New Zealander Callum Hedge topped the Mobil Pro Class for his first victory in Porsche Carrera Cup North America.

In a wild and frantic Porsche Carrera Cup North America race at the Miami Formula 1 Grand Prix, New Zealander Callum Hedge topped the Mobil Pro Class for his first victory in the series.

After the first four races of the season were run without safety car interruption, today’s fifth race of the season was fraught with drama. Solairus Aviation Pro-Am points leader Patrick Mulcahy fought back after being turned around in Turn 1 melee, while Scott Blind took his first Solairus Aviation Masters win of the year.

JDX back to victory lane with Hedge.

Hedge survived a Lap 1, Turn 1 melee that knocked championship contenders out of victory contention. The JDX Racing driver even endured a three-wide battle with 20 minutes remaining before ultimately climbing back to the top spot.

After three consecutive third-place finishes dating back to Sebring International Raceway in March and the Long Beach Street Circuit in April, Saturday’s win was the first for Hedge in Porsche Carrera Cup North America.

“I actually went into Turn 1 with the plan that I was going to lunge,” Hedge said of his race-opening mindset. “It’s just such a tricky brake zone and there’s absolutely zero grip down on the inside there. I was about to turn in when I saw the No.78 up the inside.

“And the restart was chaotic again, I got lunged by the 96. We were side-by-side, and we ended up three-wide and all coming together. It was a tough race… lots of damage for the whole race. A big credit to JDX, we’ve had speed all weekend and I really felt like we should’ve got pole and we missed it. We start on pole tomorrow, but it would’ve been really nice to get that Race Brew Pole Award. But I’m happy to get the monkey off our back and we’ll go again tomorrow.”

Pro class championship leader Tyler Maxson (TOPP Racing) was involved in the race-opening incident, but battled back to finish second. His pass for runner-up came on Paul Bocuse (Kellymoss) with five minutes remaining, and the latter completed the podium for his best-ever finish in Porsche Carrera Cup North America.

Mulcahy bounces back after sitting backwards in Turn 1.

In the Solairus Aviation Pro-Am Class, Patrick Mulcahy was caught up in the Lap 1 chaos while searching for his fifth consecutive win of the season. However, the ACI Motorsports driver returned to the lead over competitor Josh Conley (Kellymoss) by the halfway mark to extend his lead in the class championship.

“I would say it was a really rough race for everybody out there,” Mulcahy described. “I’m hoping we all clean it up for tomorrow because that was kind of crazy.

“It was a lot of refocus (to fight back). I knew how to sit in the pocket and work my way down the field. There was 30 minutes left, and once the second and third yellow flags went out, it was a survival race.”

2025 Masters champ back in victory lane.

Scott Blind made significant ground in the Solairus Aviation Masters class championship with a win on Saturday at the Miami street circuit.

Blind finished tenth overall with his Ruckus Racing Porsche, marking his first win of the 2026 Porsche Carrera Cup North America season.

“It really feels good to get a win this year,” said Blind. “It was crazy out there. It was like ‘Survivor,’ but the Race Edition.

Similar to Mulcahy, Blind was also mixed in with the opening lap mayhem.

“Everything was happening so fast,” Blind added. “I’ll go back to the video, and only half of the time I’m right! We’ll have to go look at it, and it was chaos in front of me.”

Blind entered the event third in the class standings behind leader Marco Cirone (ACI Motorsports). Cirone ran second on Saturday before contact and a spin took him out of contention with 15 minutes remaining. As a result, Miami native Kevin Stadlander (JDX Racing) and series debutante Matt Smith (ACI Motorsports) finished second and third, respectively.

One more on deck.

The final Porsche Carrera Cup North America race at the Miami Grand Prix is scheduled for Sunday at 11:10am ET. The Formula One race follows at 4pm.

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