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(Formula1.com)

George Russell (No. 63 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team) has boosted his title bid by seizing victory in the Austrian Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver taking his seventh career win ahead of a chasing Max Verstappen (No. 3 Oracle Red Bull Racing) and championship leader Kimi Antonelli (No. 12 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team). Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to Formula1.com)

(MotoGP.com)

A rapidly rising star from the land of the rising sun stood tallest at the Cathedral of Speed in 2026, as Ai Ogura (No. 79 SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team) clinched a maiden MotoGP victory in a highly dramatic Tissot Grand Prix of the Netherlands. Raul Fernandez (No. 25 SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team) came home second to see SuperFile Trackhouse celebrate a double 1-2 in Assen, as a P3 for Jorge Martin (No. 89 Aprilia Racing) sees him climb to the summit of the World Championship after teammate Marco Bezzecchi (No. 72 Aprilia Racing), who has gone to the hospital for further checks, suffers an early DNF following a rapid Turn 15 crash. Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to MotoGP.com)

(Jack Galstad/IMSA/RACER)

The No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R led most of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen and secured its second straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race win at Watkins Glen International, after six hours of racing filled with nine full-course cautions and frenetic action in-between. The trio of Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti enjoyed a thoroughly authoritative drive from the Motul Pole Award aboard their No. 31 Cadillac en route to their eighth straight Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) podium finish as well. For the No. 31 Cadillac, it was a triple victory as the car also won both the IMSA Michelin Sustainability in Racing Award and the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup portions of the race. Acura was second, with Nick Yelloly holding off Laurin Heinrich at the finish. All three podium finishers had three-driver lineups. Yelloly shared his No. 93 Acura with Renger van der Zande and Kaku Ohta while Heinrich shared his No. 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 with Tijmen van der Helm and Kaylen Frederick. Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to Tony DiZinno/IMSA Wire Service for the details)

(IMSA)

In LMP2, AO Racing scored its first win of the year with Dane Cameron, PJ Hyett and Jonny Edgar in their No. 99 ORECA LMP2 07. Cameron fought a hard-charging Alex Quinn in the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR ORECA in the waning stages, however, the overall leading No. 31 Cadillac got between the Nos. 99 and 04 cars by the time of the checkered flag. Quinn was second in his No. 04 CrowdStrike car with George Kurtz and Toby Sowery, with the No. 18 Era Motorsport ORECA completing the podium in the hands of Naveen Rao, Jacob Abel and Ferdinand Habsburg.

(Jack Galstad/IMSA/RACER)

Vasser Sullivan Racing w/Dreyer & Reinbold scored the GTD PRO triumph. Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat won from pole in their No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3, for their first win since the 2024 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO (Neil Verhagen, Connor De Phillippi) was second ahead of the No. 64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang GT3 (Dennis Olsen, Ben Barker).

(Brandon Badraoui/IMSA/RACER)

Manthey 1st Phorm won GTD with the trio of Ryan Hardwick, Riccardo Pera and Richard Lietz in the No. 912 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992). The No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche (Adam Adelson, Callum Ilott, Tom Sargent) and No. 068 Car Blanche Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo (Valentin Hasse Clot, Marius Fossard, Trenton Estep) completed the podium.

Editor's Note: This is our dearly departed billboard, which we had at Road America for several years. Peter gifted the phrase "America's National Park of Speed" to the track, which now uses it proudly in all of its communications. -WG

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