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IMSA Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
CTMP IMSA: Blomqvist grabs pole from Taylor by 0.068s in Acura 1-2
Tom Blomqvist scored pole position as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returned to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in his Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 3, 2022, 7:18 AM
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Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor set the early pace at the 2.45-mile track, formerly known as Mosport Park, and worked his way down to 1m04.462s in his Acura – over a second under the lap record.
Friday pacesetter Blomqvist then produced a stunning lap of 1m04.394 that was right on the ragged edge in Turn 3, before he then slid right off the track at Moss Corner while trying to improve on his P1 time on the following tour.
“It was an absolute wild ride, I was over my limit, I’m not going to lie,” he admitted. “That session was a case of putting your brain to one side.”
Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller Motorsports) was the fastest of the Cadillacs but over half a second off the Acuras. Alex Lynn (Chip Ganassi Racing), Olivier Pla (Action Express) and Sebastien Bourdais completed the top six, the latter suffering a spin at Moss.
Jarrett Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Gar Robinson (Riley Motorsports) dueled over the pole in LMP3, with Andretti taking it by 0.072s. Ari Balogh will start third for Jr III Racing, ahead of Jon Bennett (CORE Autosport).
#9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R: Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet
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In the GTD classes, Mathieu Jaminet’s Pfaff Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R beat the Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F of Frankie Montecalvo to pole position.
Jaminet started off with a lap of 1m15.703s, before a grassy off at the exit of the final corner cost him time on a potentially quicker lap. As Montecalvo reeled off a 1m15.633s to grab P1, Jaminet regrouped and lowered his best time to a class record-breaking 1m15.468s.
Montecalvo was second fastest overall, and first of the non-Pro cars, ahead of Alex Riberas in the Pro class Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage entry. John Edwards was fourth in the Team RLL BMW M4, just pipping Jordan Taylor in the factory Corvette C8.R.
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park - IMSA qualifying results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 60 Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist DPi Acura DPi 1'04.394 2 10
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque DPi Acura DPi 1'04.462 0.068 3 5
Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook DPi Cadillac DPi 1'04.895 0.501 4 02
Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn DPi Cadillac DPi 1'05.082 0.688 5 31
Olivier Pla
Pipo Derani DPi Cadillac DPi 1'05.126 0.732 6 01
Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais DPi Cadillac DPi 1'05.266 0.872 7 36
Jarett Andretti
Gabby Chaves LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'13.102 8.708 8 74
Gar Robinson
Scott Andrews LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'13.174 8.780 9 30
Ari Balogh
Garett Grist LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'13.815 9.421 10 54
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'14.056 9.662 11 13
Orey Fidani
Kyle Marcelli LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'14.832 10.438 12 33
Joao Barbosa
Lance Willsey LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'15.121 10.727 13 9
Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'15.468 11.074 14 12
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'15.633 11.239 15 23
Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas GTD PRO Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'15.890 11.496 16 25
Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 1'15.899 11.505 17 3
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 1'15.955 11.561 18 27
Roman De Angelis
Maxime Martin GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'15.975 11.581 19 1
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow GTD BMW M4 GT3 1'16.004 11.610 20 57
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis GTD Mercedes AMG GT3 1'16.039 11.645 21 14
Ben Barnicoat
Kamui Kobayashi GTD PRO Lexus RC F GT3 1'16.071 11.677 22 96
Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen GTD BMW M4 GT3 1'16.156 11.762 23 51
Ryan Eversley
Aidan Read GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'16.250 11.856 24 79
Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella GTD PRO Mercedes AMG GT3 1'17.071 12.677 View full results
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