 3 and 4 in a little over a month, from May 1-3.
TR3 Tops the Field in 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Curtain-Raiser in Sebring
WTR Wins ProAm; XONINE and Taurino Capture Am and LB Cup Wins
SEBRING, Fla. – Some of the championship-contending lineups and classes changed from the end of the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season to the start of the 2026 one. But under a gorgeous Sebring sunset, the colors of the overall winners neatly matched the backdrop: an orange and black TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2.
Will Bamber and Elias De La Torre opened their 2026 account one spot better than they both started and ended 2025 – in second – aboard their No. 29 TR3, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán. The duo finished second at both Sebring races last year but got an early jump on their 2025 title rivals, Wayne Taylor Racing, with an authoritative start in the 2026 curtain-raiser in a Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America record-setting Pro field of 13 cars amidst a 39-car field.
From pole, Bamber built a steady lead over Danny Formal – now racing in ProAm in the team’s No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán – with the next Pro car, the sister No. 1 WTR entry started by Formal’s 2025 teammate Hampus Ericsson, a few seconds behind.
The mandatory pit stop window saw the lead trio remain in order, with the only subsequent change Ericsson’s new co-driver Nick Persing moving into second overall past Formal’s new co-driver Graham Doyle. De La Torre beat Persing by 5.157 seconds, and De La Torre will start first tomorrow in Race 2.
TR3’s same lineup of Bamber and De La Torre won twice in the North American rounds last year and also scored the overall Pro win in the first race of the 2025 Lamborghini World Final. As they prepare for their second season together in 2026, they’re off to a flying start.
“Race one was a fantastic start; Elias brought it home under immense pressure,” Bamber explained. “It’s a whole family and it’s all for them.”
De La Torre added, “Will did a great job to start; he kept us in front and that’s crucial in Trofeo. The team gave us such a good car to go.”
WTR’s reshuffled lineups started strong with Ericsson and Persing, who raced solo in 2025, finishing second. Formal has shifted to ProAm following his maximum five years raced in Pro through 2025, and the three-time Pro champion now races alongside the 2025 Am champion, Doyle, who steps up to ProAm.
“It’s actually really cool to hand it off to Graham,” Formal said. “I’ve worked with him for four years since 2023, and he’s come so far. I was really happy to show the pace of the car; we got the fastest lap. We got dirty air behind Will, but Graham did his thing and managed the lead – he led overall – and he did fantastic. I’m very proud of him.”
Ernie Francis Jr. finished third as a solo driver in Pro in the No. 28 Alliance Racing, Lamborghini Broward, Huracán as his planned co-driver, Luke Berkeley, fell ill just prior to race start. Francis soldiered on for his first Super Trofeo podium finish since the last two North American season races of 2024 at Jerez in Spain, part of that year’s Lamborghini World Final. He described the unanticipated solo drive and what could happen in Race 2.
“We’ve worked very hard for the last month to dial it in for Luke and I,” Francis Jr. said. “He didn’t feel too great in his qualifying session so we played it safe. I prepped for it, and we knew we’d have to do a longer pit stop and I tried to run qualifying laps to make up for it. Super happy to be back on a podium; we’ll hope Luke can go tomorrow. If he can’t, I’ll take a drive-through since he qualified, hope for a yellow and go from there!”
Behind Formal and Doyle, the newly paired duo of Keawn Tandon and Lindsay Brewer finished second in ProAm in the No. 77 Forty7 Motorsports, Lamborghini Philadelphia, Huracán. Kaizen Autosport got a podium with its pairing of Seth Henry and Wyatt Foster in the No. 44 Huracán representing Lamborghini Palm Beach.
Two new teams to the championship – XONINE Racing and Taurino Racing – captured class wins on debut.
Perhaps the best battle of the race came in Am, with the top three covered by the proverbial blanket of just 2.206 seconds after 50 minutes of caution-free racing – even as one of the podium contenders was involved in several incidents.
In Am, 2024 and 2025 LB Cup champion and double 2025 Sebring winner, Nick Groat, grabbed the win in his new class debut in his No. 57 XONINE Racing, Lamborghini Chicago, Huracán by 0.911 seconds over David Staab in the No. 48 Precision Performance Motorsports, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán and Johan Schwartz in his No. 89 89x Motorsports, Lamborghini Sarasota, Huracán.
Groat, who hadn’t raced since September at Indianapolis, held off Staab’s furious charge back through the field. Staab’s fluorescent yellow highlighter No. 48 car lost its right-side mirror and recovered from a pair of contacts. Schwartz led early and also mounted a comeback from a drive-through for a pit speed violation.
“It’s beyond a dream debut; really unexpected,” Groat said. “We did a test and the car felt amazing. But we really struggled in the race. For the crew to fix it – I’m absolutely speechless!”
Staab added of his drive, “It was one of the most action-packed races we’ve ever had. Having the contact, losing the mirror is really tough at a track like Sebring where there’s so many right-handers and big brake zones. It was a close battle the whole way through; PPM gave us a great car and Nick Groat drove a good race up front. He didn’t make any mistakes. It’s stiff competition in Am this year; lots of fast guys.”
LB Cup was relatively uneventful, with Ray Shahi scoring the class win in his No. 65 Taurino Racing, Lamborghini Newport Beach, Huracán over Philippe Touchette in his No. 11 TB Autosports, Lamborghini Montreal, Huracán and Clay Wilson in his No. 37 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Orlando, Huracán. Early race leader Rocky T. Bolduc, returning to Topp Racing in his No. 99, Lamborghini Greenwich, Huracán fell back after a short pit stop that necessitated a drive-through.
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America heads to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Rounds 3 and 4 in a little over a month, from May 1-3.
