MotoAmerica: Scholtz Seizes Supersport Pole Position At COTA

MotoAmerica: Scholtz Seizes Supersport Pole Position At COTA

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Mathew Scholtz seized pole position during MotoAmerica Supersport qualifying Saturday morning at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. After doing a 2:13.560 during Qualifying One (Q1) on Friday, the Championship point leader did a 2:13.370 on his Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 during Qualifying Two (Q2) Saturday morning and secured pole position for this weekend’s two races.

Tyler Scott lowered his lap time from 2:14.743 in Q1 to 2:13.498 in Q2, and that will allow him to start his Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750 from second on the grid.

Scholtz’s primary Championship challenger PJ Jacobsen will start his Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL Panigale V2 from the third and final spot on the front row thanks to the 2:13.522 he did in Q2.

Jake Lewis qualified fourth with a 2:13.536 on his Altus Motorsports Suzuki.

Corey Alexander was fifth at 2:14.456 on his Rahal Ducati Moto w/Roller Die + Forming.

Former Supersport World Championship rider Filippo Fuligni claimed the final spot on the second row and sixth overall with a time of 2:14.572 on his HONOS Ducati.

Row three qualifiers include Blake Davis (2:14.614) on his N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha, two-time AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion Martin Cardenas (2:14.750) on his EasyHealthPlans.com/TopPro Racing Suzuki, and Alfonso Linares (2:14.965) on his Zinc AL 32 Suzuki.

 

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