Chris Dyson Takes Pole for Trans Am’s Inaugural Race at Barber Motorsports Park
October 18, 2025
Danny Lowry Leads XGT, Eric Foss Tops SGT, Adrian Wlostowski Fastest in GT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (October 18, 2025) - Practice and qualifying have concluded for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s inaugural race at Barber Motorsports Park. Chris Dyson drove his No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang to a blazing-fast time of 1:20.674, claiming the pole award for tomorrow’s race. Dyson is one of the few competitors to have past experience at the Alabama track, making a 2003 start in Grand-Am Cup and a 2015 start in Pirelli World Challenge.
“Well, it's great to be back here at Barber Motorsports Park,” said Dyson. “The Trans Am cars around here are just amazing; absolute monsters. The team has raced here before, about 10 years ago, so we had a decent idea of what to expect. We did a lot of work on the simulator. My guys absolutely nailed it on the gear ratios. Thanks to Mike Lanci on the engine, I can't say enough about the performance of the car. We lost yesterday's practice session, but I felt like we were pretty well prepared. And in first practice today, it was absolutely great. I think we’ve got an awesome racecar. Great to be leading the pack around here. This place is very tight. I'm absolutely thrilled to have the GYM WEED car up front, and we're looking forward to a great result tomorrow.”
Danny Lowry (No. 42 Bennett/BridgeHaul/Pitboxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3) was the fastest competitor in XGT, while Eric Foss (No. 54 South Dallas Turf Chevrolet Corvette) led the SGT class. Adrian Wlostowski (No. 9 CMI/F.A.S.T./Howe Racing How HR6) was the best in GT for his first-career start in the class. Wlostowski will be pulling double duty tomorrow, racing in both the TA/GT race and the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series event.
The Barber SpeedTour TA/GT race will be contested tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET. It will be streamed LIVE on Trans Am’s YouTube channel, @TheTransAmSeries and broadcast LIVE on SPEED SPORT 1. An encore presentation will air on SPEED SPORT 1 tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. ET in a block which will also include the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series. For more information on where you can watch SPEED SPORT 1, click here.
TA Qualifying Top Five:
1. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (1:20.674)
2. Paul Menard, No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang (1:21.126)
3. Adam Andretti, No. 17 TOP LINER Chevrolet Camaro (1:22.300)
4. David Pintaric, No. 57 Kryderacing Ford Mustang (1:24.000)
5. Tomy Drissi, No. 8 Trench Shoring Co./Motul Chevrolet Camaro (1:24.125)
XGT Qualifying:
1. Danny Lowry, No. 42 Bennett/BridgeHaul/Pitboxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (1:25.750)
2. Billy Griffin, No. 14 Griffin Auto Care Mercedes AMG GT3 (1:25.804)
3. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc. Chevrolet Corvette (1:27.848)
SGT Qualifying:
1. Eric Foss, No. 54 South Dallas Turf Chevrolet Corvette (1:26.106)
2. Patrick Paul, No. 34 Paul Racing Enterprises Ford Mustang (1:28.518)
3. Carey Grant, No. 6 Grant Racing 2 Porsche GT3 Cup (1:32.034)
4. Milton Grant, No. 55 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 991.1 (1:34.500)
GT Qualifying:
1. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 9 CMI/F.A.S.T./Howe Racing How HR6 (1:29.733)
2. Jake Latham, No. 27 Coffey Motorsports/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:30.654)
3. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:35.089)
4. Brion Gluck, No. 47 FFR/Freedom Coffee/Gallant Few/FFR Daytona 65 R (1:48.418)
Full qualifying results can be found here.
TA Practice 2 Top Five:
1. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (1:22.768)
2. Paul Menard, No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang (1:23.051)
3. Adam Andretti, No. 17 TOP LINER Chevrolet Camaro (1:23.384)
4. David Pintaric, No. 57 Kryderacing Ford Mustang (1:25.425)
5. Amy Ruman, No. 23 McNichols Co./Valley Automotive Group Chevrolet Corvette (1:25.589)
XGT Practice 2:
1. Danny Lowry, No. 42 Bennett/BridgeHaul/Pitboxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (1:27.242)
2. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc. Chevrolet Corvette (1:27.898)
3. Billy Griffin, No. 14 Griffin Auto Care Mercedes AMG GT3 (1:29.546)
SGT Practice:
1. Eric Foss, No. 54 South Dallas Turf Chevrolet Corvette (1:27.092)
2. Patrick Paul, No. 34 Paul Racing Enterprises Ford Mustang (1:29.375)
3. Carey Grant, No. 6 Grant Racing 2 Porsche GT3 Cup (1:33.187)
4. Milton Grant, No. 55 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 991.1 (1:36.227)
GT Practice:
1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:28.377)
2. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 9 CMI/F.A.S.T./Howe Racing How HR6 (1:29.776)
3. Jake Latham, No. 27 Coffey Motorsports/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:32.975)
4. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:37.408)
Full Practice 2 results can be found here.
TA Practice 1 Top Five:
1. Adam Andretti, No. 17 TOP LINER Chevrolet Camaro (1:23.959)
2. Paul Menard, No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang (1:24.100)
3. Tomy Drissi, No. 8 Trench Shoring Co./Motul Chevrolet Camaro (1:26.701)
4. David Pintaric, No. 57 Kryderacing Ford Mustang (1:26.766)
5. Amy Ruman, No. 23 McNichols Co./Valley Automotive Group Chevrolet Corvette (1:27.453)
XGT Practice 1:
1. Billy Griffin, No. 14 Griffin Auto Care Mercedes AMG GT3 (1:27.683)
2. Danny Lowry, No. 42 Bennett/BridgeHaul/Pitboxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (1:29.214)
3. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc. Chevrolet Corvette (1:29.626)
SGT Practice 1:
1. Patrick Paul, No. 34 Paul Racing Enterprises Ford Mustang (1:30.182)
2. Carey Grant, No. 6 Grant Racing 2 Porsche GT3 Cup (1:35.440)
3. Milton Grant, No. 55 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 991.1 (1:41.824)
GT Practice 1:
1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:31.189)
2. Jake Latham, No. 27 Coffey Motorsports/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:32.072)
3. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 9 CMI/F.A.S.T./Howe Racing How HR6 (1:32.382)
4. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:37.629)
5. Brion Gluck, No. 47 FFR/Freedom Coffee/Gallant Few/FFR Daytona 65 R (1:44.399)
Full Practice 1 results can be found here.
