<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Turning Fortune - SRO Topic</title><description>Items in the SRO topic on Turning Fortune</description><link>https://turningfortune.com/</link><atom:link href="https://turningfortune.com/topics/sro/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Sarah Bovy books Spa 24H and GT2 Europe season</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/sarah-bovy-books-spa-24h-and-gt2-europe-season/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/sarah-bovy-books-spa-24h-and-gt2-europe-season/</guid><description>It will be the Iron Dames debut in GT2.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-29T16:59:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarah Bovy has shared her racing itinerary for 2026. She will run the full season in the GT2 European Series with Laura van den Hengel, and it will be the debut of the Iron Dames colors in that series, which might make it worth tuning in to. GT2 is weird, but hey, it’s fast.</p>
<p>Bovy will also drive the Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage with an all-Belgian crew — also including Nicolas Baert, Xavier Knauf, and Gregory Servais — in the 24 Hours of Spa. <em>That</em> will be worth tuning in to.</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/world-challenge-europe/bovy-to-tackle-spa-24h-in-all-belgian-comtoyou-aston/">Bovy to Tackle Spa 24H in All-Belgian Comtoyou Aston Martin</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>April 21</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://www.dailysportscar.com/2026/04/29/iron-dames-bovy-and-van-den-hengel-for-gt2-europe.html">Iron Dames, Bovy &amp; Van Den Hengel For GT2 Europe</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Dailysportscar</span>, <time>April 28</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>OGH Motorsports let an unlicensed driver test their GT4 at COTA</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/ogh-motorsports-let-an-unlicensed-driver-test-their-gt4-at-cota/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/ogh-motorsports-let-an-unlicensed-driver-test-their-gt4-at-cota/</guid><description>And all they got was a $10,000 fine.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-24T18:28:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A team you will hopefully never hear of again called OGH Motorsports, running the #5 McLaren Artura GT4 at this weekend’s SRO America meeting at Circuit of the Americas, let someone drive in a test session who was neither registered for the event nor licensed to drive in SRO. The driver is “understood to be” in McLaren’s GT3 Junior Program.</p>
<p>The team was fined $10,000, which this article frames as “severe.” I don’t find that severe at all. Why was this team allowed to continue participating in this event?</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/gt4-america/ogh-motorsports-sanctioned-for-unauthorized-driver-in-test/">OGH Motorsports Fined $10,000 for Unauthorized Driver in Test</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>April 23</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lance Stroll’s spring break GT race did not go well</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/lance-strolls-spring-break-gt-race-did-not-go-well/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/lance-strolls-spring-break-gt-race-did-not-go-well/</guid><description>He finished last.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-12T15:05:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know many race fans out there are as desperate as I was to know how Lance Stroll did in his GT3 debut in the GT World Challenge Europe round at Paul Ricard. It was a great race for Aston Martin. They won! But not Lance’s car. Lance’s car finished 12 laps down.</p>
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    <a href="http://www.the-advantage.org/2026/04/the-extremities-of-motor-sport-as-aston.html">The extremities of motor sport as the Aston Martin win and lose out in Le Mans Cup Series opener</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>The Advantage</span>, <time>April 10</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://www.dive-bomb.com/article/lance-stroll-racks-up-penalties-in-disastrous-gt-racing-debut">Lance Stroll racks up penalties in disastrous GT racing debut</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Divebomb</span>, <time>April 11</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lance Stroll is going GT racing during F1’s spring break</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/lance-stroll-is-going-gt-racing-during-f1s-spring-break/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/lance-stroll-is-going-gt-racing-during-f1s-spring-break/</guid><description>I hope he has a great time.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:24:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-09T19:24:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lance Stroll is taking advantage of this year’s surprise war-enforced spring break in Formula 1 to race the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo in GT World Challenge Europe at Paul Ricard. Comtoyou Racing will now field <em>four</em> Vantages in the season opener. Stroll’s co-drivers are ex-F1 driver Roberto Merhi and Aston Martin junior driver Mari Boya.</p>
<p>I hope Lance has a great time. I am so here for stressed out F1 drivers teaching the world about the joys of sports car racing.</p>
