GT America Continues Busy Stretch With COTA Doubleheader

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GT America powered by AWS continues its busy stretch of racing this weekend at Circuit of The Americas, for Rounds 5 and 6 of the season.

SRO America’s sprint race GT series has a total of 14 cars on the entry list, including 11 cars listed to do battle in the top SRO3 class for GT3 machinery.

It comes just two weeks after the series’ trip to the streets of Long Beach, as part of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach event that saw Justin Rothberg sweep the weekend.

The Turner Motorsport driver holds a nine-point lead over GMG Racing’s Kyle Washington in the championship standings, in what’s shaping up to be a season-long duel between the two drivers.

SKI Autosports, which won the drivers’ championship last year with Johnny O’Connell, is set for its first start of the season with new driver Memo Gidley aboard its Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.

While Blake McDonald and Ross Chouest return with their Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs, along with the Flying Lizard Motorsports BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Elias Sabo, there are several new additions to the grid for the Texan round.

It includes an Esses Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R for Joel Cortes, a FAST MD Racing with Remstar’s Audi R8 LMS GT3 for Farhan Siddiqi, as well as Jon Manship in a Wright Motorsports-entered Porsche.

Marc Muzzo, who skipped the Long Beach round, meanwhile, returns in his R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3.

While on the entry list, Mirco Schultis is not expected to be present with his Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R due to overseas obligations.

Three cars are set to do battle in the GT4 class, including Sonoma class winners Anthony McIntosh and Max Hewitt, driving for JTR Motorsports Engineering and Van der Steur Racing, respectively.

The class is rounded out with a Nolasport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport for Michael Auriemma.

GT America competitors will have the opportunity to test on Thursday, with two practice sessions set for Friday, followed by qualifying on Saturday morning. Race 1 gets underway Saturday at 11:20 a.m. CST, with Race 2 on tap for Sunday at 10:05 a.m. CST.

Both races will be streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel and on Twitch.