Shift Up Now Athletes Loni Unser and Ashley Freiberg earned a fourth-place finish in the Silver class (and top-ten finish overall) for Kellymoss, in round seven of the 2026 Pirelli GT4 America Championship at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on June 13, 2026.
Fellow Shift Up Now Athletes Erika Hoffmann and Laura Hayes also competed in the double-header weekend on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn natural-terrain road course, with Hoffmann in the No. 73 Kellymoss entry with teammate Paul Bocuse, and Hayes in the No. 37 Dome Motorsport entry with teammate Ed Killeen.
Freiberg and Unser—both supported by PenFed Credit Union, Acumatica, Mobil1, Speedway Motors, Radius, and Pagid—piloted the No. 24 “Be Your Own Hero” Porsche Cayman GT4.
The weekend began on Thursday with one promoter test and two official practice sessions in hot and uncomfortably humid conditions that would continue throughout the weekend, creating slick track conditions.
The practice sessions were strong for both the Kellymoss Porsches, with Hoffmann and Bocuse running in the top ten overall in the first, and Freiberg and Unser fifth in class for the second.
Qualifying took place on Friday at 11:25am EDT. The session was split into two 15-minute halves, with the first driver setting the grid position for race one, and the second for race two. Hoffmann, Hayes, and Unser were behind the wheel first.
Hoffmann had her strongest qualifying performance of the season, putting the car in 15th overall for the first race. Hayes also had a strong performance in her first GT4 America qualifying session since the season opener at Sonoma. She and teammate Ed Killeen would start 16th overall (second in the AM class). Unser qualified just outside the top 20 and would start on the outside of row 11. Freiberg, who was the second driver for the qualifying session, set the car in 16th on the starting grid for the second race of the weekend.
At 3:50pm on Friday, the 32-car GT4 field lined up for round six, the first one-hour race of the weekend. When the green flag flew, a majority of the field was running side-by-side into turn one. Hayes advanced one position as the field made it cleanly through the first turn and then spaced out to run single-file.
When the leaders began to pull away, a large mid-field pack from 7th through 15th developed. Hoffmann got shuffled back slightly during the opening laps and settled into 18th overall.
During the pit stop cycle, Dome Motorsport elected to keep Hayes out as long as possible, cycling her to the overall race lead before handing the car to Killeen. For awhile, it looked as though this strategy might pay off with a podium finish, but Killeen was passed for third in class just before a full-course caution flew with 17 minutes remaining.
After the cleanup, race one ended with a 10-minute sprint to the finish. Bocuse in the No. 73 and Freiberg in the No. 24 each advanced one additional position to finish 6th and 7th, respectively, in the Silver class (15th and 16th overall). Hayes and Killeen finished 7th in the AM class.
On Saturday, the round-seven race began at 12:25pm EDT. Freiberg, Bocuse and Killeen were each behind the wheel first for the one-hour competition. Once again, the field ran side-by- side into turn one and completed another clean start before running single-file into the famous Road Atlanta esses.
Within the first five laps, Freiberg made two passes to advance into the top 15 overall. When the pit-stop cycles began, Kellymoss elected to leave both her and Bocuse on track longer into the window, trying to leapfrog several of the cars who pitted earlier. After the sequence of pit stops was complete throughout the field, this cycled Unser, now behind the wheel of the No. 24 up to 14th overall, with Hoffmann in 15th, just before the full-course caution flew.
The green flag flew again for a 17-minute sprint to the end of the race, with Unser advancing to 12th overall on the restart, and Hayes taking advantage of the packed-up field to move up from 25th to 20th position.
With only 10 minutes remaining, Unser made a pass to take over the 11th-place spot. As the race neared the finish, side-by-side action on the front straight made the last five minutes of the competition look similar to the way it started.
When the white flag flew, Unser was in 12th overall, with Hoffmann in 15th, and Hayes in 17th. However, a busy final lap saw Unser advance to 11th, Hayes to 13th at the checkered flag. When a post-race penalty was assessed for a competitor that had finished ahead of them, all three racers moved up one position, putting Unser in the top ten overall, with Hayes in 12th, and Hoffmann in 14th. Coupled with the previous day’s result, Hoffmann’s finish allowed her to continue her top-15 streak.
“I am so excited that the No. 24 crew and I achieved our highest finish to date,” said Unser. “It shows that the hard work is paying off, and I’m so grateful to be part of such a dedicated crew of people. I am thankful for all of our sponsors—PenFed, Speedway Motors, Acumatica, Mobil1, Pagid, Shift Up Now, and Sabelt.”
Freiberg echoed that statement, saying, “I’m very grateful to have this result this weekend. We’ve been working so hard all year, and I know we will take this motivation to keep moving further up the field. A big thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting us this season. We wouldn’t be here without you!”
Next up, Hoffmann, Unser, Freiberg, and Hayes head to Wisconsin for rounds eight and nine of the Pirelli GT4 America championship, at Road America on August 28-30, 2026.
