Go Motorsport Management

14/10/2026

Kenny Schmied & Anthony Geraci – Indianapolis – GT4 America- Rafa Racing #72 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2

12/10/2026

Schmied and Geraci Battle Through Challenging Indianapolis Finale.

The final round of the 2026 Pirelli GT4 America series took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, with a bumper 35-car field including 13 entries in the Am class.
Kenny Schmied and Anthony Geraci arrived at the iconic Brickyard hoping to end their partial-season campaign on a high in the #72 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2. However, an intermittent electrical issue would turn the weekend into a major challenge for both the drivers and the team.
With two test sessions scheduled for Wednesday, followed by free practice on Thursday and Friday, the pairing were aiming to build momentum ahead of qualifying. Unfortunately, the electrical fault first appeared on the opening day of testing. The RAFA Racing crew worked through a number of component changes over the following three days, but the problem continued to prove difficult to trace.
Hoping the issue had finally been resolved, Geraci took to the track for qualifying for Race 1. However, the car shut down again on his out lap, leaving him stranded and unable to set a representative time. With the second qualifying session scheduled immediately afterwards, there was no opportunity to repair the car in time for Schmied to qualify for Race 2.
A stroke of luck followed when a failure in the timing system meant that Race 2 grid positions would be determined using times from Free Practice 2. This placed Schmied third in class, giving the team a valuable opportunity to fight for a strong result despite the ongoing problems.
The crew worked tirelessly overnight in an attempt to identify and resolve the fault. With the car ready for Race 1, Geraci lined up at the back of the field in P34. After two trouble-free formation laps, hopes were high that the issue had been fixed. Geraci made a strong start when the green flag waved, gaining positions during the opening lap, but the electrical problem returned, forcing him to pit and retire the car.
It was another long night for the RAFA Racing team, but their persistence finally paid off as the source of the intermittent fault was identified and resolved ahead of the final race of the season.
Schmied lined up third in class for Race 2 on a drying track, with the field starting on slick tyres. He made an excellent getaway, moving into second place at Turn 1 as the leading group battled for grip in the tricky conditions. Contact among the front-runners brought out a full-course yellow while the stranded cars were recovered.
Racing resumed on Lap 4, with the track drying rapidly. Schmied immediately found himself nose-to-tail with the class leader as part of a six-car train fighting for the top positions. The intense battle continued until Lap 9, when he was shuffled back to third.
The pit window opened on Lap 14, with the team opting to keep Schmied on track for as long as possible. He eventually pitted on Lap 18 to hand over to Geraci. Once the pit-stop cycle had been completed, the #72 Toyota had moved into second place and was firmly in contention in a four-car battle for the lead.
Geraci continued to push and produced an excellent move on Lap 24 to take the lead, only to be passed again the following lap. As his tyres began to lose performance, the fight intensified and he dropped to third on Lap 27. A three-car battle for the final podium positions developed over the closing laps, with Geraci eventually crossing the line in fifth place in class.
Although the electrical issues prevented the team from achieving the result they had hoped for, the final race demonstrated the pace and potential of the #72 Toyota when the car was running reliably. The recovery from a frustrating opening race, following days of persistent work by the RAFA Racing crew, provided a hard-fought conclusion to the 2026 campaign.
Schmied Racing
Anthony Geraci
Kenny Schmied

09/10/2026

Qualifying today at Indianapolis 🇺🇸with Kenny Schmied & Anthony Geraci in the #72 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 with Rafa Racing - GT4 America🇺🇸
Schmied Racing
Anthony Geraci
Kenny Schmied

09/10/2026

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07/10/2026

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05/10/2026

Schmied and Geraci Head to Indianapolis for 2026 GT4 America Finale.

