GMG Racing and team drivers Kyle Washington and Tom Sargent soar back to Sebring International Raceway this weekend looking for more SRO America race wins and podiums in a full weekend of competition on the legendary 3.74-mile central Florida airport circuit. The team runs a pair of No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R entries, with the GT World Challenge America Porsche adorned in a black EBOOST livery and the GT America series machine carrying a white EBOOST scheme.
Washington has won a pair of GT America powered by AWS sprint races in the opening rounds of the 2025 championship at Sonoma Raceway and most recently at Circuit of The Americas (COTA). He also joined Sargent in securing the team’s first GT World Challenge America powered by AWS podium with a third-place finish in the opening race at COTA. Sargent led in the next day’s final 90-minute World Challenge race but an untimely safety car period around the time he handed the No. 32 off to race-finishing driver Washington didn’t work in the team’s favor.
“We have been fortunate to have all of our hard work and preparation in the off-season at GMG Racing pay off with a nice run of race wins and podium showings in the first part of the 2025,” said GMG Racing Founder and Principal James Sofronas. “We have won in five different racing series to date this year, both within and beyond SRO, and our first 2025 victory in GT World Challenge America is just around the corner. We were the fastest Porsche at COTA, hit the World Challenge podium for the first time this year, and both Tom and Kyle are driving at the peak of their performance. We look forward to seeing what the Sebring weekend brings.”
On the same weekend Sofronas won a race in the Pro-Am class, Washington secured a Masters class Carrera Cup podium finish on the “Respect the Bumps” Sebring circuit last year.
“I’m just going to Sebring for the barbecued Alligator because it’s not as tough as the track,” Washington said. “The bumps can knock your teeth out and make for a tricky track. My off-road background definitely comes into play always at Sebring. We have been on the podium there before in a Porsche and have four shots this weekend at taking our first win. Win or lose, you need some Advil and a stiff drink after racing at Sebring, and that’s all part of the experience!”
Sargent is well experienced at Sebring and expects the recent race-leading pace at COTA to carry over to the Florida circuit. He and Washington won their first only GT World Challenge America race together last year at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in the GMG Racing No. 32 Porsche.
“I think a win is close,” Sargent said. “We had our breakthrough win last year at VIR. We definitely had good pace, but we also got a little bit lucky at VIR on penalties and other stuff. That put us in a position to take advantage, but this year there is a win in the future just pure-pace wise. That was even in the cards at the second COTA race last month if it wasn’t for a safety car. We definitely had the potential to win there, or at least get a podium like we did in the first race. Now, we go to a track I know quite well at Sebring, and it is probably the track I have done the most laps on. Kyle also has a Carrera Cup podium at Sebring, and I think we are going to have a strong package again there. I have been doing a lot of driving lately too, so I am definitely feeling good about Sebring. We will see what we can do.”
Sebring features Rounds 7 and 8 of the GT America championship, and Washington has finished no lower than second in the series since winning the second race of the season in March at Sonoma Raceway. His second win of the year in the first race at COTA followed a pair of second-place showings at Long Beach. Most recently, he followed up the COTA win with a second-place finish in the Sunday weekend finale on the Austin Formula 1 circuit. Washington arrives in Sebring second in the GT America championship, just nine points shy of the class leader, 121 – 112.
After a test session Thursday and official practice Friday, qualifying for both GT World Challenge and GT America takes place Saturday morning. The opening races of the weekend take place later on Saturday, with the first 40-minute GT America race starting at 11:55 a.m. EDT and the GT World Challenge 90-minute opener going green at 3 p.m. EDT.
Sunday’s final rounds start at 9:05 a.m. EDT for GT America and the weekend-ending GT World Challenge race goes off at 1:45 p.m. EDT.
All of the weekend’s races air live on RACER TV and the GTWorld YouTube channel.
