Francis Flies To Another Trans-Am Pole At Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. – Ernie Francis Jr. broke the Sebring Int’l Raceway track record for the second year in a row on Saturday, leading Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli qualifying in the TA class for the season-opening Sebring Speed Tour event. 98 Future Star Ford Mustang, his 20th career pole in TA class competition. I had a pole lap going on lap two and I hit traffic. I really wanted a pole for the Lucas Oil family and the Burtin Racing team. Thomas Merrill captured the pole for the TA2 race, turning a lap of 2:06.524 in the No. Last year, he spun out on the final lap only a handful of turns shy of victory. Justin Oakes captured his third pole for his third start in the SGT category, with the Houston driver turning a lap of 2:09.878-seconds in the No. Philip Di Pippo captured the GT pole with a lap of 2:27.937 in the No.

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