ProAm, Am Titles Come Down to the Wire as Persing Scores Overall Win

MISANO, Italy – The temperatures in the air and on track were cool while the temperatures on the computer were hot crunching the numbers to see who would take the two remaining Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America class titles in Friday morning’s season finale at Misano World Circuit.

Ultimately, Glenn McGee and Graham Doyle hung on by a thin margin to secure the Am class title while in ProAm, Jason Hart and Conrad Geis completed a come-from-behind title win that came courtesy of a late-race pass affecting their closest title rivals.

With the Pro title clinched on Thursday, Danny Formal and Hampus Ericsson could enjoy a pressure-free drive and with the LB Cup title secured in Indianapolis, Nick Groat has been taking in this week’s proceedings from home.

And in the 50-minute race itself, the overall win swung based on a time penalty for track limits. There was no shortage of action or story lines to cap off the 2025 North America rounds before the Lamborghini World Finals begin on Saturday.

Nick Persing scored his third win of the season and first since WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in May aboard his No. 108 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 from pole after a strong start and a steady final pursuit to stay within range to capitalize on his closest rival’s mistake.

Persing led from the start until pitting within the mandatory pit window, where he’d lose time by way of the rule requiring single drivers to spend three extra seconds in pit lane. That time loss enabled Colin Queen, who’d taken over from Enzo Geraci at the pit stop, to exit the pits ahead in his No. 104 ANSA Motorsports, Lamborghini Orlando, Huracán.

It appeared the Queen/Geraci entry had successfully jumped Persing for the lead in the pits, but the joy was short lived when the No. 104 entry was assessed a five-second post-race time penalty for exceeding track limits on too many occasions. Though Queen took the checkered flag on the road, the penalty dropped him to third behind Persing and Formal, who took over the No. 101 WTR Huracán from Ericsson.

“The team fed me the information, although I knew we had pace anyways,” Persing said. “We got mixed up in lapped traffic which put me in a weird position. I was more focused too on towing Danny along too to bring him to P2. Running solo in these cars is not easy. Big thanks to Wayne Taylor Racing; the car was phenomenal. We went to work and got it done!” 

In a year where parity had reigned in the class – seven different pairings had won in the first 10 races before Misano – Geis and Hart and Karlinskas and Trinka only had one win apiece as pairings, so the theoretical tiebreaker entering the weekend was the number of runner-up finishes, of which Karlinskas and Trinka had four to Geis and Hart’s two.

But when Geis and Hart in their No. 167 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán took a pivotal ProAm win on Thursday, they gained three points on Karlinskas and Trinka in the No. 11 MLT Motorsports, Lamborghini Greenwich, Huracán with Antoine Comeau and guest driver Nico Jamin third in the No. 130 ANSA Motorsports, Lamborghini Orlando, Huracán. Jamin’s return to the championship played a major role in deciding the championship.

Trinka had the pole for Friday’s race and offset his strategy by running long to near the end of the maximum stint before pitting and handing to Karlinskas for the final 20 minutes, while TR3’s pairing did the opposite with Geis starting today and then pitting at the earliest possible opportunity to hand off to Hart for the remaining 30 minutes.

Hart proceeded to get to the lead in ProAm after passing both Paul Nemschoff (No. 141 Flying Lizard Motorsports, Lamborghini Newport Beach, Huracán) and Karlinskas on-track. With Karlinskas in second and Jamin third, the title battle came down to whether Karlinskas could hold back the experienced veteran driver. 

Jamin charged several seconds in the waning laps to make the pass for second. That pass was enough to bring Geis and Hart ahead in the championship, and with three wins to Trinka and Karlinskas’ one over the course of the season has secured them the title.

“I had no radio so I was just navigating,” Hart said. “Conrad had a mega opening stint, and I had to respect it.” 

Geis added, “I couldn’t have a better coach or team since I started racing last year.” 

Brewer noted pre-race they expected to maximize their tire life and race pace compared to qualifying and also figured Hepworth would make a strong start, which she did.

“Jem and I both struggled in qualifying and maximizing potential on new tires, but we had great pace as the tires wore on later in the race,” she said. “It’s so cold but I trust Jem to get the job done. I’m hoping Jem passes them in her stint – Glenn’s a super quick driver. Also gotta make sure to avoid track limits, push the maximum and be as consistent as always.” 

Brewer then took over and brought the car home to the finish, but with second place, Graham Doyle and Glenn McGee ensured they held on to secure the title in their No. 110 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán. It’s McGee’s third successive Lamborghini Super Trofeo title, all in Am.

“Super stoked for this; third championship in a row,” McGee said. “And it’s my second with Wayne Taylor Racing, and first with Graham Doyle. His first championship and he’s been improving so much, what a great driver he’s become. It was down to Graham and I to put the results in. We could do whatever we wanted.” 

Despite not wanting to forecast things, Doyle nailed what happened as the race materialized: “I’m not one to call the future, but I knew I was happy where I was after my stint. Our closest rival most of the year was David Staab, and I kept him behind, and Glenn’s in front of him. So long as we stay P3 if Lindsay and Jem (win), I think we’d tie on points and we’d have more wins. It was a hectic start, so I had a first-person view of all the craziness, but the mindset today was about the championship, not the win.” 

Dean Neuls completed the Am class race podium in his No. 170 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán with the third title-eligible driver, David Staab, ending a hard-luck fourth on-track in his No. 148 Precision Performance Motorsports Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán.

“Both races and the whole season was amazing from this whole RAFA team,” Bolduc said. “It’s so special having my wife and kids here; Corey Lewis is a heck of a coach, and this double win is awesome.” 

From here, teams shift focus to the Lamborghini World Final races along with their European and Asian counterparts.

