The 2018 Super Trofeo North America Season Came Down to a Single Point at Vallelunga

After ten rounds, two class titles were settled — and everything else funneled toward one explosive weekend in Italy.

The team and dealer championships remained wide open heading into Rounds 11 and 12 at the Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi, the nine-turn circuit north of Rome that would roll straight into the 2018 World Final from November 15 to 18.

PRO class: four crews separated by seven points

Corey Lewis and Madison Snow led the PRO class by seven points after winning the first two races and then grinding out four second-place finishes in the last five rounds, while three other pairings — each with realistic title hopes — could still overtake them at Vallelunga.

AM class gap: six points and closing

Ryan Hardwick carried a six-point AM class lead into Italy, but Damon Ockey of US RaceTronics had closed the gap after a strong run at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and had already beaten Hardwick by two or more positions twice during the season.

Identical machinery, talent-driven results

The Super Trofeo functioned as Lamborghini's finishing school for aspiring professional racers, and the identical machinery ensured that talent, not equipment, determined who graduated to GT3 and endurance programs.

The Huracán Super Trofeo's afterlife

According to Autoblog, the Huracán Super Trofeo platform remains desirable enough that individual cars still surface on the collector market years later, sometimes with creative solutions for road registration.

Every open championship converged on one weekend

What made the 2018 season so compelling was not any one battle but the way every open championship converged on the same weekend, turning Vallelunga into a pressure cooker where consistency, racecraft, and nerve mattered far more than outright speed.

620 horsepower, rear wheels only

The Huracán LP620-2 Super Trofeo's 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 produced 620 horsepower and drove the rear wheels only through a six-speed sequential gearbox, stripping away the all-wheel-drive safety net of the road car.

From V10 icon to twin-turbo V8 hybrid successor

The Temerario Super Trofeo was unveiled in May 2026 as the next-generation car for the category, marking the transition from naturally aspirated V10 power to twin-turbo V8 hybrid architecture — and the 2018 season's razor-thin margins set the standard the new era will be measured against.