Technical issue denies Lindsay Brewer potential class podium at Road America

Lindsay Brewer's run of podiums in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America ProAm championship came to a frustrating end at Road America, where a promising second race ultimately unraveled due to a technical issue during the pit stop while in a podium position.

Photo credits: Lindsay Brewer

Lindsay Brewer's run of podiums and top 5s in the 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America ProAm championship came to a frustrating end at Road America, where a promising weekend ultimately unraveled due to a technical issue during the pit stop in Race 2.

Despite showing competitive pace throughout the event and securing another top-six finish in the opening contest, Brewer and teammate Keawn Tandon were denied the opportunity to fight for another podium when an electrical problem forced their #77 Forty7 Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 behind the wall during the second race.

Brewer arrived at Road America enjoying an excellent first half of her Lamborghini Super Trofeo campaign. After finishing runner-up in the AM championship during her rookie season in 2025, the American stepped up to the highly competitive ProAm category alongside Keawn Tandon, with the pairing immediately running among the class frontrunners.

Back-to-back podium finishes at the Sebring season opener, another runner-up finish at Laguna Seca despite a post-race penalty in Race 1, and a third-place finish at Watkins Glen had given Brewer and Tandon four podiums from the opening six races, keeping them in contention for the ProAm title as the championship headed to Wisconsin.

The fast and flowing 4.048-mile Road America circuit presented another demanding challenge, combining long straights with high-speed corners. The Forty7 Motorsports pairing immediately demonstrated encouraging pace in practice, with Brewer and Tandon recording the fifth-fastest class time in the opening session thanks to a 2:08.027 lap, putting themselves in contention for another competitive weekend.

Brewer took qualifying duties for Friday's first race and continued to make steady progress, improving from practice to clock a best lap of 2:09.240. The time placed her seventh in the ProAm class, still within striking distance of the top five in another closely contested qualifying session.

Tandon then took over for the second qualifying session and immediately extracted even more pace from the Lamborghini. Posting a 2:07.943, he secured third in the ProAm class, just seven tenths away from pole position, earning eighth overall on the grid for Race 2 and placing the team in an excellent position for the weekend's second contest.

Friday afternoon brought the opening 50-minute race, with Brewer starting 20th overall and seventh among the ProAm competitors for the opening stint. Taking the outside line into Turn 1, Brewer negotiated the opening corners cleanly and settled into eighth in class while remaining attached to a tightly packed group of cars. Early drama struck on lap two when three cars made contact at Turn 1, sending one into the gravel, though all managed to continue and the race remained under green.

Brewer focused on building her rhythm, running close behind the AM-class entry of Staab while gradually reducing the gap to ProAm rival Kingsford. As the stint progressed, she continued to gain ground on the cars ahead despite coming under pressure from the recovering Kyle Marcelli, who eventually found a way through on lap five, dropping Brewer to ninth in class.

Rather than losing momentum, Brewer responded with increasingly competitive lap times. She cleared Staab shortly afterwards to reclaim 21st overall, followed Marcelli through, and finally enjoyed some clean air, allowing her to consistently improve her sector times while remaining within two seconds of the experienced Canadian.

As the mandatory pit window opened, Brewer brought the #77 Lamborghini into the pits at the end of lap 10 from ninth in ProAm and 20th overall, handing over to Tandon for the second half of the race.

Rejoining ninth in class, Tandon immediately began moving forward, overtaking Boucher on lap 12 to climb into eighth before setting his sights on Chris van der Drift. The two circulated separated by less than a second, with Tandon producing competitive 2:09.6 lap times while matching the pace of the New Zealander.

Further ahead, Angelo Dinkov's #40 Lamborghini, running sixth in class, had been handed a ten-second post-race penalty, meaning Tandon simply needed to remain close to capitalize.

He responded by setting the fastest lap in the ProAm class on lap 17 before making decisive progress one lap later. Both Tandon and van der Drift overtook Dinkov on track, promoting the Forty7 Motorsports entry into seventh in class. Continuing to close at around half a second per lap, Tandon remained glued to van der Drift's rear bumper and, after both drivers overtook Heffring on the final lap, secured sixth in the ProAm class at the chequered flag.

Photo credits: Lindsay Brewer

Saturday's Race 2 offered another opportunity to challenge near the front, with Tandon lining up eighth overall and third in ProAm. He immediately held his own in the thick of the overall battle, taking the outside line through the opening corners before engaging in a spirited side-by-side fight with Kiko Porto into Turn 1 on lap two. Tandon successfully defended eighth overall and maintained third in class while Chris van der Drift followed closely behind.

Another incident soon unfolded when Wilson and Morillo made contact and briefly left the circuit, though both rejoined and the race continued uninterrupted. Tandon meanwhile established a comfortable cushion over the following ProAm competitors as van der Drift encountered trouble and slipped backwards.

Moments later, while drivers attempted to avoid the slowing Lamborghini of van der Drift, Broll went off at the high-speed Kink and struck the barriers, triggering a Full Course Yellow.

Tandon was at that point promoted to seventh overall while retaining third in the ProAm class as the field circulated behind the safety car.

When racing resumed with around 25 minutes remaining, the opening of the pit window was delayed by one lap. Tandon stayed out and climbed to sixth overall as several Pro-class entries made their stops immediately.

Choosing to extend the stint even further proved effective and by lap 11, Tandon had risen as high as third overall and third in the ProAm category, consistently lapping in the 2:08.8 range and running just two seconds behind overall race leader Marc Miller.

Finally pitting at the end of lap 12 from third overall, Tandon handed the Lamborghini over to Brewer in what appeared set to be another strong result.

However, the race took a heartbreaking turn during the driver change. An electrical issue struck the #77 Lamborghini in the pit lane, leaving the car stranded before it was eventually pushed behind the wall for repairs, ending the team's race before Brewer could return to the circuit.

The retirement marked the first time Brewer and Tandon failed to finish inside the top five this season, bringing an unfortunate conclusion to what had otherwise been another competitive weekend.

Despite the setback, the Forty7 Motorsports duo remain in the championship fight, sitting third in the ProAm standings with 63 points, just two behind Fuentes/Siderman in second place.

The Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championship will now take a short summer break before returning for the next round at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 18-20 September.