By Patrick Stephan
The USF2000 presented by Cooper Tires Series took to the pit lane at Toronto with the air temp in the mid 70’s but dark skies above for Race #2 qualifying.
With 14 minutes to run Sikes was leading Papasavvas, Gardner, Johnson, and Hughes.
Those same names would dominate the session, with point leader Sikes eventually scoring his 3rd pole of the season over Papasavvas, Douglas, Johnson and Christodoulou.
Race #2 for the USF2000 Championship will run bright and early Sunday morning at 8:10am.
Max Garcia hit the wall early in the session, and despite the best efforts of his Pabst Racing crew, he was unable to get out for more laps. The team had to repair not just the front wing, but also the left front suspension.
The #91 of Joey Brienza had several issues in Turn 1, using the run-off a few times per calls from race control.
USF2000 Race #2 Qualifying Results
Rank | Car | Driver Name | Time | Diff | Best Lap | Laps |
1 | 22 | Simon Sikes | 1:11.9669 | 13 | 14 | |
2 | 6 | Evagoras Papasavvas | 1:12.1528 | 0.1859 | 16 | 16 |
3 | 23 | Jacob Douglas | 1:12.3426 | 0.3757 | 14 | 14 |
4 | 17 | Nikita Johnson | 1:12.3516 | 0.3847 | 14 | 14 |
5 | 2 | Nico Christodoulou | 1:12.4456 | 0.4787 | 12 | 14 |
6 | 7 | Al Morey | 1:12.4745 | 0.5076 | 16 | 16 |
7 | 1 | Mac Clark | 1:12.5219 | 0.555 | 14 | 14 |
8 | 95 | Chase Gardner | 1:12.5659 | 0.599 | 14 | 14 |
9 | 8 | Lochie Hughes | 1:12.5691 | 0.6022 | 10 | 15 |
10 | 14 | Sam Corry | 1:12.6398 | 0.6729 | 13 | 14 |
11 | 10 | Jorge Garciarce | 1:12.7544 | 0.7875 | 11 | 14 |
12 | 67 | Elliot Cox | 1:12.9856 | 1.0187 | 15 | 15 |
13 | 9 | Logan Adams | 1:13.0929 | 1.126 | 13 | 13 |
14 | 93 | Avery Towns | 1:13.6104 | 1.6435 | 5 | 14 |
15 | 12 | Maxwell Jamieson | 1:13.6326 | 1.6657 | 12 | 13 |
16 | 19 | Gordon Scully | 1:14.3559 | 2.389 | 10 | 14 |
17 | 91 | Joey Brienza | 1:14.9926 | 3.0257 | 7 | 11 |
18 | 24 | Max Garcia | 1:26.1385 | 14.1716 | 1 | 1 |