The Porsche Carrera Cup North America point championships will come down to the final round at Circuit of the Americas in one week’s time. An action-packed round seven doubleheader at Road Atlanta changed the landscape of the championship in both the Pro and Pro-Am class.
Tyler Maxson earned his second win of the season during Thursday’s 40-minute race, driving his Topp Racing Porshe 911 GT3 Cup car to a victory. Riley Dickinson broke a six-race dry spell to earn his fourth win of the season in the Kellymoss Porsche, reclaiming the driver’s championship point lead by two points heading into the finale.
In the Pro-Am class, Kellymoss driver Alan Metni earned a pair of wins, his first since Watkins Glen in Round Four. The weekend sweep for Metni cut the season point lead of JP Martinez in half, with the class margin at 19 points with one round to go. Scott Blind and Ruckus Racing earned his 11th Masters class win of the season with a sweep of the weekend. Blind clinched the class title in the last round at Indianapolis.
Race 1. Thursday, October 9.
The gloves were off in the first Porsche Carrera Cup North America race at Road Atlanta, and hometown hero Tyler Maxson emerged on top Thursday afternoon as the rookie class of 2025 filled the top four spots.
Maxson – who hails from Bogart, Georgia, just 40 minutes from the classic 2.54-mile circuit – started third of the ExxonMobil Pro class drivers, but with a move with less than 10 minutes remaining, acquired the top spot from polesitter Aaron Jeansonne.
‟It’s just amazing,” said the Porsche Motorsport North America EBOOST Junior Program driver. ‟These guys (at Topp Racing) have put in so much work in these last few weeks of this home stretch here. To reward them with a win is just amazing. They work so hard, and I’m happy to finally bring it home for them.”
Maxson led an impressive string of drivers on Thursday, as Carrera Cup rookies made up the top four finishers. Jeansonne finished second, followed by Porsche Sprint Challenge North America champion Cole Kleck in third in his series debut, and Jared Thomas in fourth.
For the ExxonMobil Pro class championship standings, Yardley finished one position behind rival Riley Dickinson after receiving a 10 second penalty for contact. Yardley finished sixth in class behind Dickinson in fifth.
Both pole-sitters in the Solairus Aviation Pro-Am and Masters categories – Alan Metni with Kellymoss and Scott Blind with Ruckus Racing, respectively – went on to victory on Thursday afternoon.
For Metni, it was his first win since Watkins Glen International in June and his second of the season. The result also pulls Metni and the Kellymoss team closer to championship leader JP Martinez, who finished second ahead of Marco Cirone in third.
‟Right now, JP is ahead of me for the title race, so it’s quite competitive as it is right now. I think I need to win every race, win every qualy, and every fastest lap to have a chance.”
Meanwhile, Solairus Aviation Masters champion-elect Scott Blind finished first in class by nearly eight seconds – and even drove his Porsche 992 GT3 Cup into the dirt to do so.
Blind noted the full field of Masters drivers at Road Atlanta and therefore was determined to perform his best despite already earning the class title.
‟That was a hard fight,” Blind admitted. ‟I was really fighting with Patrick (Mulcahy, Pro-Am driver) most of the race. I wanted to see if I could run a little bit deeper into the field. I was running pretty good, but I kind of lost it coming out of (Turn) seven.
‟We finished top in class, so it was great, but a lot of work.”
Richard Edge started third, but finished second behind Blind, while Rob Walker started fourth and snuck into third for a podium position.
Race 2. Friday, October 10.
Riley Dickinson made a resounding comeback in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America championship by winning Race 2 at Road Atlanta to conclude the weekend.
After dropping to second place in the ExxonMobil Pro class championship standings during the last event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Dickinson finished ahead of title rival Ryan Yardley in both Road Atlanta rounds Atlanta.
As a result, with two races remaining at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) next weekend, Dickinson and the Kellymoss team are provisionally now just two points ahead of Yardley’s Topp Racing crew.
‟We needed that one pretty bad,” said Dickinson. ‟That’s the first win that we’ve had since Watkins Glen (in June). It’s been a bit of a dry spell, pretty hard and a bit of sleepless nights, that’s for sure.
