Conquest/JMF Sweeps Road America Qualifying

Photo: Brian Cleary/SRO

Jesse Webb and co-driver Michai Stephens have claimed poles for this weekend’s Pirelli GT4 America races at Road America.

Webb stormed to a best lap of 2:14.645 in his No. 34 Conquest Racing/JMF Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 in Q1 to outpace the competition by nearly one-second.

He ended up 0.888 seconds ahead of the second-placed No. 92 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 of Kevin Boehm, with Harry Gottsacker third in the No. 88 STR38 Motorsports BMW.

Hannah Grisham out-qualified the entire Pro-Am class field to put her No. 26 The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 in fourth overall with the Am class pole.

The No. 44 Roster Hall Racing BMW of Johan Schwartz was quickest of the Pro-Am class contenders in Q1 in fifth, ahead of Matt Travis in a backup No. 47 Nolasport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport following Jason Hart’s crash on Friday in the Kink.

Q2 saw a red flag for the No. 22 TechSport Racing Nissan Z GT4 of Eric Powell, who made contact with the wall in Turn 8 early into the 15-minute session.

Track action resumed with just over four minutes to go, which provided one flying lap for each of the competitors.

Stevens laid down the best lap in the single-lap shootout, with a 2:15.132 time edging out the Pro-Am class pole-sitting No. 82 BimmerWorld BMW of Tyler McQuarrie by 0.022 seconds.

Kay van Berlo was third in the No. 7 ACI Motorsports Porsche, meanwhile.

Am class pole honors for Race 2 went to Juan Pablo Martinez in the No. 83 Nolasport Porsche following an accident for the No. 26 Heart of Racing Aston of Rianna O’Meara-Hunt as the checkered flag was waved.

The first race of the weekend takes the green flag at 5 p.m. CDT, followed by Race 2 on Sunday at 10:55 a.m., with both races streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube page.

RESULTS: Qualifying 1/Qualifying 2

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