{"id":7041,"date":"2024-05-13T13:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:20:18","slug":"drury-and-pt-autosport-ready-for-more-at-cota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/drury-and-pt-autosport-ready-for-more-at-cota\/","title":{"rendered":"Drury and PT Autosport ready for more at COTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2022 PT Autosport Aspiring Driver Shootout winner looks to capitalize on the success two weeks ago at Sebring<\/em><\/p>\n

MILLVILLE, NJ (13 May 2024) \u2013 Precision Racing LA w\/PT Autosport driver Henry Drury heads to Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this week, ready to continue the learning curve in the Toyota GR Cup doubleheader.<\/p>\n

As Drury continues his first season of professional racing, seeing progress in his own performance behind the wheel of the No. 88 PT Autosport Toyota GR86 Cup Car remains essential. The 24-year-old English born, Tampa, Fla. resident qualified second for the first of two races at Sebring and brought home his first top 10 in the series. Drury is currently 12th in the overall point standings nd looks to continue that momentum this week.<\/p>\n

After getting hit from behind in the second race at Sebring, Drury will look for more consistent finishes as the series heads to the Formula 1-grade Austin facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready for another exciting weekend,\u201d said Drury. \u201cAfter such drastic ups and downs at Sebring, it\u2019s time to really show what we can do and find some consistent points finishes. Precision Racing LA were strong at COTA last year, so hopefully that means we start on the front foot and can challenge up front again!\u201d<\/p>\n

COTA has a wide-open, sweeping layout \u2013 3.426-miles, with 19 turns, including the iconic turn 1, with 133 feet of elevation change \u2013 which means the track is one of the fastest on the GR Cup circuit. Drury has done his usual due diligence on the sim, which is helpful for muscle memory, but he feels that this will be one track where the sim will only go so far in teaching what it takes to go fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe speed at COTA, like Sebring, means that the most important thing is to break through the \u2018fear barrier\u2019 \u2013 especially in the high commitment areas,\u201d said Drury. \u201cI find that with a new racetrack, especially a fast and high commitment one like Sebring or COTA, you have to be ready to just absolutely send it right from the first lap, and then suddenly those difficult corners aren\u2019t so difficult anymore. The more quickly you can get up to speed in the big boy corners, the easier the rest of the weekend will be \u2013 and we\u2019ve seen how important qualifying is in the series, so the quicker you get up to speed, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHenry made great strides forward at Sebring, both in terms of ultimate pace and racecraft,\u201d said Alex Sedgwick, PT Autosport lead driver and driver development director \u2013 who, along with Precision Racing LA\u2019s Ryan Eversley, has been coaching Drury. \u201cThere is, of course, still some work to do but it\u2019s impressive just how far he has come, with minimal testing and just two weekends under his belt so far. We\u2019re looking forward to seeing that progression continue this weekend!\u201d<\/p>\n

The COTA weekend comes just two weeks after the series raced at Sebring and for Drury, the more he stays in race mode, the better.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaying in the swing of things with such a short gap between races really helps for me,\u201d said Drury. \u201cWhen there\u2019s so long in between races, at this stage of my career when I\u2019m only driving once every few weeks, it\u2019s almost like having to learn things all over again when you step back in the car. So I much prefer it this way!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toyota GR Cup series will contest two 45-minute races this weekend \u2013 race one will take the green flag Saturday at 3:35 ET, with race two Sunday at 12:35 p.m. Both races will be broadcast live at\u00a0www.grcup.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PT Autosport would like to thank partner STEAM Sports Foundation for their support in its GR Cup effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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