WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 12, 2025) – Practice and qualifying have concluded for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race at Watkins Glen International. 14-year-old Tristan McKee in the No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro set the fastest time, earning his first-career pole award and setting a new track record of 1:49.077. McKee currently leads the series point standings, in addition to the Rookie of the Year and Young Gun Award rankings.

“This weekend has gone really well,” said McKee. “We’ve been fastest in almost every session. Huge thanks to my guys; they brought a really, really good car. This track is a lot of fun. It’s more towards my style of driving, so I’m having a lot of fun. I want to thank Scott Speed and Josh Wise for having me prepped really well. We unloaded really fast off the trailer. Thanks to everybody: Spire, Gainbridge, TeamSLR. They just made it all work.”

Barry Boes (No. 27 Accio Data/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) was the fastest of the Pro/Am Challenge contenders, qualifying an impressive fourth overall with a time of 1:49.827.

The race will be contested today at 1:05 p.m. ET. It will be streamed LIVE on Trans Am’s YouTube channel, @TheTransAmSeries, and broadcast LIVE on SPEED SPORT 1, with coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. An encore presentation will air on SPEED SPORT 1 tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. ET. For more information on where you can watch SPEED SPORT 1, click here.

Qualifying Top Five:
1. Tristan McKee, No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro (1:49.077)
2. Nathan Herne, No. 15 Owosso Speedway/Blue Gold Industries Toyota Camry (1:49.505)
3. Carson Brown, No. 8 PayCafe/Ebb Logistics/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro (1:49.791)
4. Thomas Annunziata, No. 90 Gazoo Racing/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry (1:49.860)
5. Tyler Kicera, No. 10 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry (1:49.886)

Fastest in Pro/Am Challenge:
1. Barry Boes, No. 27 Accio Data/SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro (1:49.827)

Full provisional qualifying results can be found here.

Practice Top Five:
1. Tristan McKee, No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro (1:49.903)
2. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 3 CMI/Spot-On Services/AMT Motorsports Ford Mustang (1:50.763)
3. Sam Corry, No. 70 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry (1:50.808)
4. Carson Brown, No. 8 PayCafe/Ebb Logistics/SLR0M1 Chevrolet Camaro (1:50.976)
5. Tyler Kicera, No. 10 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry (1:51.000)

Fastest in Pro/Am Challenge:
1. Barry Boes, No. 27 Accio Data/SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro (1:51.633)

Full practice results can be found here.