Porsche Carrera Cup North America championship leader Loek Hartog took his fourth victory of 2024 today with a stunning lights-to-flag win for Kellymoss today at Road America.

After qualifying on pole, Hartog was first into turn one and never headed throughout the 40-minute journey.

Despite multiple on-track incidents, the race was disrupted by only a single yellow flag period when Scott Blind suffered contact, spun, and was later stuck on the circuit.

“That was a good one – lights to flag – I’m very happy with that,” said Hartog

“I lost power steering halfway through, so that was tough. A lot of stuff happened on track, but I managed not to be disturbed by it.

“It’s been very nice to have my family here this weekend. Of course, halfway through the year, I’ve done the season without them and it’s now kind of nice to show them what I’ve been doing over here.

“It’s very special to celebrate with them. Tomorrow is my dad’s birthday, so I hope to win for him as well tomorrow.”

Alex Sedgwick (JDX Racing) finished second, 4.383 seconds behind Hartog, with Jimmy Llibre (ACI Motorsports) in third.

For the first time in series history, two female drivers finished in the top ten, with Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program members Madeline Stewart (seventh) and Sabre Cook (ninth) earning strong points hauls.

The on-track action included a turn-one spin for Efrin Castro (Kellymoss) and a turn-five multi-car incident on the opening lap, which earned Michael Cooper (Baby Bull Racing) a drive-through penalty.

Late race contact between Kellymoss teammates Alan Metni and Jake Pederson resulted in heavy damage for both cars with one lap to go.

In the Pro-Am class, ACI Motorsports’ Pedro Torres won for the second time in a row, ahead of Marco Cirone and Jeff Mosing.

“I had a good start and was able to miss some of the issues that happened in turn five,” Torres said.

“I actually had a great track position but made a mistake on the carousel, and both Madeline (Stewart) and Michael (McCann) got by me. After that I overcooked the fronts and had to manage the pace thereafter.

“Marco (Cirone) was on me, but I was able to keep up the gap on the high-speed stuff and manage the low-speed stuff.

“The guys did an amazing job. You know, you can see what Curt (Swearingin) has done with the team and now everyone at ACI is getting podiums now. He has made a massive investment here and that’s showing.”

In the Masters class, we had a first-time winner, Chris Bellomo, who took his first series victory. The Kellymoss driver led home ACI Motorsports teammates Richard Edge and points leader Matt Halcome.

“It was nice to get just about a full race in. It was good, hard racing, really clean with the ACI guys, Richard and Matt.

“There was a little bit of craziness going on, but I was able to get through it, do my laps, and end up getting back on the podium. It’s been long overdue, and I’m super happy and thankful for Kelly Moss as well.”

Teams will return on track tomorrow for round ten of the championship at Road America at 11:35 a.m.