{"id":126,"date":"2020-03-10T14:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/?p=126"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:24:46","slug":"paul-terry-scores-1st-and-2nd-in-pirelli-gt4-america-am-sprint-races-at-cota-last-weekend-in-rearden-racing-aston-martin-vantage-gt4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reardenracing.com\/news\/race-updates\/paul-terry-scores-1st-and-2nd-in-pirelli-gt4-america-am-sprint-races-at-cota-last-weekend-in-rearden-racing-aston-martin-vantage-gt4\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Terry Scores 1st and 2nd in Pirelli GT4 America AM Sprint Races At COTA Last Weekend in Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u25cf Paul Terry also scores pole positions, fastest race lap in GT4 debut performance<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Jeff Burton & Vesko Kozarov drive Aston Martin Vantage GT4 to top ten in SprintX<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUSTIN, Tex. (March 9, 2020)<\/strong> \u2013 Paul Terry of Fillmore, Utah, made a sensational Pirelli GT4 America racing debut last weekend in the SRO America season opener for Rearden Racing with a win and a runner-up finish in the twin 50-minute Sprint Am races at the wheel of the No. 59 Paul Terry Trucking\/Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 sports car.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terry, a past TC America race winner for Rearden Racing, moved to the GT4 division in 2020 and immediately made an impact in the competitive GT4 Sprint action at the 3.436-mile, 20-turn COTA road circuit east of Austin.  In qualifying for Saturday\u2019s 22-lap contest, Terry clocked a two minute, 16.617 seconds to grab the pole position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 50-minute GT4 Sprint Am category, Terry just missed the victory by less than a second to Michael Dinan, also in an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 car. But in Sunday\u2019s GT4 Sprint Am main event, Terry stalked Dinan throughout the 20-lap race until making the pass for the lead on the final circuit and taking the checkered flag by just .053 seconds in the thrilling finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a great weekend for Paul and the Rearden Racing team to see him back on the top of the podium,\u201d said Lara Tallman, Rearden Racing team owner. \u201cWe ran Paul in the final SRO Winter Series race in California and he won the pole there. We felt he would be very competitive at COTA. It\u2019s a track he likes and has raced well at the past. He was on his game all weekend at COTA and it\u2019s a super way for us to begin the 2020 Pirelli GT4 America series. I believe we\u2019ll see Paul in the winner\u2019s circle again this season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terry\u2019s Rearden Racing teammate, Jeff Burton of Salt Lake City, Utah, was also making his SRO America Sprint Am debut in the No. 91 Burton Lumber\/Rearden Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 after a strong showing in the SRO Winter Series at Thermal, Calif.  Burton qualified sixth in the Sprint Am class and recorded fourth in both GT4 Sprint Am events at COTA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJeff did a good job with his No. 91 Aston Martin last weekend and took two fourth places in the Sprint Am and qualifying very well in the SprintX Pro-Am as well,\u201d explained Tallman, whose team led Burton and Vesko Kozarov to the 2019 GT4 SprintX West Am points championship. \u201cJeff qualified fifth overall in the Pro-Am division with the new Aston Martin. We struggled a bit with a tire component change we weren\u2019t expecting, and it was difficult at the start of the weekend. Some red flags hurt Vesko\u2019s qualifying with a very limited track time. But we feel the new Aston Martin cars are working well and we\u2019ll be ready for the Long Beach SprintX race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the two SprintX Pro-Am races at COTA, the Burton\/Kozarov pairing finished tenth in the Pro-Am division on Saturday, but, unfortunately, Kozarov\u2019s mount was hit by another car and knocked out of the 60-minute, two-driver feature with damage on Sunday.    <\/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":"

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