Baltas Sweeps Miami Weekend After Llibre Penalty

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Yves Baltas completed a sweep of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America weekend at Miami International Autodrome after Jimmy Llibre was assessed a ten-second post-race penalty in Sunday’s round.

Llibre crossed the line first in the 40-minute contest but was regulated to ninth due to a track limits violation, handing the win to his ACI Motorsports teammate.

Baltas was locked in a three-way battle for second during the majority of the caution-free race between Zachary Vanier and Ryan Yardley but clawed away for the eventual win.

Yardley was second in his Topp Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, with Vanier completing the podium for JDX Racing.

The No. 24 Kellymoss of Aaron Jeansonne was fourth in the classification.

Riley Dickinson, who was en route to a top-five, was also handed a ten-second post-race penalty that dropped the Pro class points leader to an eighth place result.

It promoted Race 1 podium finisher Tyler Maxson to another top-five, ahead of Michael de Quesada and Matheus Leist.

Pro-Am class honors went to the No. 5 FMS Motorsport Porsche of Angel Benitez after the ACI Porsche of JP Martinez was served with a drive-through penalty with 13 minutes to go.

Race 1 class winner James Sofronas was second in class in his No. 14 GMG Racing Porsche, who nursed a broken splitter in the closing laps.

Alan Metni, who was on track to finish third, spun on the final lap in his No. 99 Kellymoss Porsche, promoting Kenton King to the final podium position.

Scott Blind, meanwhile, took Masters class honors in his No. 45 Ruckus Racing Porsche, which finished 18th overall in the 28-car field.