Kenny Schmied and Anthony Geraci will bring their 2026 Pirelli GT4 America campaign to a close next weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with the final two races of the season taking place on October 10-11.
The #72 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 pairing will be looking to finish their partial-season campaign on a high after securing a podium at Sebring and another P3 finish at Road America.
Returning to the scene of their dramatic 2025 season finale, where they took victory and narrowly missed the championship by just one point, Schmied and Geraci will be aiming to add more silverware at the iconic Brickyard.
With two 60-minute races remaining, the focus will be on maximising the final weekend and giving the #72 Toyota the strongest possible finish to the season.
Kenny Schmied
Schmied Racing
Anthony Geraci

04/10/2026

Highlights from the final weekend of British GT at Brands Hatch - this time in the Porsche GT3R Evo

01/10/2026

28/09/2026

Smith & Plowman End British GT Season on a High with Porsche Debut
Paddock Motorsport turned heads across the British GT season finale at Brands Hatch last weekend; fielding a Porsche 911 GT3 for the first time and landing a Team of the Weekend award.

The Paddock team went into the two-hour race in Kent with a very different look to usual, with Mark Smith swapping out the team’s regular McLaren GT3 for the all-black Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Despite the obvious challenges of a major switch of GT3 machinery within a very short timescale, Paddock still excelled, with Smith and Martin Plowman producing a near-flawless run to the flag to bank both useful experience and a haul of points to finish the campaign on a high note.

Paddock’s mission to prepare the Porsche proved a true engineering challenge. Assisted by some technical staff from top German squad Black Falcon, Paddock completely rebuilt the 911 across the week, including installing the new-for-2026 Evo kit, with some parts still arriving as late as the early hours of Saturday morning. The entire race weekend would be treated as a development test, and the late nights and hard work paid off when the car performed perfectly across the race, without a single mechanical hiccup, allowing Smith and Plowman a clear run to ninth and signalling good things going into the winter break.

Mark Smith said: “I really enjoyed the entire weekend. We were testing a new car so we always needed to have humble expectations for this one. We’ve certainly shown our pace across this season, and across the last few weeks – scoring our first podium at Oulton Park and fighting for another at Snetterton. This weekend was more about learning, and we learned a ton of stuff with the Porsche which will put us in a good place, so it was a really useful weekend.”

Martin Plowman said: “This weekend was never going to be about fighting for wins and podiums on the GT3 side. The switch to the Porsche was a massive technical challenge and I’m so proud with how the entire team rose to the task and made it work. There were some long nights, perhaps a few more hurdles than we expected and the challenge of adapting to a completely different driving style on the go. But, even with such limited mileage before this weekend, the car ran faultlessly and we definitely have a solid base now to work from to begin unlocking performance.

28/09/2026

Templeton and Collins Finish British GT Season as GT4 Silver Vice Champions.

Branden Templeton and Jack Collins ended their 2026 British GT Championship campaign with a hard-fought GT4 Silver Vice Championship, finishing third in the overall GT4 Drivers’ standings after coming within just 4.5 points of the championship title.
Starting fourth on the grid for the two-hour Brands Hatch finale, Templeton made an excellent start to move the Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo ‘Chomp’ into third position and immediately put the championship leaders under pressure.
The race soon became a battle of strategy and attrition, with the title contenders having to negotiate traffic from the faster GT3 field and changing championship positions. When Innovation Racing’s title challenge ended with a rear-left puncture, Templeton and Collins briefly moved into the championship lead before their mandatory pitstop, which included compensation and Silver time, altered the picture.
The pair continued to fight hard throughout the second half of the race, eventually bringing ‘Chomp’ home sixth in GT4.
Although the result saw them narrowly miss out on the overall championship, Templeton and Collins can look back on an outstanding second season together. Their campaign included a maiden GT4 victory at Oulton Park, multiple podium finishes and a remarkable run of form that took them into the Brands Hatch finale as joint championship leaders.
The result confirms Templeton and Collins as GT4 Silver Vice Champions and third overall in the British GT4 Drivers’ Championship, just 4.5 points from the overall crown.