Race weekends at Watkins Glen are rarely dull, but Saturday’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Race 2 took a deeply unwanted turn on lap three. A chain-reaction collision in the high-speed Esses section sent multiple cars into the barriers and two drivers to hospital — one of them in a helicopter.
Brandon Gdovic, campaigning the No. 46 Precision Performance Motorsports Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2, was the hardest hit. Contact from Luke Berkeley’s No. 73 Breathless Racing entry spun Gdovic into the barriers, where he was then collected by Avery Towns and James Lawley’s fellow Pro class entries. It was the kind of sequence that unfolds in an instant and takes a long time to process.
A statement from Precision Performance Motorsports confirmed the extent of Gdovic’s injuries: a broken leg in three places, a broken pelvis in three places, and a concussion. He was airlifted to a local hospital and remained under medical supervision as evaluation and recovery began. The team thanked the AMR Safety Team, first responders, and hospital staff for their rapid response.
Gdovic had been having a solid weekend up to that point. He had finished inside the top five in Race 1 and came into the weekend sitting fifth in championship points with four top-five finishes from four races. That run of consistent results has now been interrupted in the most painful way imaginable — literally.
The Crash and Its Aftermath
The accident brought out a red flag for more than 20 minutes while crews tended to the drivers and cleared the heavily damaged cars from the track. Berkeley, the driver whose contact with Gdovic triggered the whole incident, was parked for the remainder of the race for what officials deemed unjustifiable risk.
Lawley was evaluated at the infield medical center and released. Towns, who also took significant damage in the collision, was transported to hospital with an injured left foot. He later posted on social media expressing gratitude for Lamborghini’s safety engineering and the swift response from track marshals, adding that he felt fortunate to come away relatively unscathed and asked fans to keep the other drivers in their thoughts.
All three drivers were described as awake and alert throughout.
The Huracan Does Its Job
This incident is, among other things, a reminder of what these machines are built to withstand. The Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 is a full racing car developed with serious attention to driver safety, and the fact that three drivers walked away — or were at least conscious and communicating — from what was a violent, high-speed multi-car accident says something. Broken bones are serious.
Worse outcomes were possible.
Towns acknowledged as much in his social media post, specifically crediting the car’s construction for protecting him. At racing speeds through a section like the Esses at Watkins Glen, that margin matters enormously.
Race 2 Continued — and Got Stranger
After resuming with just under 19 minutes remaining, Race 2 produced yet another major incident — this time in Turn 8 — which brought out another caution and ultimately ended the race under the safety car. Daniel Morad and Elias de la Torre were ultimately declared the winners in the No. 29 TR3 Racing Lamborghini. It was a result that required considerable patience to reach, given the circumstances.
The racing world will be watching for updates on Gdovic’s recovery. A broken pelvis and leg in multiple places is a serious road ahead, but the immediate news — that he was alert and under proper care — is the most important part of the story right now.