Gonzalez Paces Friday COTA Practice in RAFA Toyota

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO

Tyler Gonzalez paced Friday’s practice for the third annual Lone Star Enduro at Circuit of The Americas, which saw the No. 68 RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 top the time charts in both sessions.

Gonzalez’s 2:15.577 benchmark set in the first session of the day held as the quickest, although co-driver Westin Workman led the way in the evening session, thanks to a 2:15.979 lap time.

Stevan McAleer, in the No. 19 Auto Technic Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO, was second quickest overall on the day and fastest in Pro-Am, although with a best lap that was nearly a half-second slower than Gonzalez’s Silver class entry.

The sister No. 51 Auto Technic BMW of Francis Selldorff was third quickest and second in Silver, followed by Jimmy Llibre’s ACI Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport and the No. 39 Dome Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Allen Patten, who completed the overall combined session top-five.

The No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW of James Walker Jr. meanwhile, paced the Am class.

The majority of the fastest times, outside of Gonzalez’s chart-topping time, were set in the evening-turned-dusk second session.

While the second practice session did not have any red flags, the opening session was briefly interrupted when the No. 94 Random Vandals Racing BMW of Kenton Koch stopped on track with a fuel pressure issue.

The car returned to action in the second session to set the ninth quickest time overall.

Qualifying for the Lone Star Enduro will take place Saturday at 12:10 p.m. CST, ahead of the 5 p.m. CST race start, which will be streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel and on Twitch.

RESULTS: Practice 1/Practice 2

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