History was made at Indianapolis Motor Speedway today as Aaron Jeansonne captured victory, marking the seventh different race winner this season in Porsche Carrera Cup North America — the most ever in a single year.
The Carrera Cup rookie driver entered the weekend at the Brickyard without a top-three in the ExxonMobil Pro class, but following two pole positions, scored his first podium on Friday en route to his first win in Race 2.
“Yesterday’s result one hundred percent motivated me,” said the Kellymoss driver. “I thought my first podium was great, I loved it. But to start on pole and not win was bittersweet, and today made up for it.
“It’s very special. I couldn’t say I expected this going into the season because this is the one track that’s not a street course that I’ve never driven. So I can’t say this is the one where I thought it would happen, but I’m super grateful for it. I’m so happy to be here at Indy.”
Behind Jeansonne, Saturday’s race proved crucial to the ExxonMobil Pro class championship as Ryan Yardley finished runner-up for the second day in a row. Yardley overtook Riley Dickinson in the standings following his Race 1 performance, but further stretched the gap to ten points after a podium in Race 2.
Zachary Vanier, winner of Friday’s race, executed an impressive start at the drop of the green flag to go from sixth to third by the race’s end.
Meanwhile, the Solairus Aviation Pro-Am class championship delivered a significant tilt towards leader JP Martinez, although the rookie driver finished second behind race winner James Sofronas.
Sofronas found himself in the lead after polesitter and title contender Alan Metni was issued an incident responsibility penalty. Metni – chasing Martinez in the points – dropped to sixth place after the decision, and Sofronas went on for his third win of the season.
“I have to give my hats off to the GMG guys,” said Sofronas of his team. “We hadn’t tested here. Patrick (Mulcahy, teammate) and I haven’t raced since Watkins Glen. We show up, we’re fast out of the gate. It’s a testament to those guys – our engineering, all our prep back at the shop at Thermal, and really the guys being dialed in when we unload the cars here at Indy.
“I’m super proud because it’s not easy; this field is stacked. It’s some of the best Porsche racers and racing here in Carrera Cup. I love it.”
Runner-up was a welcome result for Martinez in a backup car after not finishing race one due to a crash. Marco Cirone completed the podium for the third time in 2025.
In the Solairus Aviation Masters class, Saturday was doubly meaningful for Scott Blind, as not only did he complete another weekend sweep with a Race 2 victory, but he also was provisionally scored as the 2025 Solairus Aviation Masters champion.
Blind checked off a fourth Porsche single-make championship in 2025, with the other three coming just last weekend in Porsche Sprint North America by Yokohama, Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West by Yokohama, and Porsche Endurance Challenge North America.
“It was a really good race,” said Blind. “This one was clean, we had a lot of green laps.
“I was hooked up with James Sofronas, who was leading in Pro-Am. I’m sure they were battling like hell behind, but I had a good rabbit out in front and we just kept it clean.”
Richard Edge matched his season-best performance by finishing second, just ahead of Michael Auriemma in third.
The penultimate event for Porsche Carrera Cup North America takes place at Road Atlanta during Petit Le Mans on October 8 – 11, followed by the season finale at Circuit of The Americas with Formula 1 on October 17 – 19.
All Carrera Cup races, including replays from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, are shown live on the IMSA and Porsche Motorsport North America YouTube Channels, IMSA TV, Peacock, and the Porsche Motorsport North America social channels on Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X.
