Last weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Laurin Heinrich’s late-race charge delivered JDC-Miller MotorSports an upset victory in the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, marking just the second-ever win for a customer Porsche 963 program.The first came 722 days earlier, when Hertz Team JOTA claimed victory at...

On a weekend when memories of Alex Zanardi were on the minds of everyone at the famous circuit, Heinrich’s drive to give Porsche privateer JDC-Miller MotorSports an improbable win in IMSA GTP felt reminiscent of the legend that the world lost on Friday.

In the biggest upset of the current IMSA GTP era, Porsche privateer JDC-Miller MotorSports scored a dramatic, last-lap victory in the Monterey SportsCar Championship.

Philipp Eng of BMW M Team WRT expressed remorse for the mid-race incidents between himself and Porsche factory driver Laurin Heinrich at the most recent IMSA WeatherTech Championship round on the streets of Long Beach.

They may be new to racing at Long Beach, but Cadillac Whelen’s Frederik Vesti and JDC-Miller MotorSports’ Laurin Heinrich aren’t just here to take in the atmosphere, they both feel confident of a strong result in today’s race.

Laurin Heinrich will drive the No. 5 Mustang Sampling-sponsored JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 alongside regular co-driver Tijmen van der Helm, starting with the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 17–18.

JDC-Miller MotorSports began 2026 in a very interesting position within the world of prototype sports car racing’s top category, as the last true privateer left standing in IMSA GTP.

Five years after they won the 12 Hours of Sebring together with a Cadillac, JDC-Miller MotorSports has reunited with Mustang Sampling, which is set to serve as the primary sponsor of the team’s No. 5 Porsche 963 for the rest of the season.

IMSA has published the entry list for the 74th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring later this month, featuring 55 cars across all four categories.

The "Banana Boat," the only privately entered car in the GTP class, went half a tenth up on the field after a flyer from Nico Pino in the second half of the hour-long run.