Brabham Completes Season Sweep of TA Class Qualifying with COTA Pole

Matthew Brabham (No. 16 GYMWEED Ford Mustang) and Chris Dyson Racing have completed a full season sweep of pole positions in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli’s TA Class, winning the pole for Sunday’s season-finale at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

The Indianapolis, Indiana-native, who enters this weekend with an incredibly solid 57-point lead over championship rival Paul Menard, will lead the field to green at the 3.41-mile road course, after winning the pole position by more than three and a half seconds.

Tomy Drissi (No. 8 Trench Shoring Chevrolet Camaro) will start in the runner-up position, with Chris Dyson (No. 20 RACER / Gym Soda Ford Mustang) in third. David Pintaric, Simon Gregg, Jon DeGaynor, and Paul Menard rounded out the seven-driver TA Class for this weekend’s event.

Menard (No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints / Menards Ford Mustang) typically takes the fight to Brabham and qualifying and was within striking distance of the No. 16 throughout the weekend’s testing sessions and practices but had a mechanical issue when it came time to lay down a hot lap and ended up seventh.

TA Class QUALIFYING

1. #16 Matthew Brabham (2:00.668)
2. #8 Tomy Drissi (2:04.110)
3. #20 Chris Dyson (2:04.710)
4. #57 David Pintaric (2:07.298)
5. #59 Simon Gregg (2:09.214)
6. #4 Jon DeGaynor (2:09.908)

TA Class PRACTICE

1. #16 Matthew Brabham (2:02.054)
2. #3 Paul Menard (2:02.335)
3. #20 Chris Dyson (2:05.481)
4. #8 Tomy Drissi (2:06.137)
5. #57 David Pintaric (2:08.807)
6. #4 Jon DeGaynor (2:09.062)
7. #59 Simon Gregg (2:10.423)

The Trans Am Series by Pirelli will crown a champion in the TA Class on Sunday at 1:55 PM ET.

Phil Fogg, Jr. will have total command over the TA Cup Western Championship class on Sunday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), as the division’s only entrant, but he’ll be grouped together with several other classes, so the driver of the No. 92 Chris Evans Race Car Ford Mustang will still get to have some fun on track.

Fogg was pretty close to matching his lap time from practice in his qualifying effort, turning a 2:09.598.

TA Cup West QUALIFYING:

1. #92 Phil Fogg, Jr. (2:09.598)

TA Cup West PRACTICE:

1. #92 Phil Fogg, Jr. (2:09.237)

The Trans Am Series by Pirelli will crown a champion in the TA Cup West Class on Sunday at 1:55 PM ET.

In two previous starts in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli, Austen Dinger has either started on the pole or won the race in the SGT Class. Saturday, in his homestate of Texas, he put the No. 88 Dinger Excavation Ford Mustang on the pole for the championship-deciding event at Circuit of The Americas.

Dinger has been the class of the field all weekend in the SGT Class, leading all on-track sessions, but the first-place spot hasn’t been uncontested, at all, with both Zach Arnold and Chris Coffey being in close proximity in lap times, which should make Sunday’s event a dogfight amongst the top three.

Zach Arnold will start in second, with Chris Coffey in third. Patrick Utt (running both the Western Championship event and the National Series event) and Milton Grant rounded out the five-driver class.

The Trans Am Series by Pirelli will crown a champion in the SGT Class on Sunday at 1:55 PM ET

SGT Class QUALIFYING

1. #88 Austen Dinger (2:11.168)
2. #72 Zach Arnold (2:11.209)
3. #97 Chris Coffey (2:11.351)
4. #49 Patrick Utt (2:17.151)
5. #15 Milton Grant (2:18.176)

SGT Class PRACTICE

1. #88 Austen Dinger (2:13.144)
2. #97 Chris Coffey (2:13.193)
3. #72 Zach Arnold (2:13.382)
4. #49 Patrick Utt (2:17.074)
5. #15 Milton Grant (2:20.586)

After debuting in the Trans Am Series by Pirelli’s GT Class last November at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), Casey Jones is back at the Austin, Texas racetrack looking to secure his first in-class victory. He’ll start on the pole in the No. 28 8Twelve Wheels Chevrolet Corvette ahead of Derric Carter, who has been a mainstay in the GT Class this season in the No. 24 PortableHoist.com Ford Mustang GT 500.

GT QUALIFYING

1. #28 Casey Jones (2:16.995)
2. #24 Derric Carter (2:18.333)

GT PRACTICE

1. #24 Derric Carter (2:17.749)
2. #28 Casey Jones (2:22.327)

The TA Sprint Class is back on track with the Trans Am Series by Pirelli for the first time since the end of June at Road America, and on Sunday, the class will crown its inaugural champion. Points leader John Atwell (No. 07 XRC / DFW Concrete / A&J Lab Portal Ford Mustang) has a distinct advantage over the field in qualifying, beating Frank Widmoser by more than four seconds.

Lonnie Hochstetler was third, with Ron Kacprowicz, and Dave Keister rounding out the top-five. Naz Olkhovskyi, Salvador Santolucito, Brad Gross, Paul Ruth, and Alan Davison rounded out the top-10.

The Trans Am Series by Pirelli will crown a champion in the TA Sprint on Sunday, November 8 at 9:50 AM ET.

TA Sprint QUALIFYING

1. #07 John Atwell (2:10.847)
2. #22 Frank Widmoser (2:14.907)
3. #31 Lonnie Hochstetler (2:15.445)
4. #27 Ron Kacprowicz (2:16.825)
5. #02 Dave Keister (2:17.496)
6. #18 Naz Olkhovskyi (2:17.955)
7. #17 Salvador Santolucito (2:18.247)
8. #13 Brad Gross (2:20.523)
9. #11 Paul Ruth (2:22.838)
10. #16S Alan Davison (2:23.155)

TA Sprint PRACTICE

1. #22 Frank Widmoser (2:14.850)
2. #18 Naz Olkhovskyi (2:17.200)
3. #27 Rob Kacprowicz (2:17.897)
4. #02 Dave Keister (2:18.038)
5. #13 Brad Gross (2:19.166)
6. #17 Salvador Santolucito (2:20.082)
7. #11 Paul Ruth (2:36.741)
8. #31 Lonnie Hochstetler (No Time)