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    <a href="https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/stroll-to-make-gt-racing-debut-in-april-alongside-ex-f1-driver-at-paul.1Xq33ZSjIbghJCxN2eQ1Rg">Lance Stroll to make GT racing debut in April alongside ex-F1 driver at Paul Ricard</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Formula1.com</span>, <time>April 1</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/world-challenge-europe/stroll-targets-further-gt3-outings-in-2026/">Stroll Targeting Further GT3 Outings in 2026</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>April 8</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vincent Abril retires from professional motorsport</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/vincent-abril-retires-from-professional-motorsport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/vincent-abril-retires-from-professional-motorsport/</guid><description>He looks forward to racing pro-am.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-04-03T14:03:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the ripe old age of 31, AF Corse Ferrari driver Vincent Abril has announced his retirement from the pro ranks ahead of the 2026 European season. Abril also drove for Bentley and Mercedes, raced in DTM, and qualified on pole in LMGTE Am at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. That’s a career you’d think most racing drivers would kill for, but when you get to that level and can’t get that one more step beyond it, it must be as frustrating as anything else.</p>
<p>He plans to continue racing at amateur levels, where I am sure he will win frequently and comfortably.</p>
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    <a href="https://www.dailysportscar.com/2026/04/03/abril-steps-back-from-professional-racing.html">Abril Steps Back From Professional Racing</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Dailysportscar</span>, <time>April 2</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>SRO at Phillip Island showed that Australian racing simply rules</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/sro-at-phillip-island-showed-that-australian-racing-simply-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/sro-at-phillip-island-showed-that-australian-racing-simply-rules/</guid><description>Every single series put on races worth watching.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-30T16:59:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There’s just nobody who does it like the Aussies. It’s no longer surprising to see any given Australian road racing series put on door-to-door nail-biters; what impresses me now is seeing what kinds of crazy mixtures of series promoters can pull together.</p>
<p>This weekend’s Phillip Island SRO opener had all the usual SRO sports car classes driven by a mix of extremely eager aspirants and Supercars drivers, but to me what stole the show was the debut of Mustang Cup Australia (which also featured several Supercars drivers). I challenge anyone to come up with a more dramatic first-ever race of a new championship than this one:</p>
<blockquote><p>This is Cameron passing Golding for the win, +0.006<br /><br /><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s3qtzz46vohwba74rcs73qh/post/3mi3ixeo4xc2x?ref_src=embed">[imageor embed]</a></p>— Jon 🛞 (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s3qtzz46vohwba74rcs73qh?ref_src=embed">@jon.turningfortune.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s3qtzz46vohwba74rcs73qh/post/3mi3ixeo4xc2x?ref_src=embed">Mar27, 2026 at 9:42 PM</a></blockquote>
<p>Seeing that ending does not spoil it, of course, because it was a coin flip. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/oU24_lb_-ls?si=DqBXVGfY51CP34DN">Watch the whole thing</a>.</p>
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    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/oU24_lb_-ls">Mustang Cup Australia Race 1 at Phillip Island | Ford Racing</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Ford Racing YouTube channel</span>, <time>March 27</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://speedcafe.com/motorsport-news-aaron-cameron-takes-historic-first-mustang-cup-win-photo-finish-grm-james-golding/">Cameron takes historic first Mustang Cup win in photo finish</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Speedcafe</span>, <time>March 27</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://speedcafe.com/motorsport-news-2026-gt-world-challenge-australia-entry-list-update-tigani-arise-racing-withdrawals/">GT World Challenge Australia suffers last-minute withdrawals</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Speedcafe</span>, <time>March 27</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://speedcafe.com/motorsport-news-broc-feeney-brad-schumacher-team-mpc-dominate-phillip-island-gt-world-challenge-opener/">Feeney and Schumacher dominate Phillip Island GT opener</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Speedcafe</span>, <time>March 27</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://speedcafe.com/motorsport-news-aaron-cameron-lochie-dalton-controversial-gt4-win-phillip-island-penalty/">‘Crap’ penalty hands Dalton/Cameron Phillip Island GT4 victory</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Speedcafe</span>, <time>March 27</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://speedcafe.com/motorsport-news-2026-gt-world-challenge-australia-phillip-island-race-2-penalty-broc-feeney-brad-schumacher/">Feeney and Schumacher stripped of Phillip Island podium</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Speedcafe</span>, <time>March 29</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>SRO America put on solid racing at Sonoma all weekend</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/sro-america-put-on-solid-racing-at-sonoma-all-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/sro-america-put-on-solid-racing-at-sonoma-all-weekend/</guid><description>Sports car racing is an embarrassment of riches.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-30T16:33:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don’t know why people insist on being hipsters about SRO-sanctioned sports car racing, but they’re missing out. These grids are all <em>stacked</em>. SRO championships are not just giving ams more way to spend money; they’re filling in the gaps allowing each global region’s working sports car drivers to have careers.</p>
