Matthew Brabham Continues Qualifying Dominance in TA Class at Road America

Through the opening seven events of the 2026 Trans Am Series by Pirelli season, there has been only one driver, Matthew Brabham, to secure a pole position in the TA Class. Brabham continued his qualifying dominance Saturday at Road America, winning the pole position for Sunday afternoon’s event at the 4.048-mile road course in Wisconsin.

In order to secure his seventh pole of 2026, Brabham had to out-run his championship rival, Paul Menard, while also laying down a sub-two-minute lap time around Road America. It wasn’t a clear runaway, though, as the Chris Dyson Racing driver only beat Menard, the fastest driver in Saturday’s practice session, by 0.140 seconds.

Tomy Drissi will start from third, but at a distance, sitting 4.8 seconds behind Brabham’s pole-winning time, with David Pintaric in fourth and Jon DeGaynor rounding out the top-five. Amy Ruman will start shotgun on the TA Class field Sunday after not posting a qualifying lap.

TA Qualifying Results at Road America:

1. #16 Matthew Brabham (1:59.996)
2. #3 Paul Menard (2:00.136)
3. #8 Tomy Drissi (2:04.815)
4. #57 David Pintaric (2:05.347)
5. #4 Jon DeGaynor (2:10.263)
6. #23 Amy Ruman (No Time)

TA Practice Results at Road America:

1. #3 Paul Menard (2:02.515)
2. #8 Tomy Drissi (2:04.794)
3. #57 David Pintaric (2:05.448)
4. #23 Amy Ruman (2:06.733)
5. #16 Matthew Brabham (2:06.790)
6. #4 Jon DeGaynor (2:07.372)

Cole Moore (No. 99 JM Environmental / Moore Motorsports Ford Mustang) enters this weekend’s event at Road America looking to be crowned the first-ever championship of the Trans Am Series by Pirelli’s TA Cup Championship, and he’s started the weekend off with a pole position.

Moore enters the weekend sitting 14 points ahead of Jim Guthrie (No. 62 Guthrie’s Garage Ford Mustang), who will start alongside Moore when the race goes green on Sunday. However, the difference between the two title contenders was massive, sitting at 2.294 seconds.

Ken Thwaits was the third-fastest driver in the TA Cup qualifying session, with David Kunicki managing to post the fourth-fastest lap. Ken Sutherland will start fifth, after not posting a time during the 15-minute session.

TA Cup Qualifying Results at Road America:

1. #99 Cole Moore (2:04.422)
2. #62 Jim Guthrie (2:06.716)
3. #9 Ken Thwaits (2:07.426)
4. #86 David Kunicki (2:11.226)
5. #85 Ken Sutherland (No Time)

TA Cup Practice Results at Road America:

1. #99 Cole Moore (2:04.646)
2. #62 Jim Guthrie (2:07.904)
3. #9 Ken Thwaits (2:08.042)
4. #85 Ken Sutherland (2:08.716)
5. #86 David Kunicki (2:11.980)

Colin Comer (No. 6 Colin’s Classic Auto Ford Mustang) has secured the pole for Sunday’s Trans Am Series by Pirelli GT1 Challenge event at Road America, posting a time of 2:05.765 in qualifying on Saturday. Comer is in the class with Lawrence Loshak and Rob Dickey this weekend, but neither driver turned laps in the Open Test, Practice, or Qualifying.

GT1 Challenge Qualifying Results at Road America:

1. #6 Colin Comer (2:05.765)
2. #00 Lawrence Loshak (No Time)
3. #64 Rob Dickey (No Time)

GT1 Challenge Practice Results at Road America:

1. #6 Colin Comer (2:07.306)
2. #00 Lawrence Loshak (No Time)
3. #64 Rob Dickey (No Time)

Austen Dinger (No. 88 Dinger Excavation Chevrolet Corvette) is making his Trans Am Series by Pirelli debut this weekend at Road America and has been at the head of the field in the SGT Class throughout all on-track sessions this weekend.

The Fort Worth, Texas-native posted a lap time of 2:13.982 in the 15-minute session, which ranked 1.9 seconds ahead of Patrick Utt. Utt is second in SGT Class point standings and is currently in the process of trying to track down points leader Chris Coffey, who isn’t in Road America this weekend.

Derric Carter, a new addition to the SGT Class, will start from third, with Tim Gray in fourth.

SGT Class Qualifying Results at Road America:

1. #88 Austen Dinger (2:13.982)
2. #49 Patrick Utt (2:15.808)
3. #24 Derric Carter (2:20.051)
4. #60 Tim Gray (2:27.210)

SGT Class Practice Results at Road America:

1. #88 Austen Dinger (2:14.449)
2. #49 Patrick Utt (2:16.699)
3. #60 Tim Gray (2:28.474)
4. #24 Derric Carter (No Time)