BRASELTON, Ga. — Loek Hartog clinched his first Porsche Carrera Cup North America Pro class championship with a full race weekend still remaining on the 2024 schedule.
The series’ rookie used two second place finishes at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta to put his nearest championship contender out of mathematical reach of the title. Rounds 13 and 14 saw Zachary Vanier (Canada) and Ryan Yardley (New Zealand) each win their second races of the season.
Hartog has scored seven race wins in 14 rounds with an additional five podium finishes for a total of 303 points thus far.
The point total puts the No. 24 Kellymoss Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car 87 points ahead of Alex Sedgwick (United Kingdom) in the No. 98 PT Autosport JDX Racing entry in the all-Porsche race series.
The Pro-Am races were both won by 2021 and 2023 class champion Efrin Castro (Dominican Republic). Castro’s performance tightened the championship chase in the class to a narrow 19 points between Alan Metni (Austin, Texas) in the lead and Moisey Uretsky (Miami, Florida) in fourth place. In the Masters class, the No. 18 ACI Motorsports machine of Richard Edge (Atlanta, Georgia) raced to victory lane in race one while Chris Bellomo (Portola Valley, California) drove the No. 68 Kellymoss Porsche to the win in race two of the weekend. By virtue of two Georgia podiums, Bellomo closed to within 34 points of Masters class leader Matt Halcome (Dallas, Georgia).
Porsche Motorsport North America will crown champions in all three classes at the Porsche Carrera Cup North America season finale at the Circuit of The Americas Oct. 18-20.