Dominance, Drama, and Double Wins at Watkins Glen
Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at Watkins Glen International produced the kind of weekend that justifies a one-make series: three of the four class winners from Friday’s opener repeated on Saturday, turning competence into genuine dominance across a 19-car grid of Huracán Super Trofeo EVOs. After early morning rain gave way to sunny skies and a dry track, the racing delivered both strategic depth and raw spectacle.
Corey Lewis and Richy Antinucci, in the No. 29 Change Racing, Lamborghini Charlotte entry, claimed the Pro and overall victory in Round 4 for their third consecutive win of the season. Lamborghini says the pair now hold a 16-point lead in the Pro class. The decisive moment came during the mandatory pit stop: Antinucci used a strong out lap to seize control after Lewis ran a patient first stint from third. Behind them, the No. 27 Dream Racing entry of Cedric Sbirrazzuoli and Paolo Ruberti held off Andrea Amici and Sandy Mitchell’s No. 1 Prestige Performance car by less than a second.
In Pro-Am, Jacob Eidson and Damon Ockey (No. 09 US RaceTronics, Lamborghini Vancouver) took their third win of the season and stretched their class lead to 23 points. Supercross star Chad Reed, partnered with Ryan Hardwick in the No. 22 Dream Racing entry, finished second to earn dual podiums across the weekend. A crossover athlete choosing Super Trofeo over other gentleman-driver programs says something about the series’ pull that no spec sheet can capture.
The Am class delivered the weekend’s best storyline. Sixteen-year-old Steven Aghakhani, driving the No. 6 US RaceTronics, Lamborghini Beverly Hills car, was hit in an early incident with Paul Tracy and dropped to the back of the field. With roughly 35 minutes left, class leader McKay Snow spun into the wall at Turn 5, triggering a nine-minute full-course yellow that also delayed the pit window. Aghakhani clawed back through the order and swept the class for the weekend. In the LB Cup, Mel Johnson (No. 08 GMG Racing, Lamborghini Newport Beach) won his fourth consecutive race, at one point holding a 30-second class lead while running near the overall top ten.
More Than a Race Weekend: Super Trofeo as a Brand Experience
The class sweeps tell one story. The paddock tells another, and it is just as deliberate. What separates the Lamborghini Super Trofeo from a typical club-racing series is the infrastructure wrapped around it. Multiple reports describe VIP packages that include access to Lamborghini’s private suite, garage and pit lane tours, a meet-and-greet with the Squadra Corse team, gourmet dining, and Lamborghini Urus shuttle service to and from reserved parking.
For owners who will never turn a wheel in anger, this is the point of contact. Lamborghini converts a race weekend into a curated brand immersion: you stand close enough to smell brake dust, you shake hands with the engineers who build the race cars. Ferrari and Porsche run similar hospitality programs at their one-make events, but Lamborghini leans into exclusivity and intimacy in a way that suits its smaller production numbers. The 2019 Watkins Glen weekend, running alongside the broader IMSA schedule, gave Lamborghini a captive audience of serious motorsport fans already on site. That overlap is not accidental. It turns spectators into prospective participants, which is precisely the pipeline the series is designed to build.
The Huracán Super Trofeo EVO: A Platform That Proved Itself
Every car on the Watkins Glen grid was the same machine: the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO, a purpose-built, non-street-legal race car that Lamborghini supplies to every team. Because the series is a one-make formula, driver skill and team strategy determine outcomes rather than development budgets. That is the design intent: lower the barrier to competitive racing while keeping the on-track product genuinely fast and visually spectacular.
The EVO’s naturally aspirated V10 remains one of the defining sounds in customer motorsport. According to Autoblog, a 2020 Collector edition with just 84 miles surfaced on the auction market, underscoring the car’s appeal even as a static piece of Lamborghini’s racing history. For anyone considering entry into the series, the practical reality is straightforward: you buy the car, Squadra Corse supports it, and you show up and race. The cost of participation remains undisclosed by Lamborghini, but the format is designed to keep operational complexity manageable compared to open-class GT racing.
Driver Narratives: From Teenage Talent to Crossover Stars
The range of people sharing the same grid is one of Super Trofeo’s underappreciated strengths, and Watkins Glen put it on full display. Aghakhani was 16 years old, racing alongside Paul Tracy, a veteran of IndyCar and CART with decades of top-level experience. Chad Reed brought two-wheeled reflexes from Supercross and openly campaigned for more seat time after the weekend. Mel Johnson, running in the LB Cup, exemplifies the gentleman-driver pathway: consistent, competitive, and clearly enjoying every lap.
Lamborghini says Ockey described his role simply: stay consistent, save tires, and hand the car to Eidson in good shape. That kind of honest division of labor between co-drivers is what makes the Pro-Am and Am classes compelling. The series functions as both a proving ground for young talent and a playground for accomplished amateurs, and the class structure keeps competition tight within each tier. For buyers weighing whether to step from track days into organized racing, Super Trofeo offers a structured environment with factory support, broadcast coverage on NBCSN, and a championship that culminates in the annual Lamborghini World Finals.
The Strategic Thread: From Huracán to Temerario
The 2019 Watkins Glen results belong to the Huracán era, but the program they feed into is evolving. The Lamborghini Temerario GT3, widely reported as Lamborghini’s first competition car fully designed, developed, and built in-house, debuted at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Reports indicate a Temerario Super Trofeo race car is anticipated for 2027, which would mark the first time the one-make series transitions away from naturally aspirated power to the Temerario’s plug-in hybrid architecture.
For the teams and drivers who built their programs around the Huracán’s characteristics, this transition means adapting to an entirely new powerband, different weight distribution, and the complexities of managing hybrid systems in wheel-to-wheel racing. The Super Trofeo series, established in 2009, has always been Lamborghini’s most accessible competitive platform, and its continuation with the Temerario confirms that Squadra Corse views customer racing as foundational to the brand rather than a side project. For a future 2026 event at Watkins Glen, the series anticipates a grid of 41 Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 cars, a field size that suggests the program’s popularity continues to grow even as the platform nears its final season.
The 2019 championship was scheduled to continue with Rounds 5 and 6 at Road America. The weekend at Watkins Glen told a clear story: Lamborghini’s one-make formula produces genuine competition, memorable recoveries, and the kind of racing that turns spectators into participants.
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