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The upcoming weekend for Ferrari Challenge North America is doubly special as the series visits the “Racing Capital of the World,” and also sees the series’ 488 Challenge era come…
The upcoming weekend for Ferrari Challenge North America is doubly special as the series visits the “Racing Capital of the World,” and also sees the series’ 488 Challenge era come to an end. This will be the fifth year that Indianapolis Motor Speedway has hosted Ferrari Challenge, with the first being in 2019 and the most recent being in 2022. Prior to welcoming Ferrari Challenge, Indianapolis hosted the U.S. Grand Prix from 2000 to ’07 and six of those eight races were won by the Italian marque. Indianapolis is a fitting location for the 488 Challenge’s conclusion, as the car has been present at each Ferrari Challenge race at the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. Remaining battles rage on as the 488 Challenge Evo classes conclude their championship at Indianapolis, while the Ferrari 296 Challenge classes will still lead the pack in Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell compete in their penultimate event of the season. With a win and runner-up finish at Sonoma Raceway last month, Roberto Perrina (Ferrari of Seattle) broke his tie with Dylan Medler (The Collection) to stand alone atop the Trofeo Pirelli championship. In Trofeo Pirelli Am, the battle lies between Brian Cook (Ferrari of Seattle) and Tony Davis (Continental AutoSports) with Cook entering Indy with an 18-point lead. The leaders in Coppa Shell and Coppa Shell Am both have breathing room in the title hunt, but cannot rest on their laurels. Eric Marston (Ferrari of Westlake) holds a 25-point advantage in the former class over Yahn Bernier (Ferrari of Seattle), while Roger Monteforte (Ferrari of Central New Jersey) is first by 23 points in the latter, neither driver captured a podium finish at Sonoma and will look to rebound at Indy. This year of competition marked a transition from the 488 Challenge Evo to the Ferrari 296 Challenge, with 2025 featuring the latter on track. Ferrari fans will see the 488 Challenge Evo’s final laps around the world this weekend, both at Indianapolis for Ferrari Challenge North America and at Silverstone for Ferrari Challenge UK. Two driver championships will be awarded at Indy by the weekend’s end, one for Trofeo Pirelli competitors and one for those in Coppa Shell, with Massimo Perrina (Ferrari of Seattle) and Matthew Dalton (Ferrari of Long Island) leading the standings in their respective classes.
