Cooper becomes winningest driver in SRO GT4 America history

Michael Cooper becomes the winningest driver in SRO America history after race 1 victory at Road America. Michael Cooper overcame a pre-race 35 kg Balance of performance adjustment to his Blackdog Motorsports McLaren Artura GT4 to claim overall victory in Fridays opening GT4 America race. Cooper passed the then silver class leader No. 68 Rafa Racing Toyota Supra of Tyler Gonzalez with 24 minutes to go following the pit sequence and drove to a 5.983 second win. Today’s race marked Cooper and co-driver Tony Gaples third consecutive pro-am class victory and second overall in the last three races. Cooper a four time series champion entered the weekend tied with Peter Cunningham with 43 all time wins. Overall pole sitter Riley Dickinson led through the races only full course yellow for a heavy crash by Alessandro Chiocchetti in the no. 49 Bryan Herta Autosport McLaren exiting the kink. The race restarted with 35 minutes remaining just as the pit window opened up which saw the majority of the runners pit immediately. Dickinson alongside multiple Am class runners ran long but dropped down the order once the pit sequence cycled. Luca Mars passed Gonzalez for the silver class lead marking RS1’s sixth consecutive silver class victory. It came in a borrowed Porsche chassis from the NolaSport team. Hollywood actor turned racer Frankie Muniz claimed his first victory in GT4 America alongside Tyler Stone in the Am class. Teams tomorrow will took towards race 2 of the weekend.