{"id":123,"date":"2020-03-04T14:08:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/?p=123"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:16:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:16:02","slug":"rearden-racing-defends-gt4-sprintx-title-with-burton-kozarov-duo-burton-terry-field-aston-martin-vantage-gt4-cars-in-sprints-at-cota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/race-updates\/rearden-racing-defends-gt4-sprintx-title-with-burton-kozarov-duo-burton-terry-field-aston-martin-vantage-gt4-cars-in-sprints-at-cota\/","title":{"rendered":"Rearden Racing Defends GT4 SprintX Title with Burton\/Kozarov Duo, Burton, Terry Field Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Cars in Sprints at COTA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u25cf Jeff Burton & Vesko Kozarov Won 8 SprintX features in 2019, move to Pro-Am Class <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Paul Terry, Burton bring new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 sports cars to COTA<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Team owner Lara Tallman excited about new Aston Martin partnership<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUSTIN, Tex. (March 4, 2020)<\/strong> \u2013 Rearden Racing comes to the 2020 Pirelli GT4 America road racing series season opener this weekend (March 6-8) at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) seeking a repeat of a spectacular 2019 GT4 SprintX season that including eight Am class feature wins (National and West races) and a series drivers\u2019 championship with drivers Jeff Burton and Vesko Kozarov. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Burton and TC race winner Paul Terry will compete in the GT4 Sprint events at COTA with all-new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 sports cars in two 50-minute races at the famed 3.426-mile, 20-turn road circuit east of Austin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been a very busy winter for Rearden Racing team owner Lara Tallman and her stellar crew as the Utah-based operation incorporated the potent Aston Martin Vantage GT4 machines into the team\u2019s organization. Tallman, who also drove to three TC America race wins recently in the SRO Winter Series in California, has worked closely with the Aston Martin officials and engineers to field a fleet of strong Vantage GT4 cars for the full SRO America campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While coordinating their 2020 SRO America series effort, Tallman and her Rearden Racing squad won races in December, January and February at The Thermal Club in the California desert with a total ten main event victories in the SRO Winter Series.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been pretty hectic during our off-season with the addition of the Aston Martin Vantage race cars and competing in the SRO Winter Series,\u201d said Tallman, the lone woman team owner in SRO America. \u201cWe are coming off a great 2019 season with nine overall class wins in GT4 and TC and we have been preparing for 2020 since the last SRO race in October in Las Vegas. We want to continue our team\u2019s winning ways with Jeff, Vesko and Paul this year and especially starting at COTA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tallman explains that the integrating of the Aston Martin vehicles was a big chore initially, but the move proved immediately successful with four GT4 races wins in the SRO Winter Series. And the team\u2019s excitement with the new mount brings more enthusiasm to COTA for the opening races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Aston Martin Vantage cars showed a lot of potential at Thermal this winter,\u201d said Tallman. \u201cWe are still learning quite a bit about the race cars and the Aston Martin folks have been very helpful with that progression. We hope we can roll off the trailer at COTA with a good setup and go after more wins this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burton, the Salt Lake City businessman and pro racer, scored three more wins this winter at Thermal in the new No. 91 Burton Lumber\/Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 and believes the car can continue its winning ways in the Pirelli GT4 America series this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeading to the season opener in COTA, I love the track — fast and has a lot of technical turns,\u201d said Burton. \u201cIt\u2019s a \u2018love-hate\u2019 relationship with COTA for me. Last year I had quite a wreck, and a win in the class in the two races. Hopefully I can improve upon that one. The SRO GT4 circuit is great with one small concern. Not all of the Sprint and SprintX races are at the same tracks, making a logistical nightmare at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith a car manufacturer (Aston Martin) change from Audi last year, we need to figure out going to a front engine car compared to a rear engine we had. I\u2019m still working on that one!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kozarov, the Salt Lake City driver and driving coach, has put together a superb racing career with numerous race wins as well as series driving championships. Vesko and Burton won the GT SprintX Am West division title and the pair will now compete in the Pro-Am category in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Terry is moving from the TC America racing class to the Pirelli GT4 America Sprint division in 2020 after scoring one win and several podium placings last year. Terry was able to compete in the final race of the SRO Winter Series in the new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 and scored the pole position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMan, I\u2019m really looking forward to the 2020 season with the new Aston Martin Vantage GT4,\u201d said Terry, the Utah trucking business owner. \u201cThis new car is a dream after Rearden Racing put their professionals to work on it.  Let\u2019s just say I\u2019m very confident in the car, in me as a more experienced driver and especially the team, Rearden Racing. Keep an eye out for Rearden Racing on the podium and the pole!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SRO America action at COTA begins Thursday with a GT4 testing session before official Pirelli GT4 America practice begins Friday at 8:50 a.m. CST. The two 50-minute Pirelli GT4 America Sprint races for Burton and Terry are set for 4:20 p.m. CST Saturday with Sunday\u2019s feature at 3:10 p.m. CDT. The two GT4 SprintX events for Burton and Kozarov will be Saturday at 12:15 p.m. CST and Sunday at 9:55 a.m. CDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pirelli GT4 America Sprint race highlights from COTA will be televised on CBS Sports Network on Tuesday, March 17, at 8 p.m. EDT, while the GT4 SprintX highlights from COTA will be aired March 17 at 10 p.m. EDT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT REARDEN RACING:<\/strong> Owned and operated by Lara Tallman and driver Vesko Kozarov, Rearden Racing\u2019s 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 \u201carrive and drive\u201d 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, \u201cAtlas Shrugged,\u201d a novel about advocacy of reason, individualism, self-made, independent thinkers, inventors, business owners and risktakers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact: Tom Blattler, TB Communications, tomblattler@earthlink.net<\/a>, 317.525.5692<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u25cf Jeff Burton & Vesko Kozarov Won 8 SprintX features in 2019, move to Pro-Am Class  \u25cf Paul Terry, Burton bring new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 sports cars to COTA \u25cf Team owner Lara Tallman excited about new Aston Martin partnership AUSTIN, Tex. (March 4, 2020) \u2013 Rearden Racing comes to the 2020 Pirelli GT4 America road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[54,56,55,21,19,5,34,8],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-race-updates","tag-aston-martin","tag-aston-martin-gt4","tag-aston-martin-vantage","tag-gt4-racing","tag-lara-tallman","tag-rearden","tag-rearden-racing","tag-sports-car-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}