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Thomas Merrill drove his No. 26 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang to the pole position for this afternoon’s Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race at W…
Thomas Merrill secured the pole position for the Trans Am Series race at Watkins Glen by driving his No. 26 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang to a lap time of 1m49.503s. His first pole of the 2024 season will see him starting alongside Thomas Annunziata in the No. 90 Bayshore Mortgage/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang, who clocked in at 1m49.590s for the front row. Merrill expressed satisfaction with his performance during the shortened weekend, noting the lack of testing time but praising the speed of his HP Tuners/Cope Mustang. The race is scheduled for 4:00pm ET today and will be broadcast live on MAVTV, with a highlights show airing on August 29th. Other top qualifiers include Carson Kvapil, Jake Drew, and Ben Maier.
