By Steve Wittich
Braden Eves was once again the quickest driver in a USF2000 qualifying session. After just missing out on the track record in the first qualifying session the Cape Motorsports rookie
Once again, Eve’s veteran teammate Keane will start alongside him, with Hunter McElrea starting third again.
Tomorrow’s race #2 will be the 10th straight race that a Cape Motorsports driver will start on the inside of the front row in a USF2000 race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Christian Rasmussen (up five spots), Cameron Shield (up five spots), and Manuel Sulaiman (up four positions) were the drivers who improved the most between the pair of qualifying sessions.
The lowest rung of the Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires is back on track in just over two hours at 10:55 am for their second qualifying session
The lowest rung on the Road To Indy was back on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course after only having 2 hours and fifteen minutes to regroup after the first qualifying session.
At the half-way mark of the 20-minute session, Eves was ahead of McElrea, Sulaiman, Kaminsky, and Keane, who were all within a tenth of the provisional pole.
The first driver to grab the provisional pole in the second half of the session was Keane, with a track record-breaking lap of 84.643 seconds. His teammate Eves was right there only four-hundredths shy of Keane.
With four minutes remaining, Eves went back to the provisional pole. Further down the timing screens, McElrea, Crawford, and Sulaiman all improved, turning laps below 85 seconds.
Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Grand Prix of Indianapolis Qualifying #2 (Unofficial) Results.
RANK |
CAR NO. |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
QUICK LAP |
DIFFERENCE |
TOTAL LAPS |
1 |
8 |
Braden Eves |
Cape Motorsports |
1:24.540 |
–.—- |
13 |
2 |
2 |
Darren Keane |
Cape Motorsports |
1:24.643 |
0.1038 |
13 |
3 |
22 |
Hunter McElrea |
Pabst Racing |
1:24.667 |
0.1272 |
13 |
4 |
12 |
Manuel Sulaiman |
DEForce Racing |
1:24.871 |
0.3309 |
12 |
5 |
52 |
Jak Crawford |
DEForce Racing |
1:24.883 |
0.3434 |
12 |
6 |
27 |
Zach Holden |
BN Racing |
1:24.921 |
0.3810 |
10 |
7 |
23 |
Colin Kaminsky |
Pabst Racing |
1:24.975 |
0.4359 |
13 |
8 |
73 |
Cameron Shields |
Newman Wachs Racing |
1:25.111 |
0.5717 |
11 |
9 |
90 |
Manuel Cabrera |
Exclusive Autosport |
1:25.371 |
0.8315 |
13 |
10 |
41 |
Eduardo Barrichello |
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports |
1:25.376 |
0.8367 |
13 |
11 |
40 |
Jack William Miller |
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports |
1:25.384 |
0.8441 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
Alex Baron |
Legacy Autosport |
1:25.387 |
0.8478 |
11 |
13 |
28 |
Anthony Famularo |
BN Racing |
1:25.435 |
0.8954 |
11 |
14 |
77 |
Dakota Dickerson |
Legacy Autosport |
1:25.452 |
0.9124 |
10 |
15 |
6 |
Christian Rasmussen |
Jay Howard Driver Development |
1:25.526 |
0.9867 |
11 |
16 |
3 |
Reece Gold |
Cape Motorsports |
1:25.531 |
0.9909 |
12 |
17 |
36 |
Nolan Siegel |
Newman Wachs Racing |
1:25.544 |
1.0040 |
11 |
18 |
21 |
Yuven Sundaramoorthy |
Pabst Racing |
1:25.563 |
1.0238 |
14 |
19 |
24 |
Bruna Tomaselli |
Pabst Racing |
1:25.614 |
1.0746 |
14 |
20 |
5 |
Matt Round-Garrido |
Jay Howard Driver Development |
1:25.670 |
1.1304 |
13 |
21 |
7 |
Christian Bogle |
Jay Howard Driver Development |
1:27.528 |
2.9881 |
2 |
The first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship race of the weekend rolls off at 2:45 pm. That will be a 15-lap race.