<p>The three-hour opener of the top-class GT World Challenge America was won by the JMF Motorsports #34, a Mercedes-AMG GT3 customer team fielding Michai Stephens and a Mercedes driver with whom you may be familiar named Mikael Grenier. This team and car has been dominant at Sonoma the past couple years, but this was the beginning of the three-hour GTWC America race format, and the #34 proved they can keep going all day if they have to.</p>
<p>The other big story to my eye is that Westin Workman and Tyler Gonzalez are absolutely unstoppable in their #68 GR Supra in Pirelli GT4 America. It’s worth watching those races just to see if anybody’s got anything for them.</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/gt4-america/rafas-gonzalez-workman-win-sonoma-season-opener/">RAFA’s Gonzalez, Workman Win Sonoma GT4 Season Opener</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>March 26</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://www.gt-world-challenge-america.com/news/1403/mercedes-amg-motorsport-customer-racing-team-jmf-motorsports-wins-inaugural-race-of-new-gt-world-challenge-america-three-hour-era-at-sonoma-raceway-on-sunday">Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Team JMF Motorsports Wins Inaugural Race of New GT World Challenge America Three-Hour Era at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>GT World Challenge America</span>, <time>March 29</time></span></div>
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    <a href="https://motorsportmediahub.blogspot.com/2026/03/gt-world-challenge-america-absolutely.html">GT World Challenge America Absolutely Deserves Your Attention In 2026</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Motorsport Media Hub</span>, <time>March 26</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The sunset-colored Callaway Corvette is on its farewell tour</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/the-sunset-colored-callaway-corvette-is-on-its-farewell-tour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/the-sunset-colored-callaway-corvette-is-on-its-farewell-tour/</guid><description>It’s the C7 GT3-R’s final year of FIA homologation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-27T15:45:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mirco Schultis is picking out GT America races in which to give this beloved C7 Corvette GT3 its last hurrah, as 2026 is the car’s last year of FIA homologation for active GT3 competition. It <em>may</em> not be the end of the road if there are classic races where it makes sense to take this thing, but it won’t be able to race with its younger siblings anymore. The first appearance of the year will be at this weekend’s SRO America opener at Sonoma.</p>
<p>Man, I am going to miss looking at this thing. I guess I should see if any diecasts are available.</p>
<blockquote><p>Can I have it when you’re done<br /><br /><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s3qtzz46vohwba74rcs73qh/post/3mi2d3niok22x?ref_src=embed">[imageor embed]</a></p>— Jon 🛞 (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s3qtzz46vohwba74rcs73qh?ref_src=embed">@jon.turningfortune.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s3qtzz46vohwba74rcs73qh/post/3mi2d3niok22x?ref_src=embed">March27, 2026 at 10:24 AM</a></blockquote>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/gt-america/schultis-set-for-farewell-tour-with-callaway-corvette/">Schultis Set for ‘Farewell Tour’ With Callaway Corvette</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>March 26</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GTWC Australia opening round is stacked with Supercars drivers</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/gtwc-australia-opening-round-is-stacked-with-supercars-drivers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/gtwc-australia-opening-round-is-stacked-with-supercars-drivers/</guid><description>All racing is just built different down there.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-25T13:21:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there’s a driver you’ve never heard of in a GT World Challenge Series who is getting decent results, you know that’s someone to keep an eye on. That’s because every continent’s GTWC championship also serves as the year-long seat time booster for the star drivers from that continent’s more headline-grabbing series. Australia really is on another level, though; The Phillip Island opener for GTWC Australia will feature Broc Feeney, Jayden Ojeda, Ryan Wood, and Thomas Randle, as well as three Supercars enduro drivers.</p>
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    <a href="https://speedcafe.com/motorsport-news-2026-gt-world-challenge-australia-phillip-island-round-one-entry-list-revealed-supercars-drivers-teams/">Supercars-heavy GT World Challenge entry list revealed</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Speedcafe</span>, <time>March 24</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Will Davison joins Renee Gracie in the OnlyFans Ferrari for GTWC Australia</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/will-davison-joins-renee-gracie-in-the-onlyfans-ferrari-for-gtwc-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/will-davison-joins-renee-gracie-in-the-onlyfans-ferrari-for-gtwc-australia/</guid><description>I anticipate this entry will be wildly popular.