The combined World Finals races then are split into Am/LB Cup and Pro/ProAm from around the regions. The Am/LB Cup races are Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET (1:30 p.m. local time) and Sunday at 6:00 a.m. ET (noon local time) with the Pro/ProAm races running Saturday at 10:15 a.m. ET (4:15 p.m. local time) and Sunday at 8:15 a.m. ET. (2:15 p.m. local time)

Points are awarded on the same scale (15 for winning a race down to one for 10th place, plus pole position points), with the team collecting the most points across the two races declared World Finals class champions. All races stream via the Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel. 

Unofficial Points

MISANO, Italy – With an authoritative drive in the first of two North American races as part of the Lamborghini World Final weekend, Danny Formal and Hampus Ericsson have clinched the Pro class championship in the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season at Misano World Circuit.

Meanwhile the ProAm and Am championship battles are set to go to Friday’s second race of the weekend to conclude the North American schedule ahead of the World Finals on Saturday and Sunday.

Formal qualified the No. 101 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 on pole for the first of two 50-minute races, which proved critical for track position. On a colder day at the track near the Adriatic coast, Formal was cool under pressure from the start and immediately streaked away while his closest championship rival lost positions on the start.

Formal’s teammate Nick Persing in the No. 108 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán, and the ProAm polesitter Nico Jamin in the No. 130 ANSA Motorsports, Lamborghini Orlando, Huracán, got by Will Bamber in the No. 129 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán heading into Turn 1 off the start at the 2.626-mile circuit. Bamber and co-driver Elias De La Torre needed to finish ahead of Formal and Ericsson on Thursday to have any chance of extending the championship battle into Friday’s second race of the weekend.

With Formal out in front for his first 25 minutes before handing over to Ericsson at the halfway point, the Swede maintained momentum for the balance of his stint to drive to victory by 12.718 seconds. It marks Formal and Ericsson’s seventh win of the season, and fifth consecutive, after successive weekend sweeps at Road America and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“Best stint of his young career with Wayne Taylor Racing this last one; he got about a seven second lead and just kept going faster and faster,” Formal said of Ericcson. “Not a single track limit as everyone knows. It's a very ‘track limit’ track. So, very proud of him. 

“Champions, my third championship with the team; three championships in four years for us, and 100 wins for Wayne Taylor Racing. Fantastic for us to be able to bring that to the team,” Formal added. 

Ericsson said, “It’s my first season with them, and it's been so good. Every race weekend on and off the track, the team has really been on it every time. I need to thank my brother here, Danny. He's guided me in America, my first season in America, and it's been incredible the whole year and to finish it with championship as well.” 

On the century milestone, Wayne Taylor noted: “Super excited. We must be one of the first teams to win 100 wins in this series. All the drivers really presented themselves well today and did an incredible job. My hat is off to this team. It is not just the driver who wins a race, or the tire changer who wins the race, it is the team as a whole who makes it happen and this team does this race after race, no matter the odds. The team has done an incredible job – the 100th win is a big deal. Clinching the championship the day before the final race of the North American season, gives us some breathing room before the World Finals. I am really looking forward to seeing how we stack up against the world this weekend.”

De La Torre recovered to second to hold off a hard charging Al Morey. Morey and Keawn Tandon finished a season-best third in the No. 177 Forty7 Motorsports, Lamborghini Philadelphia, Huracán.

“It’s a mix between U.S. rules and here,” Bamber explained. “We don’t run a lighting system (in the U.S.); I wasn’t sure when we meant to go. Others jumped us fair and square, but Elias did an awesome job to bring it home and tomorrow hopefully go one better!” 

The ProAm championship battle had a spanner in the works with the returning Jamin and Antoine Comeau leading early in the race and poised to take key points off the two championship contenders. However, their win chances came undone when Persing contacted Jamin at Turn 4 just past the halfway point of the race and pitched the Frenchman into a spin; Persing was assessed a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.

After running a clean race, Conrad Geis and Jason Hart in the No. 67 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán took a pivotal ProAm win to close three points on championship leaders Tadas Karlinskas and Darius Trinka in the No. 11 MLT Motorsports, Lamborghini Charlotte, Huracán. Jamin and Comeau ended third.

The Lithuanians entered with a seven-point lead (90-83) over the Americans. Unofficially, the three-point gap puts Geis and Hart within four points of Karlinskas and Trinka (102-98). Karlinskas and Trinka will gain one point on Friday though with pole position for race two, so will start Friday five points ahead (103-98). 

Am

The Am title battle shifts to Friday after once again, trouble befell the championship-leading entry of Glenn McGee and Graham Doyle and podium finishes for their two closest rivals ensures a three-way fight.

McGee led early from a pivotal pole position in his No. 110 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán, but a short pit stop triggered a post-race time penalty that dropped he and Doyle to fifth in Am. McGee also noted a handling imbalance during his stint. 

Lindsay Brewer and Jem Hepworth gained the most in their No. 102 RAFA Racing, Lamborghini Austin, Huracán with a runner-up finish and David Staab with a third-place result in his No. 148 Precision Performance Motorsports, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán.

The pole for McGee and Doyle now sees them just one point ahead of Staab and five ahead of Brewer heading to Race 2 (114-113-109). 

With the championship battle taking precedence, Mateo Siderman benefited from McGee and Doyle’s misfortune to score his third straight Am class win in the No. 163 TR3 Racing, Lamborghini Westlake, Huracán.

The most straightforward race among the four classes was in LB Cup, led from flag-to-flag by Rocky T. Bolduc in his No. 199 RAFA Racing Lamborghini Greenwich, Huracán ahead of the other two cars entered in class. Bolduc can’t claim the championship as Nick Groat mathematically clinched it at Indianapolis, but nonetheless, Bolduc can claim his first LB Cup weekend sweep of the season after winning his second race of the year Thursday.