Tyler Maxson put an exclamation point on a Porsche Carrera Cup North America championship season on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas, adding a season-ending win to his Mobil Pro Class title.
The Porsche Motorsport North America Junior Driver clinched a championship on Saturday with a third-place finish, then punctuated the effort with his ninth win of the season. His victory also secured the Entrant Championship for TOPP Racing, the second year in a row they’ve taken the honor.
Solairus Aviation Pro-Am class champion Patrick Mulcahy (ACI Motorsports) earned his 15th class win in 16 races. Scott Blind (Ruckus Racing) stood on the top of the podium in the Solairus Aviation Masters class for the second consecutive day.
The race officially cements the Driver Championship titles for Maxson, Mulcahy and Marco Cirone (ACI Motorsports) in their respective classes.
Maxson punches title card with win.
Tyler Maxson had mixed feelings after Saturday’s third-place finish, which he achieved through conservative driving. That all went out the window Sunday, as the newly crowned champion drove to an impressive 6.077-second win at Circuit of the Americas.
His No. 77 TOPP Racing Porsche 911 Cup started on the Race Brew pole, just like Saturday’s race. But unlike Saturday, Maxson held off the charge from second-starting Janne Stiak (ACI Motorsports) and led the opening corners.
Maxson rattled off 16 strong laps in clean air, slowed only once during a brief full course caution period early in the race which came after Sabré Cook and Alan Metni made contact and each pulled off course. Maxson ran the quickest lap of the race and led the field across the finish line.
Meanwhile, Stiak and Callum Hedge of JDX Racing fought a fierce battle behind Maxson. The two young drivers are champions in their own right – Stiak won the Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East title in the 2024 / 2025 season while Hedge captured the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship a year ago. Hedge and Stiak swapped second place three times on the opening lap alone, which allowed Maxson to slip ahead.
More than the race, Hedge and Stiak were also battling for third in the season-long point championship. Though Hedge was in front on the track, he was assessed a 10-second penalty during the race for track limit violations, allowing Stiak to grab the silver medal and third place in the title hunt.
The final podium position was a four-way fight, led early by Aaron Jeansonne (Kellymoss) and followed closely by Jared Thomas (JTR Motorsport Engineering), Paul Bocuse (Kellymoss) and Cole Kleck (TOPP Racing). Jeansonne ran wide in Turn Nine on lap nine, allowing all three to pass and giving the podium nod to Thomas.
Thomas finished on the podium for the fifth time this season. Kleck later moved around Bocuse for fourth and fifth, respectively.
Maxson’s championship was the second consecutive title for TOPP Racing following Ryan Yardley’s 2025 crown. Jeansonne finished second, with Stiak, Hedge and Thomas in the top five.
“What a year!” Maxson said. “What a way to finish the year. I can’t say enough good things about TOPP Racing. All the credit goes to them. We wrapped up the team championship today in awesome style, with win number nine for me and win number 10 for the team. I have to give everything to them, this is absolutely amazing.”
Mulcahy caps season with 15th win.
On Saturday at Circuit of the Americas, Mulcahy and his No. 54 ACI Motorsports Porsche 911 Cup finished second for the first time after winning the opening 14 Pro-Am class races. He corrected that error on Sunday, returning to the top step of the podium.
Mulcahy started second in the class, but moved to the front when the contact between Cook and Metni also sent Pro-Am class Race Brew polesitter James Sofronas off track. While Sofronas dropped to the rear of the field on the opening lap, Mulcahy put his head down and began moving forward overall.
Mulcahy slipped through the Masters class battle and a few Pro class cars while Sofronas rallied from the back. Mulcahy made his way through, finishing first in class, 11th overall, and more than four seconds in front of Sofronas in second.
The win was the 15th of the season in class for Mulcahy, and one of his more challenging victories and deepest class fields of the season. It also came in front of family and friends – while Mulcahy now calls Southern California home, he was born and raised in Texas.
“It feels fantastic,” Mulcahy said. “Race one didn’t go our way. We had those yellow flags and I didn’t get to finish the race the way I wanted, battling with James. Race two was a lot more fun. I had some mechanical, electrical issues with my gearbox but was able to make it up at the end. I had a great race and got to make some really fun moves into turns one and eight. It was a great race in my home state of Texas.”
The championship is his first career Porsche one-make title.
Steve Wetterau (Kellymoss) finished third in the class to complete the podium.
Blind sweeps F1 support weekends with win.
Scott Blind said after Saturday’s race win that there was something special about standing on the podium when Porsche Carrera Cup North America runs at Formula One Grand Prix weekends. After sweeping all three Formula One support weekends in 2026 he’s an expert on the subject.
Blind’s No. 45 Ruckus Racing Porsche 911 Cup led every lap in Austin on Sunday to lead the Masters class handily. He started on the Race Brew pole and stayed in front of a class field that was depleted in race two following a race one incident that prevented three cars from starting.
In addition to this weekend’s races at the United States Grand Prix, Blind also won at the Miami Grand Prix in May. For good measure, he captured the second race attributed to the Miami weekend, even though the race was postponed and run later in the season at Road America. Those four wins boosted him to a second-place finish in the Masters class behind ACI Motorsports’ Marco Cirone.
“It feels really good,” Blind said. “In the belly of the season it was pretty tough. We had some bad luck, but to come out and finish strong at an F1 event feels really, really good. There’s just something really special about that podium up front. We really had a good weekend, and what a way to end the season!”
A hard-charging Rob Walker (JTR Motorsports Engineering) nearly stole victory from Blind at the finish, running the final lap nearly a second quicker than Blind to close the final margin to just three tenths of a second.
Joel Johnson of JDX Racing finished third.
Looking ahead to 2027.
As the curtain falls on another memorable Porsche Carrera Cup North America season, Porsche Motorsport North America extends its thanks to the drivers, teams, partners, officials, volunteers and fans who helped make 2026 a success.
The momentum continues into 2027 as the championship enters its seventh season with the Porsche 911 Cup (Type 992.2) returning for its second year of competition and a calendar highlighted by a debut appearance during the Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend.
With a new generation of drivers preparing to join the grid and returning competitors already setting their sights on next season, the future remains bright for North America’s premier one-make championship.
Entries for the 2027 season are now open, with Porsche Carrera Cup North America set to continue its role as a cornerstone of the North American Porsche Motorsport Pyramid and a proven pathway to professional sports car racing.
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RESULTS.
Race 2
Mobil Pro Class
- Tyler Maxson, #77
- Janne Stiak, #40
- Jared Thomas, #96
Solairus Aviation Pro-Am Class
- Patrick Mulcahy, #54
- James Sofronas, #14
- Steve Wetterau, #58
Solairus Aviation Masters Class
- Scott Blind, #45
- Rob Walker, #53
- Joel Johnson, #70
