On the streets of Toronto, Evagoras Papasavvas grabbed his second pole in as many events, as like Mid-Ohio he scored the top starting spot for Race #1 of a multi-race weekend. Papasavvas followed up that Mid-Ohio Race #1 pole with the USF2000 race #1 victory, a feat he’ll certainly want to repeat on Saturday afternoon.
Papasavvas, 15, from Kirkland, WA led most of the session even as driver’s kept turning quicker and quicker laps as the session entered it’s final minutes. Someone lost a front wing near Turn 8, but the debris stayed off line and we stayed green.
Elliot Cox, who turned one lap in this morning’s practice, caught the wall and stacked up several driver’s with about 6 minutes to go. Looked like Cox may have touched the inside of Turn 7 and then slid out wide. He was in the middle of a big pack at the time, so anyone with him that may have been trying to put down a flyer got stacked up as he limped the car to pit lane.
The incident did NOT bring out a full course caution…but with a little under 4 minutes to go, we do go red.
Logan Adams, 8th at the time, got loose in Turn 8, with the rear coming around and just backing in to the wall at corner exit. He then spun around the rest of the way, but kept the suspension off the wall as he came to a stop just across the alternate time line (a few feet from Pit In).
The car did have some more extensive damage we didn’t see from the replay and would come back on the hook, burning up the final 3+ minutes of the session.
That gave the pole to Papassavvas for Race #1 which will run Saturday, July 15th at 1:40pm ET. That will be everyone’s second session with Race #2 Qualifying at 9:50am ET.
USF2000 Toronto Race #1 Unofficial Qualifying Results:
| Pos | Car # | Driver | Best Time | Diff | Best Lap | Total Laps | Hometown | Team |
| 1 | 6 | Evagoras Papasavvas | 1:12.8236 | 1:12.8236 | 12 | 13 | Kirkland WA | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 2 | 17 | Nikita Johnson | 1:13.1640 | 0.3404 | 12 | 12 | St Petersburg FL | VRD Racing |
| 3 | 23 | Jacob Douglas | 1:13.2521 | 0.4285 | 10 | 11 | Christchurch New Zealand | Pabst Racing |
| 4 | 24 | Max Garcia | 1:13.3216 | 0.498 | 6 | 11 | Miami FL | Pabst Racing |
| 5 | 8 | Lochie Hughes | 1:13.4052 | 0.5816 | 5 | 10 | Gold Coast Australia | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 6 | 22 | Simon Sikes | 1:13.5401 | 0.7165 | 8 | 11 | Atlanta GA | Pabst Racing |
| 7 | 10 | Jorge Garciarce | 1:13.5743 | 0.7507 | 12 | 13 | Guadalajara Mexico | DEForce Racing |
| 8 | 7 | Al Morey | 1:13.6431 | 0.8195 | 7 | 13 | Fortville IN | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 9 | 14 | Sam Corry | 1:13.6465 | 0.8229 | 6 | 11 | Cornelius NC | VRD Racing |
| 10 | 2 | Nico Christodoulou | 1:13.7283 | 0.9047 | 7 | 12 | Toronto ON Canada | VRD Racing |
| 11 | 95 | Chase Gardner | 1:13.7613 | 0.9377 | 9 | 12 | Sherman TX | Exclusive Autosport |
| 12 | 1 | Mac Clark | 1:13.8194 | 0.9958 | 8 | 11 | Toronto ON Canada | DEForce Racing |
| 13 | 9 | Logan Adams | 1:14.1118 | 1.2882 | 6 | 13 | Greenfield IN | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 14 | 67 | Elliot Cox | 1:14.4267 | 1.6031 | 8 | 10 | Indianapolis IN | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development |
| 15 | 12 | Maxwell Jamieson | 1:14.8338 | 2.0102 | 8 | 13 | Houston TX | DEForce Racing |
| 16 | 19 | Gordon Scully | 1:14.8496 | 2.026 | 12 | 13 | Chicago IL | VRD Racing |
| 17 | 93 | Avery Towns | 1:15.1264 | 2.3028 | 12 | 13 | Dallas TX | Exclusive Autosport |
| 18 | 91 | Joey Brienza | 1:16.0758 | 3.2522 | 10 | 12 | Denver CO | Exclusive Autosport |