By Patrick Stephan
I was in transit between paddock and media center during this session, so didn’t see all the action, but like the USF2000 session, this one wasn’t exactly clean.
Conditions: Sunny with ambient at 70F and the track at 89F (average – see USF2000 practice notes for information on where temps are measured here in Toronto).
Michael d’Orlando from Turn 3 Motorsport led the session at 1:11.6914, turning his quickest lap on 7 of 10. That was a whopping 0.5838 ahead of Ricardo Escotto, who also brought a red flag in the session. Looked like Turn 10, and his Jay Howard Driver Development machine came back on the hook with left rear damage.
Jace Denmark was P3, followed by Joel Granfors and point leader Myles Rowe.
Denmark finished 2nd here in USF2000 Race #1, but otherwise swept the weekend, leading practice, two qualifying sessions, and winning race #2, so not a surprise he’s in the Top 3 of the first session this year – even though he’s moved up to Pro 2000.
I will try to follow up on the Yuven Sundaramoorthy car as he turned just 3 laps. More to come on that.
The session was also delayed due to fluid on pit lane from Lindsay Brewer’s machine that led to a track inspection/clean-up.
Christian Brooks, back in the series for the first time since St. Pete (most common reason in racing – budget issues), timed in 13th. The St. Pete race #1 winner is filling in at Turn 3 Motorsports as Jackson Lee is out due to a wrist injury he suffered at Mid-Ohio.
USF Pro 2000 Toronto Practice #1 Time Sheet:
| Pos | Car # | Driver | Best Time | Diff | Gap | Fast Lap | Total Laps | Team |
| 1 | 1 | Michael d’Orlando | 1:11.6914 | — | ‑‑.‑‑‑‑ | 7 | 7 | Turn 3 Motorsport |
| 2 | 4 | Ricardo Escotto | 1:12.2752 | 0.5838 | 0.5838 | 7 | 7 | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 3 | 20 | Jace Denmark | 1:12.3188 | 0.6274 | 0.0436 | 6 | 6 | Pabst Racing |
| 4 | 92 | Joel Granfors | 1:12.3568 | 0.6654 | 0.038 | 7 | 7 | Exclusive Autosport |
| 5 | 99 | Myles Rowe | 1:12.4263 | 0.7349 | 0.0695 | 7 | 7 | Pabst Racing |
| 6 | 19 | Jordan Missig | 1:12.4649 | 0.7735 | 0.0386 | 5 | 5 | Pabst Racing |
| 7 | 12 | Kiko Porto | 1:12.5520 | 0.8606 | 0.0871 | 5 | 5 | DEForce Racing |
| 8 | 2 | Jonathan Browne | 1:12.6931 | 1.0017 | 0.1411 | 7 | 7 | Turn 3 Motorsport |
| 9 | 3 | Louka St‑Jean | 1:12.7808 | 1.0894 | 0.0877 | 5 | 5 | Turn 3 Motorsport |
| 10 | 7 | Bijoy Garg | 1:12.9135 | 1.2221 | 0.1327 | 4 | 4 | DEForce Racing |
| 11 | 10 | Lirim Zendeli | 1:12.9208 | 1.2294 | 0.0073 | 7 | 7 | TJ Speed Motorsports |
| 12 | 91 | Salvador de Alba | 1:13.1485 | 1.4571 | 0.2277 | 7 | 7 | Exclusive Autosport |
| 13 | 44 | Christian Brooks | 1:13.1537 | 1.4623 | 0.0052 | 7 | 7 | Turn 3 Motorsport |
| 14 | 32 | Christian Weir | 1:13.1597 | 1.4683 | 0.006 | 7 | 7 | TJ Speed Motorsports |
| 15 | 55 | Francesco Pizzi | 1:13.2615 | 1.5701 | 0.1018 | 5 | 5 | TJ Speed Motorsports |
| 16 | 93 | Lindsay Brewer | 1:13.5881 | 1.8967 | 0.3266 | 6 | 6 | Exclusive Autosport |
| 17 | 81 | Nicholas Monteiro | 1:14.0271 | 2.3357 | 0.439 | 7 | 7 | NeoTech Motorsport |
| 18 | 40 | Jack William Miller | 1:14.5733 | 2.8819 | 0.5462 | 4 | 4 | Miller Vinatieri Motorsports |
| 19 | 90 | Yuven Sundaramoorthy | 1:15.1216 | 3.4302 | 0.5483 | 3 | 3 | Exclusive Autosport |