Chris Dyson takes his second pole of 2024 at Road America

June 29, 2024

Danny Lowry fastest in XGT, Lee Saunders at the top of SGT, Chris Coffey best in GT

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (June 29, 2024) – Practice and qualifying for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli at Road America have concluded. Chris Dyson took pole in the No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang with a best time of 2:02.352. It is his second pole of the 2024 season.

“I think this pole is a great place to start,” Dyson said. “It’s a long race here, 100 miles, but the car has been great. The GYM WEED car rolled off the truck quickly and we’ve really just been fine-tuning it since then. The track was a little hotter than usual this afternoon and changed a lot with the rain, but I think we have a pretty strong car for all conditions and I’m optimistic for the race tomorrow. This place has been really good to us in the past and I hope tomorrow is one of those days.”

The TA/XGT/SGT/GT race will be held tomorrow at 2:05 p.m. ET/1:05 p.m. CT. The race will be broadcast LIVE on MAVTV and streamed live here. The race recap will air on MAVTV on Thursday, July 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

The top five of the TA qualification:
1. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (2:02.352)
2. Paul Menard, No. 3 Menards/Masterforce Tools Ford Mustang (2:02.377)
3. Adam Andretti, No. 17 Top Liner/Go Share Chevrolet Camaro (2:03.579)
4. Keith Grant, No. 40 Drissi Motorsports/Franklin Road Apparel Chevrolet Camaro (2:04.423)
5. Amy Ruman, No. 23 McNichols Co./Valley Automotive Chevrolet Corvette (2:05.140)

XGT Qualification:
1. Danny Lowry, No. 42 Bennett/BridgeHaul/PitBoxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (2:10.913)
2. Ricky Sanders, No. 43 BridgeHaul/Bennett/PitBoxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (2:11.651)

SGT qualification:
1. Lee Saunders, No. 84 LandSearch LLC Dodge Viper (2:14.220)
2. Joshua Carlson, No. 36 Enseva/TC Fab/Diercks Ltd. Ford Mustang (2:15.947)
3. Richard Forsythe, No. 58 GSpeed/Sambuca Restaurant Chevrolet Corvette (2:18.299)
4. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc./Sam Pierce Chevrolet Corvette (2:18.495)

GT qualification:
1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:18.604)
2. David Hampton, No. 14 AR Motorsports/Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport (2:22.828)
3. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:24.375)

The full qualification results can be found here.

The top 5 of TA practice:
1. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (2:01.869)
2. Brent Crews, No. 2 Mobil 1/Canopy Roofing Dodge Challenger (2:02.611)
3. Paul Menard, No. 3 Menards/Masterforce Tools Ford Mustang (2:02.747)
4. Adam Andretti, No. 17 Top Liner/Go Share Chevrolet Camaro (2:03.931)
5. Don Yount, No. 7 Drissi Motorsports/Franklin Road Apparel Chevrolet Camaro (2:04.734)

XGT Practice:
1. Danny Lowry, No. 42 Bennett/BridgeHaul/PitBoxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (2:12.249)
2. Ricky Sanders, No. 43 BridgeHaul/Bennett/PitBoxes.com Mercedes AMG GT3 (2:14.499)

SGT Practice:
1. Joshua Carlson, No. 36 Enseva/TC Fab/Diercks Ltd. Ford Mustang (2:16.449)
2. Lee Saunders, No. 84 LandSearch LLC Dodge Viper (2:17.103)
3. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc./Sam Pierce Chevrolet Corvette (2:18.842)
4. Richard Forsythe, No. 58 GSpeed/Sambuca Restaurant Chevrolet Corvette (2:21:376)

GT Practice:
1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:19.980)
2. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:23.794)
3. David Hampton, No. 14 AR Motorsports/Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport (No time)

The complete exercise results can be found here.