‟Topp Racing stepped up their game. Ryan Yardley, he’s doing an incredible job. Ultimately, we didn’t have what we wanted yesterday and we got it done today.”
Dickinson led every lap from pole position en route to his victory, while teammate Aaron Jeansonne finished second. Yardley finished third to complete the podium.
Fellow Kellymoss driver Alan Metni and his weekend sweep of the Solairus Aviation Pro-Am class at Road Atlanta moved him back into contention as well. After finishing first in Thursday’s race, Metni replicated his success on Friday to gain valuable points against championship leader JP Martinez.
‟It was a lot of fun, it was a lot of work,” Metni described. ‟Every corner, every lap, focus. But, I had a good result so I was happy.”
While Martinez finished third, Patrick Mulcahy spilt the title contenders in second place.
‟(Patrick) is a good racer,” said Metni, who approaches his hometown track, COTA, next weekend. ‟He’s got good pace, and I think we’re going to have a lot of fun together in the years coming up.”
For the fourth time in 2025, Scott Blind scored a double victory in the Solairus Aviation Masters class with Ruckus Racing. Blind led from start-to-finish as he did the day prior in Race 1, albeit at a track he didn’t anticipate enjoying.
‟Today, it was about getting a good start and staying high intensity. No mistakes and trying to run with the Pro-Ams,” said Blind. ‟I settled in there and it really worked out today. We just stayed with them and stayed in the moment and kept the car clean.”
Next up in the calendar, the Porsche Carrera Cup North America season finale awaits teams and drivers in Austin, Texas. Scheduled for October 17 – 19 at Circuit of The Americas, the final round will be the third joint event between Porsche Carrera Cup North America and Formula 1® in 2025.
Pro class winners:
Race 1: Tyler Maxson, No. 77 Topp Racing
Race 2: Riley Dickinson, No. 91 Kellymoss
Pro-Am class winners:
Race 1 & 2: Alan Metni, No. 99 Kellymoss
Masters class winners:
Race 1 & 2. Scott Blind, No. 45 Ruckus Racing
On point:
Pro class: Riley Dickinson, No. 91 Kellymoss
Pro-Am class: JP Martinez, No. 4 ACI Motorsports
Masters class: Scott Blind, No. 45 Ruckus Racing
Entrant: Topp Racing
Highlights
One to go. Only a doubleheader in support of the United States Grand Prix remains on the 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup North America calendar, and the first practice of the weekend is only one week from the race at Road Atlanta. All cars will be back on track for a Friday, October 17 practice at 2:35 p.m. CDT, before qualifying and race one on Saturday and race two on Sunday morning before the Formula 1® race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Title fight to Texas. With 56 total points remaining in each class – 25 for a race win, 2 for a pole in each race and 1 for a fast lap in each race – only Dickinson, Yardley and Zachary Vanier remain eligible for the Pro championship. Dickinson has a two-point advantage over Yardley and a 44-point advantage over JDX Racing driver Vanier, who will need to maximize his effort and still rely on poor finishes from the top two to remain alive. Martinez and Metni are separated by 19 points and remain the only Pro-Am drivers with a mathematical chance to win the championship.
Rookie and Team titles remain open. Away from the outright driver’s titles, both the Team Championship and Rookie of the Year remain up for grabs. Topp Racing has a nine point advantage via drivers Yardley and Maxson, while Dickinson and Jeansonne have helped Kellymoss stay in the hunt. In the rookie standings, Jeansonne leads Maxson by 11 points.
Broadcast: All races can be seen live and are archived on the IMSA and Porsche Motorsport North America YouTube Channels, IMSA TV, Peacock, and the Porsche Motorsport North America social channels on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X. The Porsche Motorsport North America YouTube page can be found at: youtube.com/c/PorscheMotorsportNorthAmerica.
Online: Porsche Carrera Cup North America: PorscheCarreraCup.us
Next up
October 17-19. Circuit of the Americas, Round 8 (Races 15 and 16).
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