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McAleer, Telitz Claim GT4 Poles at Indianapolis

Grids set for pair of season-ending races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway…

Photo: Regis Lefebure/SRO

Stevan McAleer and Aaron Telitz have claimed poles for this weekend’s season-ending Pirelli GT4 America races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

McAleer, in the No. 18 RS1 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, reeled off a best lap of 1:29.745 to edge out fellow Silver class competitor Michai Stephens in the No. 34 Conquest Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 by 0.412 seconds.

With a comfortable points lead heading into the event, McAleer and co-driver Eric Filgueiras can wrap up the class title in the first 60-minute race of the weekend.

Gray Newell made a late session improvement to claim Pro-Am class pole honors for Race 1 in the No. 24 The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

Newell bumped Ross Chouest to second in class, ahead of the Am class pole-sitting No. 35 Conquest Mercedes of Custodio Toledo, who recorded the fifth quickest time overall.

Q2 saw IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Lexus ace Telitz storm to a session-best time of 1:29.823 in his Pro-Am class No. 69 Smooge Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4.

It was 0.103 seconds quicker than the No. 47 Nolasport Porsche of Pro-Am points leader Jason Hart, followed by Andy Lee in third in the No. 8 Flying Lizard Motorsports Aston.

Silver class pole for Race 2 went to the No. 34 Conquest Mercedes of Gavin Sanders while Terry Borcheller claimed top qualifying honors in Am in his No. 20 Carrus Callas Raceteam Toyota.

The first GT4 America race of the weekend gets underway Saturday at 9:15 a.m. ET followed by Race 2 on Sunday at 11 a.m., with both streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube page.

RESULTS: Qualifying 1/Qualifying 2

John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John

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