Phoenix Enjoys Strong St. Pete Showing
April 1, 2015 / Written by Phoenix American Motorsports
St. Petersburg, FL – It was a top weekend for Phoenix American Motorsports during the Pirelli World Challenge event on the street circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kurt Rezzetano brought home two GTS podiums and a Move of the Race award, while teammate Andrew Aquilante matched his best performance to date with a second runner-
The action got going early on Friday morning when Rezzetano had a great start in the first GTS race of the weekend, briefly challenging for the lead in his No. 37 Calvert Dynamics Ford Mustang Boss 302S.
Rezzetano would score his best finish of the season with a second place and win the Cadillac Move of the Race award.
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“Thank you to the crew for giving me a car that was really pretty good today," said Rezzetano after the race. "We did a decent start and I was surprised because I thought I got some wheel spin, but then I looked over and saw I was in front of Spencer. I worked hard to get heat in the tires on the warm-
Aquilante looked to make things interesting after a rough start falling back to eighth place. The five-
A day later Calvert scored his best GTS finish of the season with a 14th place drive, and a long battle with Buzz McCall in the closing stages. Teammates Aquilante and Rezzetano finished second and third, respectively.
"It was a really good race. It was good for Ford and the manufacturer points to go 1-
The GTS points are close heading to rounds five and six at Barber Motorsports Park, April 24-
The GT Cup class was another talking point during the weekend with Calvert scoring two strong finishes and avoiding major incidents that happened directly in front of his No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. A massive crash at the start of Saturday’s race saw Calvert avoid the carnage and earn the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start en route to a fifth place finish.
Sunday’s race saw a crash with track nearly blocked in turn two, collecting a number of cars running directly in front of Calvert’s black and yellow Porsche. Calvert used the nimble Porsche and its braking power to avoid the incident, finishing fourth and moving up to fourth in the season-
Next up for the GT Cup category and Calvert is a race on the Streets of Long Beach, April 17-
The races from St. Petersburg will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network on April 5 at 5pm eastern.
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