Brabham Sneaks by Ragginger for Fifth TA Class Win of 2026 at Indianapolis

After a small misstep on Memorial Day Weekend at Lime Rock Park, Matthew Brabham has put himself and Chris Dyson Racing back on the top step of the podium in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli, sneaking past Martin Ragginger late in the going to win at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.

Brabham secured pole position for the event on Saturday, by a whopping eight tenths of a second, but when it came time to run 42 laps around the 2.439-mile infield road course, the new-and-improved second-edition Burtin Racing chassis came to life with Martin Ragginger behind the wheel.

Ragginger, driving the No. 7 Top Liner Chevrolet Camaro, put up a real challenge for Brabham, and as the field was moving through lapped traffic, the Austrian driver snuck inside three-wide coming onto the frontstretch of the IMS oval to take the lead with 21 laps remaining.

The No. 16 Gymweed Ford Mustang spent the next 15 laps hounding the rear-bumper of Ragginger’s machine, taking peaks to the inside to try and fake out the Trans Am Series part-timer, but couldn’t make the move work until six laps to go, when a lapped car destroyed the momentum of the No. 7, allowing Brabham to sail by and extend his lead to more than two seconds.

“I woke up this morning not expecting that, that’s for sure. I thought we had quite a bit of an advantage over everyone, but the race started and we’re kind of saving in the beginning and I thought we were pretty comfortable,” Brabham said post-race. “Then we started pushing at the end there and I was like ‘Oh, this is on’. He’s driving super well, his car is holding on and by the end of the race I had nothing left, the brakes were fading, I had no tires left, and I’m sure he was the same.

“He drove an awesome race, I got caught out with traffic and he got caught out in traffic, but without the traffic it still would have been on regardless but hats off to those guys at Burtin Racing and [Martin] Ragginger, I mean, that was a race. I’m beat.”

Ragginger paced the Trans Am Series by Pirelli field for 14 of 42 laps on Sunday, but when the pay window opened, the Top Liner-sponsored machine couldn’t quite get back to Brabham for another push at the victory.

It’s the 13th Trans Am Series by Pirelli victory for Brabham, and his fifth of the year in six races, which will allow him to extend his points lead over Paul Menard, who finished third place, heading to Road America next weekend.

Chris Dyson challenged Paul Menard for the third position in the late stages of the race but had nothing for the No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints Ford Mustang, with the No. 20 RACER / Gym Soda Ford Mustang coming home in fourth.

David Pintaric rounded out the top-five overall and in the TA Class, an impressive effort and recovery by the whole team, after an issue with the spoiler caused a terrifying high-speed wreck heading into Turn 1 during practice on Saturday that totaled the No. 57 Birds Eye View Project / Kryde Racing Ford Mustang. Efforts by his crew, and by many people throughout the paddock allowed the driver to get back on track on Sunday and put together an impressive fifth-place result.

Tomy Drissi finished sixth, with Amy Ruman putting together a respectable seventh-place result in her return to Trans Am Series by Pirelli competition after suffering a complex ankle fracture last Fall. Jon DeGaynor, Kaylee Bryson, and Boris Said completed the top 10.

Trans Am Series by Pirelli – TA Class Results @ IMS:

1. #16 Matthew Brabham
2. #7 Martin Ragginger
3. #3 Paul Menard
4. #20 Chris Dyson
5. #57 David Pintaric
6. #8 Tomy Drissi
7. #23 Amy Ruman
8. #4 Jon DeGaynor
9. #02 Kaylee Bryson
10. #2 Boris Said

Cole Moore, for the third time in 2026, finds himself standing on top of the podium in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli TA Cup Class, but this time, it’s at one of the most historic racetracks in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Piloting the No. 89 JM Environmental / Moore Motorsports Ford Mustang, was the class of the field in the TA Cup Class on Sunday, dominating the 42-lap contest and pushing up as high as fourth overall and at one point was challenging Paul Menard for third place overall.

Moore entered Indianapolis sitting second-place in the TA Cup Championship, only two points behind Jim Guthrie, who suffered some late-race mechanical gremlins that knocked him down the overall and in-class running order, as the series heads to its season-finale next weekend at Road America.

Phil Fogg, Jr. finished runner-up in the TA Cup Championship, with Ken Sutherland, Jim Guthrie, and Ken Thwaits rounding out the top-five.

Trans Am Series by Pirelli – TA Cup Class Results @ IMS

1. #89 Cole Moore
2. #67 Phil Fogg, Jr.
3. #85 Ken Sutherland
4. #62 Jim Guthrie
5. #9 Ken Thwaits
6. #86 David Kunicki

Brent Goforth is now two-for-three in the GT1 Challenge in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli, beating his father, Bill Goforth, for the victory in the class this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bill, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Corvette, had some mechanical issues that sent him to pit road and caused him to finish 11 laps off the pace of the leader.

Trans Am Series by Pirelli – GT1 Challenge Class Results @ IMS

1. #98 Brent Goforth
2. #99 Bill Goforth

In his second start in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli, Zach Arnold has collected his first career victory, beating out SGT Class points leader Chris Coffey to secure the victory in Sunday’s event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Arnold dominated the 42-lap contest in the class, and at the finish, held a 36-second advantage over Coffey.

Milton Grant finished the SGT Class in third, followed by Patrick Utt, Tim Gray, and Dana Blackhurst.

Trans Am Series by Pirelli – SGT Class Results @ IMS:

1. #72 Zach Arnold
2. #27 Chris Coffey
3. #15 Milton Grant
4. #49 Patrick Utt
5. #60 Tim Gray
6. #30 Dana Blackhurst

Adrian Wlostowski, a full-time competitor in the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series, notched his third Trans Am Series by Pirelli victory on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but not in the class he’s primarily running in. The Maspeth, New York-native put his No. 6 Compass Manufacturing Inc. Howe HR6 on the top step of the podium, despite having to make an unscheduled pit stop at one point in the race.

Wlostowski beat second-place Brion Gluck by four laps, with the other two GT Class drivers, Matthew Butson and Derric Carter running into on-track issues throughout the afternoon that required them to retire their race cars early.

Trans Am Series by Pirelli – GT Class Results @ IMS

1. #6 Adrian Wlostowski
2. #47 Brion Gluck
3. #51 Matthew Butson
4. #24 Derric Carter