2023 Champion Brent Crews Wins in Return to CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series at Sonoma Raceway

April 26, 2025

Barry Boes Wins Both Western Championship and Pro/Am Challenge

SONOMA, Calif. (April 26, 2025) – Nitro Motorsports continued its amazing 2025 run in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series, winning their third race in as many rounds. It was 2023 Champion Brent Crews in the No. 10 Mobil 1/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry who took the checkered flag at Sonoma Raceway, leading from start to finish while enduring multiple cautions and a wet finish.

Notes of Interest:

• Brent Crews was victorious in his first CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race of 2025. His last appearance in the class was in the 2024 season finale at Circuit of The Americas, which he won.
• This was the third-consecutive win for Nitro Motorsports this season.
• Crews is racing in tomorrow’s TA/GT race, allowing him to potentially sweep the weekend.
• Tristan McKee scored his first-career podium finish in his fifth start in the series.
• 2024 Champion Rafa Matos appeared on the podium for the first time this season.
• Points leader Thomas Annunziata ran second for much of the race, but a broken rear end resulted in him finishing 11 laps down.

Crews was granted the first starting position after yesterday’s qualifying session was canceled, which resulted in the starting grid being set by practice speeds. When the green flag waved, Crews easily pulled out to the lead, while third-place starter and Nitro Motorsports teammate Thomas Annunziata (No. 90 Gazoo Racing/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry) overtook second-place starter Rafa Matos (No. 57 Concord American Flagpole/SHR Chevrolet Camaro) for the runner-up spot. Fifth-place starter Tristan McKee (No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) also fired off strong, advancing to third by the conclusion of the first lap.

A crash brought out the full-course yellow on lap two, and when racing resumed, Crews led Annunziata, McKee, Matos and Carson Brown (No. 8 PayCafe/Ebb Logistics/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) to the start/finish line. The restart saw heavy competition between Crews and Annunziata, but Crews was able to hold his ground. Another caution slowed the field on lap seven, with competitors seeing the green flag again on lap 13. The top three began to pull away from pack, with McKee stalking Annunziata after the start. Brown made his way around Matos by lap 14, and the top-five remained the same until lap 18, when Annunziata suddenly dropped out of the running order due to a broken rear end, heading to pit road, which allowed Sam Corry (No. 70 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry) to enter the top five.

Matos made his way around Brown on lap 20, just before a Pro/Am Challenge driver experienced an engine failure, dropping oil on the racetrack and causing another competitor to crash into the tire barrier. The cleanup was extensive, and further complicated by rain starting to fall over the track. Unfortunately, green-flag racing was not able to resume, and the checkered flag waved after the allotted 75 minutes. Crews was followed by McKee, Matos, Brown and Corry across the finish line.

“Today's race was really good,” said Crews. “I just want to thank everybody at Nitro Motorsports for bringing me another hot rod. I feel like every time we come to these things, we have a really good shot to win, and I'm just grateful to be able to show up when I can and get in a fast racecar like I had today. I want to thank everybody at Nitro, Brian [Keselowski] and all the guys there. Nick [Tucker] did an amazing job. I can't thank everybody at Mobile 1 enough. My Toyota Camry was as fast as it could be today. I want to thank my dad up above for spotting me. My mom's here watching, so it's cool to get a win in front of her. It really sucks we couldn't go green there at the end, but I feel like it was the right decision. Driving in the wet with oil on the racetrack wasn't a good idea. Great job to Tristan [McKee] and Rafa [Matos] here, I'm glad to be standing beside them.”

CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series National Championship Top 10:
1. Brent Crews, No. 10 Mobil 1/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
2. Tristan McKee, No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro
3. Rafa Matos, No. 57 Concord American Flagpole/SHR Chevrolet Camaro
4. Carson Brown, No. 8 PayCafe/Ebb Logistics/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro
5. Sam Corry, No. 70 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
6. Noah Harmon, No. 7 Streetside Classics/Flanagan’s Chevrolet Camaro
7. Julian DaCosta, No. 30 Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang
8. Mia Lovell, No. 40 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
9. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 3 CMI/Spot-On-Services/AMT Motorsports Ford Mustang
10. Gian Buffomante, No. 95 Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang

Omologato Watches Fastest Lap of the Race:
Brent Crews, No. 10 Mobil 1/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry

Bassett Hard Charger:
Clay Koevary, No. CRK Racing Chevrolet Camaro

Barry Boes in the No. 27 Accio Data/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro handily captured the victory in the Pro/Am Championship, leading the class from start to finish, with Jared Odrick (No. 100 Black Underwear/CoolBoxx Chevrolet Camaro) and Keith Prociuk (No. 9 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang) crossing the finish line behind him.

“I was looking back and watching what Odrick was doing because he was the next guy in Pro/Am,” said Boes of his Pro/Am competition. “I really had to keep my eye on a lot of cars back there. I knew that [Jared] Odrick was pushing. I knew that he was getting faster every lap that we were out there and that he was going to be coming. If we'd gotten back to green-flag racing, I would have seen him again. I love running with both these guys. Thank you so much to Accio Data and M1 Racecars and TRB Autosport for helping me be where I am today.”

TA2 Pro/Am Podium:
1. Barry Boes, No. 27 Accio Data/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro
2. Jared Odrick, No. 100 Black Underwear/CoolBoxx Chevrolet Camaro
3. Keith Prociuk, No. 9 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang

Full race results can be found here.

An encore presentation of today’s race will air tonight on SPEED SPORT 1 at 9:30 p.m. ET.

The CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series will next hit the track at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, May 2-4 for the Mission Foods Laguna Seca SpeedTour in combination with the Western Championship. Tickets can be purchased here.