TechSport Racing’s Jonathan Neudorf was able to snatch the lead away from Rennsport One’s John Capestro-Dubets on the first lap. From there, Neudorf led until he stopped to hand over to Michai Stephens. Stephens then led the rest of the way to win Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. 1 at Sebring International Raceway Saturday (May 4).
The margin of victory was 3.673 seconds over Rennsport One’s John Capestro-Dubets and Eric Filguerias. Hanley Motorsports’ Daniel Hanley and Parker Thompson were third, followed by Random Vandals Racing’s Kevin Boehm and Kenton Koch. AutoTechnic Racing’s Zac Anderson and Colin Garrett were fifth. The top-five overall finishers were also the top-five teams in the Silver class.
Capestro-Dubets started from the overall and Silver class poles in his Porsche. However, Capestro-Dubets’ advantage lasted for only a couple of hundred feet before Neudorf was able to take the lead.
Neudorf attempted to drive away from the field, but the safety car came out when OGH Motorsports’ Sam Owen spun off and hit the wall on the entry to turn 14 after contact from Kaia Teo. Owen was ok, but done for the day.
Once the race restarted, Neudorf opened up a sizable advantage over the rest of the field. That allowed him to pit later in the pit window for the switch to Stephens and easily maintain the lead.
Matt Bell in the P1 Groupe/OnlyFans Racing Mercedes started on the Pro-Am pole in fourth overall. During the first half of the race, Bell was very strong and drove up to third in the race.
However, their fortunes turned when Alex Vogel got in the car. Vogel spun the OnlyFans Mercedes exiting turn 16 while running sixth overall. While he was able to resume, the spin cost him the class lead.
Vogel’s spin gave the Pro-Am lead to Dan Dyszelski, who was making his Pirelli GT4 America SprintX debut with a new team, RySpec Racing. However, he had to deal with ACI Motorsports’ Kay van Berlo.
With 12 minutes to go, Dyszelski ran up on Smooge Racing’s Tyler Gonzalez on the Uhlmann Straight. He was forced to take the outside line in Sunset Bend, which allowed van Berlo to get a run on him.
Dyszelski was able to hold his Mercedes on the outside of Gonzalez, but lost momentum. That allowed van Berlo to take Dyszelski and Gonzalez three-wide entering turn 1. Van Berlo was able to clear both drivers to take the class lead.
From there, van Berlo held on to take the Pro-Am class win in sixth overall with…
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