Menard Will Lead Sonoma TA Field
Written by I Dig Sports
SONOMA, Calif. The field has been set for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli National and Western Championship race at Sonoma Raceway. For the second day in a row, rain forced the abandonment of qualifying, leading to the field being set by practice times.
Paul Menard in the No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang will lead the field to green after setting a time of 1:30.148 in this mornings practice session. He will be joined on the front row by Chris Dyson in the No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang.
TA Cups Michelle Nagai (No. 72 Nagai Racing/Berkeley Jet Drive Chevrolet Camaro) was fastest of the Western Championship competitors, starting sixth overall after laying down a practice lap of 1:33.607.
Joshua Carlson (No. 36 Enseva/Diercks Ltd./TC Fab Ford Mustang) was the fastest National Championship competitor in the SGT class, while J.D. Koos (No. 12 Nicole Douglas Design Porsche GT3 Cup 991.1) was best in the class of the Western Championship competitors.
Chris Coffey (No. 97 Traffic Grafix/Chill Out Motorsports Maserati MC GT4) was fastest in the GT class. Xuanqian Wang in the Western Championship is the sole competitor in the XGT class, but did not make a time in practice due to a crash in yesterdays testing session.