By SEMA News Editors
Porsche Motorsport North America, Porsche Club to Establish New One-Make Racing Series
Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA) is launching a new one-make racing series, the Porsche Sprint Trophy Porsche Club of America by Yokohama, in collaboration with the Porsche Club of America (PCA).
With more than 170,000 members, the PCA is the largest single-make auto enthusiast club in the world, according to the manufacturer, and has more than 1,000 active competitors now eligible to compete in the series.
The inaugural season of the Porsche Sprint Trophy will integrate established PCA Club Racing events at Sebring International Raceway (FL), Lime Rock Park (CT), Watkins Glen International (NY) and Road America (WI).
Porsche Sprint Trophy PCA aims to offer entry-level and experienced racers the chance to compete as a destination series or as a step in the North American Porsche Motorsport Pyramid, offering progression through Porsche Sprint and Endurance Challenges to Porsche Carrera Cup North America and into open-competition GT racing in IMSA and SRO. The series will feature the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Types 992.1 and 991.2), along with the current Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport and its predecessor, the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, competing alongside each other in their own class during each event.
Each event weekend will include two practice sessions, a qualifying session and two 30-minute races. USAC will perform technical and safety inspections, while PMNA will provide engineering, parts and marketing support to streamline the race weekend experience for participants.
For more information, visit porsche.com.
Indy 500 Winner Palou Unveils Image on Borg-Warner Trophy
Alex Palou, winner of the 2025 Indianapolis 500, recently unveiled his likeness on the Borg-Warner Trophy, one of the most significant honors since he earned his first Indy 500 victory on May 25 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IN).
Four-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Palou, driving the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, earned the first oval victory of his career and became the first Spaniard to win the race.
The bas-relief, sterling silver image of Palou is the 112th face to be affixed to the iconic trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the Indianapolis 500 since 1936.
"This is one of those days that I knew I wanted to be part of at some point in my career," Palou said. "I knew it was going take a lot of work, and finally to be here and to get to see the trophy for the first time, it's amazing.
"I know that it's always going to be there forever, if I race one more year or if I race 50 more years. And whatever the history of INDYCAR is going to be, it's always going to be there. So, it's great to be part of all those amazing drivers. And, yeah, I feel that now. I want to get that face again on that trophy. Try and be part again of the history of our sport."
Sculptor Will Behrends created Palou's image, as he has for every winner since 1990.
Behrends begins his creative process by studying a series of 360-degree photos of the winner to get a baseline for sculpting. Palou then visited Behrends' studio in Tryon, North Carolina, for an in-person session where Behrends constructed a full-scale clay model of the driver's face.
This life-size clay version is used as a reference for Behrends to construct the smaller model, a piece created out of a mixture of oil-based clay. The smaller clay model is turned into a mold and cast in wax before being sent to a jeweler to be transformed into sterling silver. Behrends completes his process by polishing and buffing the sculpture before adhering it to the trophy.
For more information, visit ims.com.
Image courtesy of Penske Entertainment – Chris Owens
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