Triple Win for Wayne Taylor Racing in Sebring Lamborghini Super Trofeo Opener
Ericsson, Formal Win Pro; McIntosh, Leitch Take ProAm; McGee, Doyle Top Am; Groat Scores LB Cup Win
Wayne Taylor Racing assembled a lineup of all-stars heading into the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season and started off strong to kick off the new campaign in the first of two 50-minute races at Sebring International Raceway. In all three classes the team entered, WTR captured Lamborghini Super Trofeo wins.
Danny Formal and Hampus Ericsson continued their dynamic start to the weekend in their No. 1 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 with a pole-to-flag victory in Pro and overall.
In ProAm, the pair of Brendon Leitch and Anthony McIntosh carved quietly but quickly through the field in their No. 69 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán. In the Am class, Glenn McGee and Graham Doyle emerged victorious in their No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán, losing the lead only during the mandatory pit stop window.
Nick Groat secured the LB Cup class win in his No. 57 ONE Motorsports, Lamborghini Newport Beach, Huracán.
The WTR team mirrored a three-class sweep as also achieved in 2024 at Circuit of The Americas in Austin. Formal and Ryan Norman (Pro), Nick Persing and Nate Stacy (ProAm) and McIntosh and McGee (Am) won that race.
Formal (back-to-back Pro class in 2022, 2023), McGee (back-to-back Am class in 2023, 2024) and Groat (2024 LB Cup) all enter with past Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America titles on their resumes and are keen to extend those marks as the new 2025 season begins.
Ericsson, meanwhile, is fresh off a Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals win last year as he shifts to racing in North America this year.
In Pro, Formal followed up the pairing’s practice pacesetting with pole position and an unchallenged run to the win. Once the mandatory pit stop window opened, Formal extended the on-track time to pit with plenty of time to stop and hand his car over to Ericsson. The Swede stepped aboard the No. 1 Huracán left the pits with a lead of more than 2.5 seconds and extended it to 10.731 seconds by the end of the 22-lap race around Sebring’s 3.74-mile circuit.
“It was my first ever pit stop too, as I was solo driving last year in Europe, but it went well,” said Ericsson, whose 2022 Indianapolis 500-winning brother Marcus Ericsson and father Thomas Ericsson were in attendance in victory lane supporting him.
“Danny made a great start saving the tires so I could just do whatever I wanted, basically. Sebring is such a challenge! It’s like nothing else compared to Europe, at least. And I love it. It has so much character, it’s so rough, and you really have to have a lot of confidence to think about what you’re doing out there. I enjoy it so much.”
Formal rebounded from an earlier incident during IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice to set the pace and put the No. 1 Huracán in strong position to win.
“(WTR VP and General Manager) Travis (Houge), Wayne (Taylor) and everyone behind me has given us the support to succeed,” Formal said. “I’ve been with this team a long time and never made a mistake, so they helped me through that hard moment. This car was so beautiful today and I’m so grateful to share this car with Hampus and win again in Super Trofeo.”
TR3 Racing scored second in Pro with Will Bamber and Elias de la Torre in their No. 29, Lamborghini Miami, Huracán, finishing ahead of World Speed Motorsports in third with Jaden Conwright and Scott Huffaker in their No. 22, Lamborghini Hawaii, Huracán.
Despite starting sixth in ProAm, Leitch and McIntosh progressed forward early as they pitted in the earlier portion of the pit window and ascended to the class lead by Lap 12. They took a lead they would not relinquish and scored the class win by 5.208 seconds.
“Tony had had a good qualifying this morning and put us in in a nice position to start, so I was able to push it in the beginning there and before everyone else spun and we undercut them later,” Leitch explained. “So today, Tony did the hard work.”
Flying Lizard Motorsports, with Marc Miller and Paul Nemschoff sharing the No. 41, Lamborghini Newport Beach, Huracán finished second with Rearden Racing’s Darius Trinka and Tadas Karlinskas third in the No. 33, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán.
Doyle and McGee dominated in Am and won by 21.471 seconds. Both Doyle and Formal are part of WTR’s WeatherTech Championship team and got the win before competing in the rest of the weekend in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
“Graham put it on pole his first race, he had a great start, ran with our sister car with Tony McIntosh, and they just kind of ran up the field and took control and didn’t have any mistakes and gave me a great car to bring it home,” said McGee.
David Staab was second in the No. 48 Precision Performance Motorsports, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán with Christopher Tasca and Jackson Lee third in the No. 88 Forty7 Motorsports, Lamborghini Greenwich, Huracán. Lee completed a ninth-to-third in class podium comeback during his stint.
Groat continued through an uneventful race in LB Cup as some of his competitors around him hit trouble. Mark Brummond was second in the No. 52 Forty7 Motorsports, Lamborghini Philadelphia, Huracán and Stephen Sorbaro was third in the No. 94 ANSA Motorsports, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán. Groat explained testing made the difference as he returned to a site of a challenging debut weekend in 2024.
