Yahoo Autos Hedge, Sherlock on pole for opening races of COTA FR Americas, F4 US finales
Callum Hedge will lead the field to the starting grid after securing the pole for Race 1 of the Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda final weekend at Circuit of The Americas. Hedge (No. 17 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) set a fast lap of 2m03.575s to better teammate and championship rival Ryan Shehan (No. 66 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) by just 0.776s. Oliver Westling (No. 1 JENSEN Ligier JS F3), who is fighting to finish in the top three in the point standings, rounded out the top three in qualifying.
The lights go out 9:15am CT, and a live stream broadcast of the race will be available on the SpeedTourTV YouTube page
#31 Titus Sherlock, Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport,
Titus Sherlock is racing for the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda (F4 U.S.) title this weekend at COTA, and Friday, he’ll start that championship battle from the front of the grid. Recording a 2m15.593s, Sherlock (No. 31 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F4) had just a 0.006s advantage over Daniel Cará (No. 10 Tenuta Foppa & Ambrosi Ligier JS F4) to secure the pole position for Race 1. After winning two of the three rounds at VIRginia International Raceway last month, Augie Soto-Schirripa (No. 24 International Motorsport Ligier JS F4) qualified third for tomorrow’s race with a lap time of 2:15.760.
Sherlock is currently tied with Michael Costello (No. 19 Jay Howard Driver Development / CSU One Cure / Lucas Oil / LHP Ligier JS F4) for second in the point standings, and both drivers are 66.5 points behind leader Patrick Woods-Toth (No. 27 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F4). Costello will line up 13th, while Woods-Toth will start from fourth on the grid.
F4 U.S. hits the track tomorrow for Race 1 at 12pm CT on Friday, and a live stream broadcast of the race will be available on the SpeedTourTV YouTube page.
