Road America: Three Races, One Statement Finish
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Three races. One of North America's most demanding road courses. Wesley Gundler and the ENVE Motorsports team arrived at Road America for The Andersen Companies Grand Prix with one objective: build, learn, and finish forward. By Sunday morning, Wesley had done exactly that, closing the weekend with a P8 finish in Race 3, his best result of the 2026 USF2000 season.
Four Miles, Every Lap Earned
Road America's 4.014-mile, 14-turn circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, is the longest track on the USF2000 schedule and one of the most respected in North American motorsport. Speed, consistency, and the ability to manage a car over long, sweeping corners separate the top finishers from the field. Wesley arrived having already shown his pace at IRP's oval; Road America would test a completely different skill set.
ENVE Motorsports arrived full of confidence following a highly productive pre-event test that had demonstrated the pace and potential of both the team and driver. Throughout the weekend, that speed was evident, even when the results didn't fully reflect what was being shown on track.
A series of incidents across all three races prevented the team from converting that pace into the finishes they felt were achievable. Multiple times, Wesley was forced wide while battling for position, losing valuable momentum. Contact from competitors further complicated the team's efforts. And all three races were heavily interrupted by yellow flags and safety car periods, with limited green-flag laps available, every restart and passing opportunity became critical, and the window to recover positions was narrow.
Despite the setbacks, Wesley and the team never stopped fighting. The perseverance that defined the weekend would show up most clearly in Race 3. (Read ENVE's full race report.)
Race 1 — Saturday, June 20
Race 1 was a clean, 12-lap run from 13th to 14th; a neutral result in terms of positions, but a valuable one for data and race craft. Wesley's best lap of 2:08.6361 was genuinely competitive with the front of the field; the margin to race winner Eddie Beswick's best of 2:08.1512 was just over half a second, underscoring how tight the lap times are throughout the pack.
The yellow flag at lap four bunched the field and disrupted rhythm, but Wesley ran the restarts clean and kept the car in good shape for the afternoon. Brad Majman (P2) set the fastest lap of the race at 2:07.9190, a new Road America race record for USF2000.
Race 2 — Saturday, June 20
Starting from eighth on the grid, Race 2 presented Wesley's clearest opportunity to challenge for a top-ten result early in the weekend. The race was extremely compact — Anthony Martella won by just 0.6589 seconds over Brad Majman, with eight cars covered by less than ten seconds at the flag.
The margins across the entire field were razor-thin, and Wesley's best lap of 2:08.8205 was representative of the close racing throughout the pack. A P15 from P8 reflected the difficulty of holding position in one of the most tightly contested rounds of the season, and the result fed directly into the car setup for Race 3.
Race 3 — Sunday, June 21 · Season-Best Finish
Sunday morning's Race 3 was the strongest drive of Wesley's Road America weekend, and, as of right now, the strongest drive of his 2026 season. Starting P12, Wesley gained four positions across 12 laps of racing to cross the line in eighth place, earning 13 championship points and delivering the kind of result that reflects what the program has been building toward.
The race was interrupted by three separate yellow flag periods, creating a 7-lap green flag run before conditions tightened. Wesley navigated the restarts cleanly and continued to push forward in traffic.
Brad Majman took the win, with Eddie Beswick a close 0.18 seconds behind in second. Wesley's P8 placed him four positions clear of his Race 3 grid spot and represented a meaningful step in race execution relative to the earlier rounds of the weekend.
“While the final results don’t fully show the pace we had this weekend, we’re encouraged by the progress we’re making every time we hit the track. We came into the weekend with a lot of confidence after a very positive test, and I think our speed showed that. Unfortunately, a few incidents and the number of caution periods made it difficult to maximize our results. As we continue to move closer to the front, the competition becomes tougher and the racing becomes more intense. That’s a challenge we’re embracing as a team.”
The Weekend in Full
Road America delivered exactly the kind of demanding, high-stakes weekend that accelerates a young driver's development. Across three races on one of the longest and most celebrated circuits on the USF2000 schedule, the pace was strong, even when the results didn't fully capture it.
Incidents, contact, and a parade of yellow flags made it a weekend defined as much by perseverance as by speed. But the trajectory was still clear: a clean run from P13 in Race 1, a hard-fought outing from P8 in Race 2, and a four-spot charge from P12 to P8 in Race 3. Wesley and ENVE Motorsports continue to gain experience, close the gap to the front-running teams, and build the kind of momentum that converts into results. The program knows what it's capable of — and so does the driver. With plenty of positives to carry forward, the focus now turns to the next round.
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