“This was probably the most important race for me personally this season, because this was my first race ever in Super Trofeo last time, and it was really, really, really rough,” he said. “I don’t think there’s a chance really of being on the podium without testing to be honest, like you have to. The competition is so much, so you have to put in the work.”
Birthday Bash for Wayne Taylor Racing Teammates in Sebring’s Victory Lane
Pair of WTR Cars Win Pro, Am Classes; Rearden Takes ProAm; ONE Captures Am
Two of Wayne Taylor Racing’s three Thursday winners doubled up in Friday’s second of two Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America races at Sebring International Raceway. Since the two cars had drivers celebrating their birthdays the same day, they had their cake and got to eat it, too.
Hampus Ericsson (Pro) and Graham Doyle (Am) enjoyed their birthdays in Sebring victory lane with their co-drivers, Danny Formal (Pro) and Glenn McGee (Am). Both pairings swept their respective classes during the two-race weekend to kick off the 2025 season.
Nick Groat (LB Cup) also doubled up after winning Thursday, although enjoyed a less straightforward race on Friday. The one new winner on Friday came in ProAm, as Rearden Racing’s pair of Darius Trinka and Tadas Karlinskas emerged on top from a frenetic race in class.
In Pro, Ericsson and Formal in their No. 1 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 enjoyed a near perfect weekend. The No. 1 Huracán led both practice sessions, qualified on pole for both races, won both races, and set the fastest lap in both races (Ericsson both times). The only marginal blemish on their weekend came in Friday’s Round 2, as they lost the lead during pit stops, but still led 18 of 21 laps in this race and a total of 40 of the 43 laps completed this weekend.
Ericsson started Friday’s race from pole and led until making the mandatory pit stop, building the lead to more than four seconds over Elias de la Torre in the No. 29 TR3 Racing Huracán. Formal cycled back to the lead by more than five seconds after the stop was complete, although a full-course caution negated that margin. The race finished under caution following a single-car incident in Turn 14.
“I think it’s my best birthday ever,” Ericsson laughed. “It’s my first week and everyone just welcomed me in with warmth. We achieved the maximum with winning both races from pole positions and setting the fastest laps. I think we executed the whole week perfectly.”
The No. 29 TR3 entry of de la Torre and Will Bamber finished second ahead No. 22 World Speed Huracán of Jaden Conwright and Scott Huffaker in third. The Pro class had an identical podium from Round 1 to Round 2.
ProAm had three different leaders, and a fourth contender falling out just shy of the finish. RAFA Racing’s Kiko Porto led from class pole in the No. 81 Huracán until pitting on Lap 11 and handing off to Nick Monteiro. Flying Lizard Motorsports’ Marc Miller briefly inherited the top spot before his own stop in the No. 41 Huracán, at which time Monteiro resumed the lead.
But with a 10-second time penalty looming for a false start at the beginning of the race, the No. 81 car was doomed to drop down the order. The No. 69 Wayne Taylor Racing Huracán was poised to take over the top spot, but Anthony McIntosh spun in Turn 14 and hit the tire barrier. With McIntosh out, the Trinka and Karlinskas No. 33 Rearden Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán leapt into the lead and the victory.
“I was really close to him and he just ended up losing the car, the second part of the Bishop’s Corner (Turn 14),” Trinka explained. “I didn’t have to avoid him or do anything. It’s unfortunate for them, and I feel really bad because I think that would have created a great, great battle for the end of the race.”
Conrad Geis and Jason Hart were second in ProAm in the No. 67 TR3 Racing Huracán, with Seth Henry and Wyatt Foster third in the No. 44 Kaizen Autosport Huracán.
Doyle and McGee doubled up in Am in their No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing, Lamborghini Palm Beach, Huracán, although they only led the last eight laps in class after starting in pole. Jackson Lee led from pole in class in his No. 88 Forty7 Motorsport Huracán but an incident for his co-driver after a tough pit stop put the race under full-course caution. McGee positioned the No. 10 car for success after climbing from fourth to second before pitting, then handing off to Doyle who took the lead post pit-stops.
“Glenn did an awesome job for us at the start, and I just hopped in and raced from there,” said Doyle, the second WTR birthday winner. “To start the season this way is total polar opposite to last year. I started last year here with a DNF, and now this year starts with a pole and two wins.”
Groat, too, atoned for a tough 2024 Sebring with a 2025 Sebring double in LB Cup. The driver of the No. 57 ONE Motorsports, Lamborghini Newport Beach, Huracán, was in the right place at the right time after passing both Friday leaders, Mark Brummond (No. 52 Forty7 Motorsports) and Rocky T. Bolduc (No. 99 RAFA Racing) after a restart. They finished second and third.
“I was able to take the beating and keep it on track, and at the end, that’s pretty much the only thing I had I could do,” Groat said. “I said it yesterday and will say it again – this weekend means the absolute most of any I’ve had so far in Super Trofeo.”
The Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season resumes at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Rounds 3 and 4, May 9-11.
