Nicholas Risitano (#8 Racers Motorsport Ford Mustang) will start from the eleventh position after being involved in a crash in Superpole. Guillaume Deflandre (#77 Memphis Racing Chevrolet SS), Julien Schell (#29 Pegasus Racing Chevrolet SS) and Justin Kunz (#46 Racing Total Ford Mustang) rounded out the top-10. Points leader and Valencia double winner Wilfried Boucenna (#37 Knauf Racing Ford Mustang) ended up sixth, right in front of last year’s race winner Denny Zardo (#2 Alex Caffi Motorsport Toyota Camry), who also showed a strong pace at the Autodromo di Franciacorta. I hope that I can win the race and I will surely give my best lap after lap!” The race is going to be very hard as we have a lot of oversteering and it’s really difficult to control it. “We took it despite some setup problems, I gave my absolute best. “I am so happy because it is my first pole position in NASCAR and I’m a bit surprised,” the Brazilian said. Paul Guiod (#73 Knauf Racing Ford Mustang) and Florian Venturi (#32 Go Fas Racing Ford Mustang), who was the fastest Rookie Cup driver, rounded out the top-5.
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NASCAR THE RISE OF AMERICAN SPEED DRIVER
The Brazilian driver scored his first ever NASCAR career pole position.ĬAAL Racing youngster Gil Linster (#44 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) ended up third with a strong performance on the 2.5 kilometer Italian track. In the ELITE 2 qualifying session Felipe Rabello (#11 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) edged his teammate Guillaume Dumarey (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) by a mere 0.021 seconds at the end of an exciting Superpole round, making it an all PK Carsport front row. Lucas Lasserre (#33 Mavi Mishumotors Chevrolet SS), Wilfried Boucenna (#73 Knauf Racing Team Ford Mustang), who led the Challenger Trophy, Gianmarco Ercoli (#9 Racers Motorsport Ford Mustang), Romain Iannetta (#32 Go Fas Racing Ford Mustang) and Francesco Sini (#12 Solaris Motorsport Ford Mustang) completed the top-10. Two-time champion Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) rounded out the top-5. Everybody did a great job, thank you CAAL Racing!”Īfter an unlucky weekend at Valencia, Marc Goossens will start from the second row in the ELITE 1 Round 3, alongside Frederic Gabillon (#3 Tepac RDV Compétition Toyota Camry). I had a pretty big gap in qualifying but the race is always different and I hope that I have good start to get away immediately and build some lead. This is an technical track and I know that my team is pretty good on such kind of tracks. We know that we are very quick here and it’s our homerace.
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“I am not done yet until I break the record,” the CAAL Racing driver said.
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Reigning NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Champion Alon Day (#54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) was dominant in qualifying at the Autodromo di Franciacorta for the NASCAR GP Of Italy and took his second consecutive pole position while Felipe Rabello (#11 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) grabbed the pole position in ELITE 2 in a nail-biting battle against his teammate Guillaume Dumarey (#11 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS).Īfter being quickest in practice and in the first qualifying round, Day scored a record-tying 8th career pole – he’s tied with Ander Vilarino at the top of the all-time list – thanks to a blistering fast 1'11.452 lap around the 2,504 Km of the Autodromo di Franciacorta, inflicting 0.651 seconds to second-placed Loris Hezemans (#50 Hendriks Motorsport Ford Mustang), who led the Junior Trophy. The Israeli crushes the field and ties all-time pole record
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Day and Rabello top NASCAR GP Italy Qualifying : The Israeli crushes the field and ties all-time pole record