Yelloly Offers Acura MSR Third Straight Pole at Street America – Sportscar365
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Nick Yelloly gave Acura Meyer Shank Racing its third consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole forward of Sunday’s Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Street America.
Yelloly reeled off a chart-topping 1:48.628 in his No. 93 Acura ARX-06 to edge out the No. 25 Workforce RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 of Sheldon van der Linde by 0.053 seconds.
It marked the Englishman’s second pole of the season after taking prime qualifying honors on the streets of Detroit.
His co-driver Renger van der Zande took pole in automobile for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.
Dries Vanthoor made it two BMWs within the top-three aboard the No. 24 entry, forward of the No. 60 Acura of Colin Braun, who was fourth quickest.
The No. 6 Penske Porsche 963 of Matt Campbell accomplished the top-five, forward of Jack Aitken, who was the quickest Cadillac V-Sequence.R in sixth aboard the No. 31 Motion Specific Racing entry.
Filipe Albuquerque certified seventh within the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac, with Felipe Nasr, Jordan Taylor and Ross Gunn finishing the top-ten.
The No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche of Gianmaria Bruni had an off-course second in Flip 3 early within the 15-minute session however rebounded to set the eleventh quickest time total and in school.
PJ Hyett scored his third consecutive LMP2 pole, storming to a 1:53.240 lap time within the No. 99 AO Racing Oreca 07 Gibson that was 0.666 seconds faster than second-placed George Kurtz within the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR entry.
It marked Hyett’s second consecutive pole on the four-mile Wisconsin monitor.
Championship chief Daniel Goldberg was third quickest within the No. 22 United Autosports entry, with Tonis Kasemets, in his LMP2 debut, qualifying a formidable fourth in school in his Workforce Tonis entry.
Altoe Takes GTD Professional Pole; Ward Goes Quickest Outright in GT
DragonSpeed claimed its third GTD Professional pole of the season, with Giacomo Altoe reeling off a finest time of two:03.904 in his No. 81 Ferrari 296 GT3.
It was 0.010 seconds faster than the No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Alexander Sims, who will begin second in school.
Altoe claimed his second class pole of the season after taking prime qualifying honors at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Corvette by Pratt Miller’s Tommy Milner was third quickest in school, with the 2 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVOs of Dan Harper and Madison Snow accomplished the top-five.
GTD pole honors went to the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Russell Ward, due to a 2:03.745 lap time that was faster than Altoe’s GTD Professional pole-winning lap.
As is now the case this season, the complete GTD Professional class might be gridded forward of the GTD class entries for tomorrow’s two-hour and 40-minute race.
Ward, who together with co-driver Philip Ellis lead the GTD championship, edged out the No. 27 Coronary heart of Racing Workforce Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Casper Stevenson by 0.163 seconds.
It marked Ward’s fourth profession pole and first of the season and the tenth straight completely different pole winner in school.
Onofrio Triarsi will begin third in school in his No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari, forward of Robert Wickens’ No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette in fourth.
The Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Street America will get underway Sunday at 1:10 p.m. CST with stay protection on Peacock in addition to IMSA’s YouTube channel for worldwide viewers.
RESULTS: Qualifying
