First-time Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America drivers Aaron Povoledo and Corey Lewis will be on the pole for Round 7 of the series Saturday, July 12 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park after leading qualifying Friday, July 11 with a time of 1 minute, 21.180 seconds.
"First and foremost, hats have to go off to Lamborghini for building such an amazing rocket ship of a car," Povoledo said. "This is both of our first times driving these things. They're bloody gorgeous and fast, and they challenge you as a human being to be a better person to drive the thing."
The drivers of the No. 76 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 fielded by Musante Motorsport and representing Lamborghini Boston are getting their first experience in the series at CTMP. The Musante team spent the night before qualifying making setup changes and getting the car ready to race for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America rookies.
"It's been a big learning curve for the both us from yesterday to today," Lewis said. "The team has worked really well with us and given us everything we need, and it shows with the huge time gain."
Starting behind the No. 76 Lamborghini on the grid will be the second overall and top Amateur class qualifier, Dillon Machavern, who turned a top lap of 1:21.338 in the No. 07 Gallardo fielded by Mitchum Motorsport.
"We ended up switching tires halfway through because we knew we had a good car," Machavern said. "We just wanted that edge again, so we put new tires on. The car felt really good out of the box, so I just put two fast laps down and ended up in a good position. I'm just looking forward to being able to run my pace and not be in a lot of traffic. That's key in these cars and especially at this track."
Thursday practice leader Victor Gonzalez qualified third at 1:21.398 while Change Racing teammate and championship leader Kevin Conway qualified in eighth position at 1:23.131.
Saturday's race will be the first of two 50-minute races in the incredible Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo cars, powered by a 570-horsepower V10 engine.
Race One is scheduled for 8:55 a.m. (ET) Saturday, with Race Two following at 10:55 a.m. Sunday. Both races will be streamed live at http://squadracorse.lamborghini.com/en/live-usa.
The two rounds at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park continue a busy stretch of action worldwide for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo championship, which continues to reach new levels of success at every round in Europe, North America and Asia.
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