Maxson, Bleekemolen Out Front in Qualifying at COTA

Photo: Copeland Motorsports

Tyler Maxson put Copeland Motorsports on pole for this afternoon’s Pirelli GT4 America race at Circuit of The Americas, while Jeroen Bleekmolen will start Race 2 from the top spot following the pair of qualifying sessions on Saturday morning.

Maxson reeled off a best lap of 2:14.859 in his Silver class No. 74 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO to edge out the No. 51 Auto Technic Racing BMW M4 GT4 of Zac Anderson by a mere 0.005 seconds.

Kevin Conway, meanwhile, made it a double pole for Toyota, with the Smooge Racing driver qualifying third overall and on top in the Pro-Am class in his No. 68 entry.

Jesse Webb will start Race 1 from fourth overall on the grid, followed by the No. 92 Random Vandals Racing BMW of Kevin Boehn, who completed the top-five.

Top qualifying honors in the Am class went to Charlie Postins in the No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW, which will roll off from tenth in the first 60-minute race of the weekend.

Q2 saw Bleekmeolen give the McLaren Artura its first series pole, thanks to a 2:13.927 lap time in the No. 54 Black Swan Racing entry.

The Gold-rated Dutchman’s time was 0.090 seconds ahead of Silver class pole-sitter Parker Thompson, with the No. 2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage GT4 of Michael Cooper third.

The Black Swan McLaren, as well as the No. 95 Valkyrie Velocity Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, are running additional ballast this weekend due to having a Gold-rated driver in its lineup.

Terry Borcheller, meanwhile, was the quickest Am class competitor in Q2 in his Carrus Callas Raceteam Toyota.

Race 1 is scheduled to get underway at 5 p.m. CT, with Race 2 on tap for Sunday at 10:50 a.m. CT, both of which will be streamed on SRO’s GT World YouTube page.

RESULTS: Qualifying 1/Qualifying 2

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