Verhagen Takes Race Two Pole with GT3 Lap Record in PRO Class
PRO-AM Race Two Pole Sitter
Race One Qualifying | Race Two Qualifying
Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS set the Race One and Race Two field at Sebring International Raceway. The 3.741-mile, 17-turn circuit seemingly played fair as each driver received a clean, green circuit to set their times. Neil Verhagen made the best effort, setting a SRO Motorsports America lap record in a GT3.
PRO Class
Madison Snow in the No. 45 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R is the ROWE Pole Award winner for Race One qualifying with a Best Lap of 1:59.719. His lap was momentarily a new GT3 lap record for the SRO Motorsports America series. Chandler Hull in the No. 94 BMW M4 GT3 will start alongside Snow from the second position. After replacing a transmission post Practice One Eric Filgueiras put the No. 28 RS1 Porsche 911 GT3 R in third to start Race one. Ashton Harrison, Seth Lucas and Manny Franco complete the qualifying lineup for Race One.
The No. 45 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R closed out qualifying for Race Two with Jan Heylen on pole, following suit with Snow. Heylen’s Best Lap time of 1:59.327 was nearly matched by Mario Farnbacher in the No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 with a Best Lap of 1:59.342. The No. 53 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Trenton Estep took the third-place starting position. Bill Auberlen, Stevan McAleer and Alessandro Balzan will fight for the front from the rear of the PRO Class field.
PRO-AM Class
George Kurtz in the No. 04 CrowdStrike by Riley Mercedes-AMG GT3 took pole with a 2:00.893 lap time. Samantha Tan nearly answered his challenge with a lap time of 2:01.23 in the No. 38 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3. Anthony Bartone in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 will start in Row 2 from the third position. Adam Adelson in the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R will start alongside Bartone in fourth. The Top Five finishes off with the No. 91 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Jeff Burton. Derek DeBoer, Scott Smithson, Justin Wetherill complete the starting grid for Race One.
Neil Verhagen in the No. 38 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 took Snow’s record-setting pace and blew right past it. He was the fastest overall in the session, in the PRO-AM Class, and ever in a GT3 with his lap time of 1:58.763. Ryan Dalziel in the No. 33 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 puts the home team in second place starting position for Race Two. Third place is Colin Braun in the No. 04 CrowdStrike by Riley Mercedes-AMG machine. Starting alongside Braun is Ross Gunn in the No. 007 TRG Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3. Elliot Skeer in the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R will start Race Two from fifth. Bryan Sellers, Corey Lewis and Adam Christodoulou round out the Race Two grid.
Let’s Go Racing
Race One takes the green flag at 3:05 p.m. The final race of the weekend takes place Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Fans can see the cars and stars up close and personal by joining the fan walk on pit lane which begins at 1:15 p.m.
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