Kohlbecker Claims First Pole of Season in Sonoma

Photo: TGRNA

Spike Kohlbecker edged out Jeremy Fletcher to take his first Toyota GR Cup North America pole position of the year in qualifying for the third round of the season at Sonoma Raceway.

The TechSport Racing driver reeled off a 1:50.534 lap time in his Toyota GR86 Cup car to outpace Fletcher, who took a pole sweep in the season-opening weekend in Arlington, by 0.245 seconds.

The No. 2 RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate entry of Will Robusto was third, followed by Ethan Goulart and Max Schweid, for BSI Racing and Speed Syndicate, respectively.

Beltre Curtis was sixth quickest, ahead of TechSport teammates Parker DeLong and Malbec Ramos, while Michael Edwards, the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Carl, qualified ninth.

Pole honors in the WWEX Group Legends Cup went to Livio Galanti in the No. 89 Dream Machine @ Eagles Canyon entry, which will start 14th overall in the 27-car field.

Race 1 is set to get underway at 4:15 p.m. PST (7:15 p.m. EST) with live coverage on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel and on GRCup.com, featuring commentary from Ryan Myrehn and Jonathan Grace, with Amanda Busick on pit lane.

RESULTS: Qualifying 1

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