Nick Yelloly leads Acura 1-2 in IMSA Street America qualifying

Nick Yelloly led a 1-2 sweep for Acura Meyer Shank Racing in qualifying for the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Street America.

Yelloly, 35, delivered a flying lap of 1m49.233s within the #93 Acura ARX-06 to earn the highest spot on the 4.048-mile, 14-turn natural-terrain highway course. He beat fellow Brit and teammate Tom Blomqvist, who completed 0.157 seconds behind.

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Sheldon Van Der Linde (BMW M Group WRT) concluded the session in third within the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, forward of Louis Deletraz (Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing) within the #40 Cadillac V-Collection.R.

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Deletraz delivered the primary true fast lap, with a 1m50.703s lap set with roughly eight minutes remaining within the 15-minute session. Moments later, Yelloly moved to the highest with a 1m49.733s lap earlier than bettering to 1m49.233s on his subsequent tour.

Tom Blomqvist, in Acura MSR’s #60 sister automobile, then went as much as second with a lap of 1m49.487s with simply over three minutes to go. Concurrently, the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 of Laurens Vanthoor ran off in Flip 5 however recovered and continued.

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Vanthoor rebounded to fit fifth by the top of the session, forward of factors chief Jack Aitken in Whelen Cadillac’s #31 Cadillac V-Collection.R.

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United Autosport USA’s Daniel Goldburg took his firstclass pole of the season with a greatest lap of 1m54.212s, edging out Misha Goikhberg (Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen) by 0.262s.

Jeremy Clarke positioned Inter Europol Competitors’s No. 34 ORECA LMP2 07 third, with AO Racing’s PJ Hyett fourth.

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GTD Professional#77 AO Racing Porsche 911: Nick Tandy, Harry King

#77 AO Racing Porsche 911: Nick Tandy, Harry King

AO Racing’s Harry King claimed class pole after a frantic end during which the highest six drivers started their remaining laps earlier than time expired. King delivered a greatest lap of 2m04.042s within the #77 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), which was 0.140s higher than factors chief Neil Verhagen (Paul Miller Racing) within the #1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO.

Alexander Sims (Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports) was third, with Max Esterson (RLL Group McLaren) fourth.

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Manthey’s Klaus Bachler, who twice went to the highest spot, had one of many laps invalidated by simply exceeding observe limits, and ended up fifth.

It was a backup automobile for Vasser Sullivan Racing’s #14 Lexus RC F GT3 following Jack Hawksworth’s crash in a moist second observe. The crew ready the substitute automobile in time for qualifying and accomplished two laps earlier than receiving a mechanical black flag. It was unable to rejoin and can begin final in school.

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Lilou Wadoux (AF Corse USA) stormed to her first-ever IMSA class pole, pushing her #21 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO to the highest spot with a flying lap of 2m04.688s. The lap got here with roughly three minutes left within the session, bumping off Winward Racing’s Russell Ward.

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Ultimately, Wadoux Ducellier’s lap remained unbeaten via the top of the session, heading off Coronary heart of Racing’s Zacharie Robichon, who fell 0.167s quick in second.

Valentin Hasse Clot (Automotive Blanche) ended up third, 0.169s behind, with Casper Stevenson (DragonSpeed) in fourth at 0.172s off the highest mark.

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#12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3: Aaron Telitz, Benjamin Pedersen, Frankie Montecalvo

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#14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3: Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat, James Calado