Hanley, Flying Lizard, BimmerWorld take GT4 America wins at COTA

Clouds loomed over Circuit of The Americas as the Pirelli GT4 America field took to the grid for their second race of the weekend. The track surface gradually began to dry up following some light rain early Sunday morning, but conditions remained challenging and unpredictable. The race was punctuated by a number of full course cautions, with the race ultimately finishing under yellow.

Silver Class
It was a clean start in the Silver class with a lot of movement from front to back. Parker Thompson sailed ahead in the No. 999 Hanley Motorsports Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO, with Kenton Koch sitting second in class on board the No. 92 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4, separated by a few PRO-AM entries.

The pit lane window opened just before the halfway mark of the race, with pit stop strategies coming into play as some teams opted to come in for their driver changes while others stayed out a little longer.

The yellow flags waved briefly for a car that had temporarily stopped on the side of the track, but the race took a very dramatic turn at the restart, with the frontrunners in class, Kevin Boehm and John Miller, being taken out in a Turn 1 crash, in addition to Jesse Webb sent spinning and tumbling down the leaderboard.

Daniel Hanley was able to settle back into the class lead and take the checkered flag in first place for Hanley Motorsports, followed by Zac Anderson picking up some more hardware in the No. 51 Auto Technic Racing BMW M4 GT4, followed by Tyler Maxson in third place in the No. 74 Copeland Motorsports Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO.

PRO-AM Class
A battle quickly emerged between Michael Cooper and Jeroen Bleekemolen in the No. 2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 and the No. 54 Black Swan Racing McLaren Artura GT4. As Bleekemolen continued to set fastest laps, he created distance between himself as his competitors behind, setting his sights on the overall lead.