Brabham awarded pole after bad weather cancels qualifying for Trans Am season opener at Sebring

The field for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s season opener at Sebring International Raceway was set by practice e times after qualifying was canceled due to rain and lightning. Matthew Brabham will lead the field to green in the No. 16 Gym Weed Ford Mustang after setting the fastest practice time of 1m58.524s.

In this morning’s session, Jim Guthrie (No. 62 Guthrie’s Garage Ford Mustang) was the fastest competitor in TA Cup, putting him first in the class, and Billy Griffin (No. 14 Griffin Auto Care Mercedes Benz AMG GT3) will lead the field to green in XGT. Chris Coffey (No. 97 Traffic Grafix/NAI Racing/GTE Engineering Ferrari 458 Challenge) had the top speed in SGT, while Deric Carter (No. 24 PortableHeist.com Ford Mustang GT 500) will start first in GT. Jordan Bupp (No. 11 Hamilton Safe & Security Systems Chevrolet) was the fastest of the GT1 Challenge competitors.

Live coverage of the TA/GT race from Sebring will begin at 9:00am ET. It will be streamed LIVE on Trans Am’s YouTube channel, @TheTransAmSeries, and broadcast LIVE at RacingAmerica.TV.

TA Practice Top Five:

1. Matthew Brabham, No. 16 Gym Weed Ford Mustang (1:58.524)

2. Paul Menard, No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang (2:00.076)

3. Martin Ragginger, No. 7 Top Liner Chevrolet Camaro (2:01.491)

4. Tomy Drissi, No. 8 Trench Shoring Chevrolet Camaro (2:01.963)

5. David Pintaric, No. 57 Birds Eye View Project Ford Mustang (2:02.120)

TA Cup Practice:

1. Jim Guthrie, No. 62 Guthrie’s Garage Ford Mustang (2:03.646)

2. Cole Moore, No. 32 Chris Evans Race Cars Ford Mustang (2:06.788)

3. Ken Thwaits, No. 9 Franklin Road Apparel Chevrolet Camaro (2:07.198)

4. Matt Crandall, No. 08 Avant Garde Collection Ford Mustang (2:10.597)

XGT Practice:

1. Billy Griffin, No. 14 Griffin Auto Care Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 (2:06.830)

SGT Practice:

1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Traffic Grafix/NAI/GTE Engineering Ferrari 458 Challenge (2:10.420)

2. Patrick Utt, No. 49 RaceQuip/Driven Racing Oil Chevrolet Camaro (2:14.273)

3. Ray Mason, No. 68 TRB Autosport Ford Mustang (2:17.036)

4. Milton Grant, No. 15 Sentry Self Storage/Springhill Suites Porsche 992 (2:17.820)

GT Practice:

1. Deric Carter, No. 24 PortableHeist.com Ford Mustang GT 500 (No Time)

GT 1 Challenge Practice:

1. Jordan Bupp, No. 11 Hamilton Safe & Security Systems Chevrolet Camaro (2:04.559)

2. Paul Fix, No. 77 StopFlex Ford Mustang (2:05.126)

3. David Jans, No. 70 Ave Motorsports Ford Mustang (2:10.496)