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:17:21 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-12T16:17:21.994Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Renee Gracie won the Am class in GTWC Australia last year, and this year she is returning to Pro-Am and trading Audi for Ferrari. She has secured the pro services of none other than Supercars legend Will Davison. Will this be the most popular sports car in Australia?</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/australian-gt/davison-joins-gracie-aboard-onlyfans-backed-ferrari/">Davison Joins Gracie Aboard OnlyFans-Backed Ferrari</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>March 12</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wall Racing Lambo will do the full GTWC Australia season</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/wall-racing-lambo-will-do-the-full-gtwc-australia-season/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/wall-racing-lambo-will-do-the-full-gtwc-australia-season/</guid><description>Temerario? I don’t even know her.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-10T14:02:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My favorite Lamborghini, the Wall Racing Huracan, placed fifth in class at the Bathurst 12 Hour this year after a best finish of P9 in last year’s outings, so they’ve decided to contest the full season of GT World Challenge Australia. Surely it helped having works driver Marco Mapelli fresh off the Daytona 24 to run the Mountain, but the team also says they’ve just dialed in their operations this year.</p>
<p>It would be fun to see some solid results for the Huracan in the year when the Temerario is rolling out. Pfaff Motorsports — Mapelli’s team for his IMSA endurance outings — will be debuting its Temerario at the 12 Hours of Sebring March 18–21, their goal being simply to finish the famously bumpy race.</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/australian-gt/dalberto-deitz-return-aboard-wall-racing-lamborghini/">D’Alberto, Deitz Return Aboard Wall Racing Lamborghini</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>March 9</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Westin Workman will race a RAFA Toyota Supra in GT4 America</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/westin-workman-will-race-a-rafa-toyota-supra-in-gt4-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/westin-workman-will-race-a-rafa-toyota-supra-in-gt4-america/</guid><description>A star on the rise.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:23:53 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-03-05T14:23:53.931Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reigning Toyota GR Cup North America champion, front-running Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup driver, current four-for-four IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX championship leader, and friend-of-friends-of-the-site, Westin Workman, will add the GT4 America championship to his docket this year. He will drive the No. 68 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 for RAFA Racing alongside Tyler Gonzalez in the Silver class. This is an amazing roster for an amazing multi-car team.</p>
<p>What I want to know about Westin’s path is, is he going to Connor Zilisch his way into NASCAR, or is he going to drive Toyota hypercars in the WEC?</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/gt4-america/workman-graduates-to-gt4-america-in-rafa-toyota/">Workman Graduates to GT4 America in RAFA Toyota</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>March 4</time></span></div>
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</section>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bathurst 12H director floats splitting GT3 and GT4 races</title><link>https://turningfortune.com/news/bathurst-12h-director-floats-splitting-gt3-and-gt4-races/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://turningfortune.com/news/bathurst-12h-director-floats-splitting-gt3-and-gt4-races/</guid><description>Great idea for both safety and access.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate><atom:updated>2026-02-17T14:48:00.000Z</atom:updated><dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It wasn’t long ago that the Bathurst 12 Hour had to get creative with entry classes in order to fill the grid, but that era is gone. The GT3 racing world wants to run Bathurst, and now it’s getting a little crowded up on that mountain for multi-class racing. There were only two GT4 cars entered in the 2026 race (along with two other oddball entries), but there is talk of bringing the whole Monochrome GT4 Australia series to the race meeting next year, so there can be a whole grid full of high-level GT4 cars with their own endurance race.</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/bathurst-12h-could-become-gt3-only-by-next-year/">Bathurst 12H Could Become GT3-Only Race By Next Year</a>
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  <div><span>↗</span> <span><span>Sportscar365</span>, <time>February 17</time></span></div>
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<p>Ryan bounces back and forth between IMSA and SRO, which is a normal thing for a coaching-level pro to do as up-and-comers such as Karl Forman enlist their services in whatever series suits their program. Forman is graduating from the GR Cup series, where Eversley coaches many drivers, so they’ve worked together and have chemistry, and they’re staying in the same OEM ecosystem. And going forward, if you want to build a track record right now with any GT brand, <a href="https://turningfortune.com/news/lexus-gr-imsa/">I dare say it’s Toyota</a>.</p>
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    <a href="https://sportscar365.com/sro/gt4-america/eversley-forman-confirmed-in-precision-racing-la-toyota-gt4/">Eversley, Forman Confirmed in Precision Racing LA Supra GT4</a>
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