Qualifying Canceled at COTA Due to Lightning, Paul Menard to Lead Field to Green in Tomorrow’s Season Finale

November 1, 2025

Joshua Carlson, Rene Molina Jr., Jake Latham and Jon DeGaynor Line Up First in SGT National and Western, GT, and GT1, Respectively

AUSTIN, Texas (November 1, 2025) - Practice has concluded for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s TA/GT classes at the season finale Mission Foods COTA SpeedTour at Circuit of The Americas. Lightning in the area forced the cancelation of qualifying, which means drivers will line up based on practice speeds in tomorrow’s race. Paul Menard (No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang) will lead the field to green after he was fastest in practice with a time of 2:05.081.

Joshua Carlson (No. 36 Enseva/Diercks Ltd./TC Fab Ford Mustang) will line up first in the SGT Class for the National Championship, while Rene Molina Jr. (No. 09 Rene Molina Racing Dodge Challenger) will be first for the class in the Western Championship. Jake Latham (No. 27 Coffey Motorsports/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4) will be first in GT, and Jon DeGaynor (No. 04 Speed Dream’n Racing Ford Mustang) will be first in GT1 Challenge.

The Mission Foods COTA SpeedTour TA/GT race will be contested tomorrow at 1:00 p.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 6:30 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 Practice:
1. Paul Menard, No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang (2:05.081)
2. Adam Andretti, No. 17 TOP LINER Chevrolet Camaro (2:08.864)
3. Simon Gregg, No. 59 Drissi Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro (2:13.181)
4. Tomy Drissi, No. 8 Trench Shoring Co./Motul Chevrolet Camaro (2:14.790)
5. Matthew Brabham, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (2:18.817)

SGT Practice:
1. Joshua Carlson, No. 36 Enseva/Diercks Ltd./TC Fab Ford Mustang (2:14.485)
2. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Ferrari 458 Challenge (2:15.243)
3. Patrick Utt, No. 49 RaceQuip/Driven Racing Oil Chevrolet Camaro (2:23.413)
4. Milton Grant, No. 15 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 992 (2:24.650)
5. Tim Gray, No. 60 Ryan Companies Ford Mustang (2:31.386)

SGT Western Championship Practice:
1. Rene Molina Jr., No. 09 Rene Molina Racing Dodge Challenger (2:25.545)

GT Practice:
1. Jake Latham, No. 27 Coffey Motorsports/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:17.386)
2. Casey Jones, No. 28 8Twelve Wheels/Quasar Data Chevrolet Corvette (2:25.405)
3. Derric Carter, No. 24 PortableCarHoist.com Ford Mustang (2:26.565)
4. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:28.718)
5. Joe Bogetich, No. 65 Bogie Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro (2:34.076)

GT1 Challenge Practice:
1. Jon DeGaynor, No. 04 Speed Dream’n Racing Ford Mustang (2:18.392)
2. Ray Kobs, No. 00 AuditWell Chevrolet Corvette (No Time)

Full Practice results can be found here.