Paul Menard Earns Second-Consecutive Pole, Third of 2024 at Mid-Ohio
June 22, 2024
Kaylee Bryson Fastest in SGT, Chris Coffey Best GT
LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 22, 2024) – Practice and qualifying have concluded for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Paul Menard in the No. 3 Menards/Masterforce Tools Ford Mustang earned his second-consecutive pole with a new track record at the recently-repaved track, laying down a time of 1:19.747. This is Menard’s third pole of the 2024 season. Menard was the fastest qualifier in TA’s last outing at Pittsburgh International Race Complex two weeks ago, and he also earned a pole earlier this season at NOLA Motorsports Park.
“I've watched a hundred races on TV here, but I've never been to the facility,” said Menard. “I drove in with my wife and kids yesterday morning and I had no idea where to park or anything. This is one of those tracks where, you think of sports car racing, or any kind of racing in North America, and Mid-Ohio is right up there. So, to get the pole here is amazing. Thank you to 3GT: Paul, Tony and John Gentilozzi, all the guys on the crew. This is an awesome Ford Mustang. At most of these tracks, we show up, they give me a session to learn the track, then we go to work on the car. Luckily, we don't have to work too hard on it because it's pretty fast.”
The TA/XGT/SGT/GT race will be contested tomorrow at 12:40 p.m. ET. The race will be broadcast LIVE on MAVTV and streamed live here. The highlights show of the race will air on MAVTV on Thursday, June 27 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
TA Qualifying Top Five:
1. Paul Menard, No. 3 Menards/Master Force Tools Ford Mustang (1:19.747)
2. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (1:20.115)
3. Adam Andretti, No. 17 Top Liner/Go Share Chevrolet Camaro (1:20.876)
4. Amy Ruman, No. 23 McNichols Co. Chevrolet Corvette (1:21.465)
5. Tomy Drissi, No. 8 Franklin Road Apparel Chevrolet Camaro (1:21.952)
SGT Qualifying:
1. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc./Sam Pierce Chevrolet Corvette (1:26.988)
2. Lee Saunders, No. 84 LandSearch LLC Dodge Viper (1:27.141)
3. Richard Forsythe, No. 58 GSpeed/Sambuca Restaurant Chevrolet Corvette (1:27.630)
4. Milton Grant, No. 55 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 991.1 GT3 Cup (1:28.326)
GT Qualifying:
1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:28.722)
2. David Hampton, No. 14 AR Motorsports/Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport (1:29.155)
3. Jack Rinke, No. 12 Ed Rinke Chevrolet/Chevrolet Performance Camaro (1:32.568)
4. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:32.872)
Full qualifying results can be found here.
TA Practice Top Five:
1. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (1:19.807)
2. Paul Menard, No. 3 Menards/Master Force Tools Ford Mustang (1:20.721)
3. Adam Andretti, No. 17 Top Liner/Go Share Chevrolet Camaro (1:21:788)
4. Wally Dallenbach, No. 4 Ultimate Headers Ford Mustang (1:22.032)
5. Amy Ruman, No. 23 McNichols Co. Chevrolet Corvette (1:22.392)
SGT Practice:
1. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc./Sam Pierce Chevrolet Corvette (1:26.854)
2. Lee Saunders, No. 84 LandSearch LLC Dodge Viper (1:27.586)
3. Milton Grant, No. 55 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 991.1 GT3 Cup (1:29.643)
4. Richard Forsythe, No. 58 GSpeed/Sambuca Restaurant Chevrolet Corvette (1:29.823)
GT Practice:
1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:28.236)
2. David Hampton, No. 14 AR Motorsports/Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport (1:29.046)
3. Jack Rinke, No. 12 Ed Rinke Chevrolet/Chevrolet Performance Camaro (1:34.019)
4. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (1:34.785)
Full practice results can be found here.
