Udell, Foley Score Barber Poles

Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO

Alec Udell and Robby Foley have claimed pole positions for this weekend’s pair of Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS races at Barber Motorsports Park.

Udell took his No. 63 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R to a best lap of 1:21.231 to edge out Luca Mars’ No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 by 0.035 seconds.

Philip Ellis grabbed Pro-Am class pole in his No. 91 Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, qualifying third, with Conor Daly and Bill Auberlen completing the top-five in their Random Vandals Racing and ST Racing BMW M4 GT3s, respectively.

The No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Adam Adelson will start Race 1 sixth overall, followed by Justin Rothberg, Bryson Morris, Samantha Tan and Jake Pedersen, who completed the overall top-ten.

Q2 saw Foley jump to the top of the time charts in his No. 29 Turner Motorsport BMW, thanks to a 1:20.743 lap time

It was 0.178 seconds quicker than Neil Verhagen in the No. 38 ST BMW, with Tom Sargent set to start third overall and in the Pro-Am class for Race 2 in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche.

Riccardo Agostini will roll off fourth int he No. 88 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, with Kenton Koch claiming Race 2 pole in the Pro class in his No. 99 Random Vandals BMW, in fifth overall.

Race 1 gets underway this afternoon at 3:15 p.m. CDT, with Race 2 on tap for Sunday at 2:15 p.m. CDT, with both 90-minute races to be streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel and on Twitch.

RESULTS: Qualifying 1/Qualifying 2

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