Rain, Strategy, and 21 Seconds at Watkins Glen

How variable conditions split the 2018 Super Trofeo North America field into those who ran and those who waited.

Steady rain soaked Watkins Glen International's 3.4-mile road course for the entirety of Practice 1 on June 28, 2018, and with a dry, hot forecast for race day, most of the eighteen-car field made a calculated choice to stay in the garage.

Six drivers chose a different cost-benefit answer

Only six Huracán Super Trofeo Evo machines set a time in the wet session, trading tire wear and the risk of contact for data on drainage patterns, curb behavior, and braking references under reduced grip.

A 21-second swing from wet to dry

Corey Lewis topped the dry Practice 2 session with a 1:59.146 at 102.7 mph, and the margin between first and second was a scant 0.132 seconds — a gap that in a single-make series often comes down to a single corner's worth of confidence.

Identical hardware, divergent results

Every Huracán Super Trofeo Evo runs the same naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10, the same sequential gearbox, and the same aerodynamic package, so the timing sheets reflect driver talent and team preparation more directly than in multi-manufacturer GT racing.

A level playing field by design

Squadra Corse's strict homologation rules eliminated the spending wars that can plague open-development GT categories, keeping the Super Trofeo series fiercely competitive at the Pro level while remaining genuinely educational for gentlemen drivers.

The rain runner's payoff

Damon Ockey, the fastest driver in the wet Practice 1 session, went on to share the overall and Pro class victory in Race 2 on Saturday, June 30, alongside Jacob Eidson in the No. 09 US RaceTronics entry.