Aquilante Leads Phoenix at COTA, Leaves with Two Podiums and Points Session
March 11, 2015 / written by Phoenix Performance
Austin, TX — Andrew Aquilante is in contention for the Pirelli World Challenge GTS title for Phoenix American Motorsports after second and third place finishes in the season opening rounds at the Circuit of the Americas this past weekend. Teammate Kurt Rezzetano brought home fourth and eighth place finishes in a matching Calvert Dynamics Ford Mustang Boss 302, while Preston Calvert also ran in GTS and debuted the team’s new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry.
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Aquilante’s No. 32 got the better of fellow Mustang racer Dean Martin in a race-
After his second place finish Aquliante said: “I was a little bit concerned on the start as I haven't done a standing start for a couple of years. But it ended up going well. I just hung in there and Dean wore his tires down a bit and it allowed me to get by him. I tried to chase after Kris (Wilson) but he kind of lit the afterburner and that was that."
Rezzetano held off the Kia of Ben Clucas in the opening round before transmission problems on Sunday restricted his No. 37 to a eighth place result.
Calvert, making his GTS debut in the No. 35 Ford Mustang Boss 302, finished 17th on Saturday with a fuel issue, while a rough day on Sunday saw a 19th place finish.
Calvert finished ninth in his GT Cup presented by Momo debut in the No. 77 Porsche, and moved up two spots a day later in the rain to finish seventh. That result wasn’t without drama, however, as Calvert was running in fifth place, but became an innocent bystander to another car failing to negotiate turn one. That incident collected Calvert’s entry, with the No. 77 driver still able to recover for a seventh place run.
The weekend also marked the debut of the team’s new Ford Mustang V6 Touring Car (TC) entry. Aquilante was in the picture for a podium in the first TC race of the weekend before a suspension problem ended his day. With a fixed suspension, a few hours later he was able to finish fifth in a hard-
The Chester Springs, Pennsylvania native took home two awards, with the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race in both Saturday TC rounds.
Starting from the pole on Sunday following his GTS podium, Aquilante briefly led the TC race, finishing eighth and collecting valuable Championship points.
CBS Sports Network will show all rounds from the weekend starting on Saturday, March 14 at 11am when the GT/GTA/GT Cup and GTS races will air followed by TC races on Wednesday at 8pm. All times listed are Eastern.
Next up, the team’s four car assault of three Mustangs and a Porsche heads to the streets of St. Petersburg, March 27-
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