Paul Terry Takes Aston Martin Vantage to Win for Rearden Racing
For Immediate Release
And Jeff Burton Scores Podiums, Poles & Fastest Laps at COTA
● Paul Terry & Jeff Burton claim 1-2 finish in GT4 Sprint Am class with fast Aston Martins
● Three 2nds, two Pole Positions and two Fastest Race Laps for Burton and Terry too
● Burton/Kozarov duo score top-ten in GT4 SprintX Pro-Am in Aston Martin Vantage
Terry, driving the No. 59 Terry Trucking/Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 sports car, captured Saturday’s 50-mile GT4 Sprint Am over his teammate Burton in a sterling race which saw the two Utah drivers battle wheel-to-wheel at numerous times. At the finish, Paul bested Jeff by just 1.738 seconds in the first 1-2 finish for Rearden Racing in the 2020 season.
“Jeff (Burton) and I are the cowboys of the paddock and we had a great battle today,” said Terry, who now has three GT4 Sprint Am victories in 2020. “I have a great time racing him. He’s a great teammate and clean racer. Thank you to SRO, thank you to Circuit of the Americas and thank you to Rearden Racing!”
“Paul and Jeff really drove hard with our Aston Martin Vantage cars this weekend at COTA,” said team owner Lara Tallman. “It’s very exciting for their 1-2 finish in the GT4 Sprint race. They raced each other hard and clean. The 1-2 also shows how hard our Rearden Racing crew has worked to learn the Aston Martin cars in our first season with those vehicles. We look forward to the final two rounds in Indianapolis.”
Terry returned on Sunday to collect the runner-up spot in the third COTA GT4 Sprint race of the weekend. Paul also posted a fifth place in Friday’s 50-minute sprint race.
Terry now ranks second in the GT4 Sprint Am division points with two events remaining on Pirelli GT4 America schedule with those events set for Oct. 1-2 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Burton, piloting the No. 91 Burton Lumber/Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 machine, drove to two GT4 Sprint Am pole positions, two fastest race laps as well two second place finishes at COTA. The Salt Lake City racer also scored a fourth place in Sunday’s contest and stands third in the GT4 Sprint Am point standings heading to IMS on Oct. 1-2.
Burton also teamed up with former SRO TC champion Vesko Kozarov in the GT4 SprintX Pro-Am category at COTA, driving the No. 91 Burton Lumber/Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 to eighth on Saturday in the 60-minute, two-driver event.
The GT4 Sprint and SprintX highlights from COTA will be shown through the CBS Sports Network on Sept. 24 with Sprint racing at 8:30 p.m. EDT (Encore showing on Sept 25 at 12 a.m. EDT) and SprintX racing on Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. EDT (Encore showing on Sept 27 at 10 p.m.
EDT).
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway rounds for the GT4 Sprint competition is scheduled for Oct. 1 at 1:15 p.m. and Oct. 2 12:35 p.m. with the GT4 SprintX doubleheader set for Oct. 1 at 5:05 p.m. and Oct. 2 at 8 a.m.
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ABOUT REARDEN RACING: Owned and operated by Lara Tallman and driver Vesko Kozarov, Rearden Racing’s roots date back to the 2000s when Tallman drove in the IMSA ST class. The Utah-based operation consists of several aspects with design, build and service racing cars; offering “arrive and drive” programs in both professional and club racing clients and manufacture and distribute a variety of racing-related parts. On the track, Rearden Racing has been a winner, taking the 2019 Pirelli GT4 America SprintX West Am championship (Jeff Burton/Kosarov), 2018 Touring Car Championship (Kozarov) as well as the prestigious 2017 and 2018 SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge for the GT4 category at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The Rearden name comes from the popular Ayn Rand book, “Atlas Shrugged,” a novel about advocacy of reason, individualism, self-made, independent thinkers, inventors, business owners and risktakers.
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