Aquilante Wins GTS Round 10 Race at Road America

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June 28, 2015 / Written by Series Staff

Elkhart Lake, WI – Andrew Aquilante, of Chester Springs, Pa., in the No. 32 Calvert Dynamics/PhoenixPerformance/Ford Mustang Boss 302 clinched his first career Pirelli World Challenge win in GTS Round 10 at the DeVILBISS Grand Prix at Road America presented by Cadillac. Ben Clucas of Northampton, England, finished second and Jack Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga., finished third.

From the standing start, Dean Martin, of Westland, Mich., who started second on the grid, got a great launch in his No. 50 Picture Cars East Ford Mustang Boss 302, and snared the lead from pole-sitter Aquilante going into turn 1. Clucas, piloting the No. 36 GTS DonorsChoose.org Kia Optima, was running third at that juncture, while Kurt Rezzetano, of Phoenixville, Pa., and Jack Roush Jr., of Livonia, Mich., battled side-by-side for fourth.

Rezzetano, won the battle for fourth in his No. 37 Calvert Dynamics/PhoenixPerf/Ford Mustang Boss 302 ahead of Roush, in his ROUSH Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302. Rezzetano would then pass Clucas on lap 1 through turn 14. At the end of the first lap Martin lead Aquilante, Rezzetano Clucas and Roush Jr.

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Phoenix Performance, Inc., owned by Joe Aquilante, is based in a 32,000 sq. ft. race shop in Phoenixville, PA, 40 miles west of downtown Philadelphia. Phoenix Performance-prepared cars have won 18 SCCA National Club Racing Championships since 1999, two professional series Driver and Manufacturer Championships, and the GM Motorsports Winner’s Circle Award.

For more information, call 610-482-0141 or visit www.phoenixperformanceinc.com and www.phoenixperformance.net.

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