Fletcher Edges Out Kohlbecker for Race 1 Pole at Arlington

Photo: Trevor Travis/TGRNA

Jeremy Fletcher edged out Spike Kohlbecker for the first pole position of the year in Toyota GR Cup North America ahead of tomorrow’s opening round of the season at the Grand Prix of Arlington.

The 2025 Mazda MX-5 Cup champion reeled off a chart-topping 2:07.149 lap time in his No. 22 Copeland Motorsports Toyota GR86 to edge out Kohlbecker, who paced practice, by 0.162 seconds.

Will Robusto will roll off from third on the grid in the No. 2 RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate entry, while Peter DeLong and Beltre Curtis completed the top-five for TechSport and Copeland, respectively.

The top-six were separated by less than one-second, with Practice 1 pace-setter Max Schweid qualifying sixth in the SRO America-run single-make series’ first visit to Arlington.

The 15-minute session ran without any red flags.

Race 1 is on tap for a 11:20 a.m. CT start on Saturday with live coverage on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel and on GRCup.com.

RESULTS: Qualifying 1

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