Wright Motorsports continued their GT World Challenge America powered by AWS dominance taking victory in the AM class and finishing sixth overall at Road America Sunday afternoon. The Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX team of Shelby Blackstock and Trent Hindman took the overall win and Silver division victory. Winward Racing's Mercedes-AMG GT3 team of Indy Dontje and Russell Ward finished second overall and second in Silver. The DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG team of George Kurtz and Colin Braun finished third overall and first in the Pro/Am class.

From pole, Dalziel, in the number 63 Mercedes-AMG GT3 brought the field to the green and alongside him Hindman, in number 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 timed the flick of the starter's hand to perfection getting the jump and drag racing ahead into the lead through turn 1. Root, in the number 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.II) also swung by and up into second dropping Dalziel into third after the first turn of the race.

From there Hindman hit his marks and stretched his lead to over 4.7 seconds on Root by lap 8. Behind them Dalziel maintained his position in third, while Braun in the number 04 Mercedes-AMG GT3 slotted into fourth. Ward, in the number 33 Mercedes-AMG GT3 pursued in fourth overall and second in Silver, while Baptista in the number 1 Ferrari 488 GT3 slotted into sixth.

At the 45-minute mark of the contest, the pit window opened, and Ward was first in to changeover to Dontje. Braun followed to hand the reins to Kurtz, with Baptista coming in behind him to hand over to Fuentes. Hindman, Root and Dalziel all came up pit road just before the 10-minute window closed.

With the window closed, and the recycling of the charts, Blackstock emerged with a 12.5 second lead, Poordad, who took over for Root, continued in second, Askew (Dalziel) third, Kurtz fourth, Dontje fifth and Fuentes sixth.

By lap 26, Askew closed on Poordad and began a challenge for second. As the two battled, Kurtz closed on Askew. On lap 27, Askew would run wide through turn 6 allowing Kurtz to squeeze by. A hard charging Dontje then closed on Askew and a four-car battle ensued. The driver of the number 33 would then execute a pass on Askew into turn 5 and a lap later pull the same move on Kurtz to move up into third overall. Dontje then squeezed by Poordad through the Kink and up into second overall. Kurtz also squeezed by moving up into third overall. Poordad had lost his momentum and Askew swung by the Porsche pilot through turn 14. Then with under 10 minutes left on the clock, a hard charging Fuentes closed on Poordad and on lap 38 passed through turn 1.

At the checkered, Blackstock crossed the line 21 seconds ahead of Dontje. With the Pro/Am division win, Kurtz and Braun take a one-point lead in the championship over Fuentes and Baptista.

GT SPORTS CLUB AMERICA RACE

Ryan Gates continued his impressive performance in GT Sports Club America competition winning Round 5 Saturday afternoon at Road America. Mark Issa finished second, Jason Bell finished third. Stu Frederick finished fourth overall and first in the Iron category.

Held under ideal weather conditions at the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit, Issa, from pole, launched successfully into the lead behind the wheel of his number 31 TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3. Gates in his number 311 Porsche 911 GT2 RS CS slotted into second, while Frederick, in the number 57 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS CS slotted into third and Bell, in the number 2 GMG Racing 911 GT2 RS CS fourth. Gates would then execute a pass on Issa and then push his lead to as much as 14-seconds during the course of the race. Bell and Frederick would also pass Issa on lap 3. The driver of the #31 machine regrouped though and began a multi-lap battle with Frederick.

Then on lap 12, Issa's constant hounding paid off as Frederick ran wide through turn 8 and the driver of the #31 machine moved up into third overall. Issa then began to hunt down Bell and a lap later executed a pass through turn 8.

At the checkered, Gates won by 9.3 seconds over Issa. Results are provisional until posted final. GT Sports Club America drivers now get set for Sunday's Round 6 race scheduled to go green at 1:15 pm local time. Watch the race live on youtube.com/GTWorld.