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Paul Menard Earns Second Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Victory, Tristan McKee Maintains Points Lead with Third CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Win of 2025

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario (August 30, 2025) ― The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli returned to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) and was once again met with exciting battles and results affecting championship hunts. In the TA class, defending champion Paul Menard scored his second-consecutive win at the Bowmanville, Ontario track, while rookie Tristan McKee tallied his third CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series victory in four races. Toronto-born Roberto Sabato found vindication at his home track, winning in the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Pro/Am Challenge after an early crash took him out of contention last season. Finally, Ontario native James Beaton earned the win in the XGT class with his second-consecutive victory in the class.
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TeamSLR: Trans Am Race Report from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park — TRISTAN MCKEE WINS!

by MikeSeptember 1, 2025

Overview: Oh Canada! TeamSLR’s Tristan McKee Wins Fourth Straight
Date: Aug. 30, 2025
Event: CTMP SpeedTour (Round 9 of 12)
Series: Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli
Division: Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series
Location: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario
Layout: 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course
Format: 41 laps or 75 minutes
Weather: Sunny, mid-60s
TA2 Winner: Tristan McKee of TeamSLR

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Spire Motorsports ARCA General Tire 100 at The Glen Race Advance: Tristan McKee

by MikeAugust 5, 2025

Spire Motorsports will field an ARCA Menards Series entry at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for Tristan McKee, who will make his series debut in the No. 77 Gainbridge Chevrolet SS. The race will mark the team’s fourth start in an Automobile Racing Club of America sanctioned event.

The General Tire 100 at The Glen will be televised live on FS2 Friday, Aug. 8 beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 13th of 20 events on the 2025 ARCA Menards Series calendar will broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and ARCARacing.com.

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Tristan McKee Tabbed To Pilot Spire Motorsports ARCA Menards Series Entry For Two Races

by MikeJuly 24, 2025

Late-Model and Road-Racing Standout to Make Series Debut at Watkins Glen

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 24, 2025) – Tristan McKee, the inaugural signee of Spire Motorsports’ driver development program, will make a pair of ARCA Menards Series starts in 2025 behind the wheel of the team’s No. 77 Gainbridge Chevrolet SS.

Five days after turning 15-years-old, the minimum age requirement to compete in an ARCA Menards Series national event, McKee will make his debut at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in the August 8 General Tire 100 at the Glen. He will return to the Gainbridge Chevy in November for the ARCA Menards Series West season finale at Phoenix Raceway.

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14-Year-Old Tristan McKee Scores First-Career CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Pole, Sets New Track Record at Watkins Glen

by MikeJuly 12, 2025

Barry Boes Best in Pro/Am Challenge, Fourth-Fastest Overall

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.

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TeamSLR: Road America Next Up for Tristan McKee, Barry Boes, Corey Day

by MikeJune 27, 2025

Teen Tristan McKee Looks To Add to Last Weekend’s First Career TA2 Win
HendrickCars.com’s Corey Day Riding Momentum After First TA2 Pole
Barry Boes, Jared Odrick in a Battle Atop Pro-Am Challenge Standings
Mike Skeen’s M1 Racecars Entry To Include Special ‘Visit Palatka’ Salute

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (June 26, 2025) – Just a matter of days removed from his much anticipated first career Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series win, 14-year-old Tristan McKee and his fellow TeamSLR (Scott Lagasse Racing) drivers Barry Boes and Corey Day turn their attention to the iconic Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for Sunday’s renewal of the annual Road America SpeedTour.

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Tristan McKee Earns First CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Win at Mid-Ohio, Becomes Second-Youngest Winner in Trans Am History

by MikeJune 23, 2025

Odrick Tallies Second Pro/Am Challenge Victory of 2025

LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 22, 2025) – Tristan McKee (No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) earned his first-career CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series victory in style, leading every lap on his way to Victory Lane at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After claiming the point position when his teammate Corey Day (No. 17 HendrickCars.com/SLR-M1 Chevrolet Camaro) went off course in the first turn of the race, the second-place starter put on a display of pure dominance, driving away from his competitors and repeating the feat for multiple restarts.

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Teen Tristan McKee Scores First Trans Am Win

by MikeJune 23, 2025

14-Year-Old Rookie Leads Every Lap at Mid-Ohio To Become Second-Youngest Winner in TA2 History
Electrical Gremlin Foils Barry Boes’ Bid
Contact Ends Day for First-Time TA2 Polesitter Corey Day
M1 Racecars’ Jared Odrick Wins Pro-Am Class

In just his eighth career TA2 start, 14-year-old McKee became the second-youngest winner in series history at 14 years, 10 months and 19 days. Only Brent Crews, who won the June 2022 race at Road America at the age of 14 years, three months and four days, was younger.

McKee qualified second and went on to lead all 42 laps of the 75-minute race, beating three-time TA2 champion Rafa Matos across the finish line by a margin of 2.088 seconds. It was McKee’s fourth consecutive podium result and extended his lead atop the TA2 driver championship at the halfway point of the season.

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Consistency Puts Tristan McKee, 14, Atop Trans Am TA2 Standings After First Five Races

by MikeJune 16, 2025

14-Year-Old Rookie TeamSLR Driver Shows Work Ethic, Discipline That Belies His Youth

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (June 16, 2025) – At 14 years of age, Tristan McKee is the youngest driver in the Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series. But just five races into his official rookie season competing in “America’s Road Racing Series,” and with just seven points-paying TA2 events in all on his resume dating back to last fall, the driver of the No. 28 Spire/Gainbridge/SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro for TeamSLR sits atop the championship standings.

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TeamSLR: Solid Outlook for McKee, Boes, Mosack at Lime Rock

by MikeMay 22, 2025

Tristan McKee, Barry Boes Joined by Former TeamSLR Regular Connor Mosack; Mike Skeen, Jared Odrick Add M1 Racecars Firepower at Memorial Day Classic

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (May 22, 2025) – With the dust thoroughly settled on this year’s Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series West Coast swing on back-to-back weekends in California, the TeamSLR and M1 Racecars contingent turns its attention to the quaint, New England surroundings of Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, for this weekend’s annual Memorial Day Classic.

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