Moffat scores Phillip Island Trans Am pole position

James Moffat has converted his practice pace into pole position in Round 2 of the National Trans Am Series at the Phillip Island Shannons SpeedSeries event.

The Qualifying session lasted 20 minutes but all of the key matters were decided within minutes of pit lane opening at the Victorian circuit.

Moffat kicked things off with a 1:33.7676s in the #34 Garry Rogers Motorsport entry, 0.1633s up on team-mate Owen Kelly and 0.4107s clear of Ashley Seward Motorsport’s Brett Holdsworth, with those laps their fastest of the hit-out.

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Lochie Dalton made it four GRM entries in the top four when he improved to a 1:34.2164s on his second run, 0.2024s quicker than team-mate Edan Thornburrow.

Jaylyn Robotham ended up sixth, from Cody Gillis, Ben Grice, Nash Morris, and Elliott Cleary, with Tyler Everingham 13th in the 17-car field.

Race 1, a 13-lapper, starts this afternoon at 15:30 local time/AEST and can be seen as part of Stan Sport’s live and ad-free coverage of the Shannons SpeedSeries.

International viewers can watch the action live and free on Speedcafe.

Results: Qualifying

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Cls	Fastest lap	Split
1	34	Team Valvoline GRM	James Moffat	Ford Mustang	O	1:33.7676
2	73	Owen Kelly Motorsport	Owen Kelly	Ford Mustang	O	1:33.9309	0:00.1633
3	99	TPS Group /Breeze Holiday Park	Brett Holdsworth	Chevrolet Camaro	O	1:34.1783	0:00.4107
4	45	AWC	Lochie Dalton	Ford Mustang	O	1:34.2164	0:00.4488
5	116	Sydney Property Care GRM	Edan Thornburrow	Ford Mustang	O	1:34.4188	0:00.6512
6	29	The Racing Academy	Jaylyn Robotham	Ford Mustang	O	1:34.4925	0:00.7249
7	5	The Racing Academy	Cody Gillis	Ford Mustang	O	1:34.6601	0:00.8925
8	03	All American Driveline	Ben Grice	Ford Mustang	O	1:34.7839	0:01.0163
9	67	Supercheap Auto	Nash Morris	Ford Mustang	O	1:34.8294	0:01.0618
10	19	The Racing Academy	Elliott Cleary	Ford Mustang	O	1:35.1823	0:01.4147
11	30	Tom Hayman Motorsport	Tom Hayman	Ford Mustang	O	1:35.2960	0:01.5284
12	75	Pioneer DJ	Elliot Barbour	Chevrolet Camaro	O	1:35.3237	0:01.5561
13	27	Dream Racing Australia	Tyler Everingham	Chevrolet Camaro	O	1:35.4094	0:01.6418
14	23	Holinger Racing	John Holinger	Chevrolet Camaro	M	1:36.9915	0:03.2239
15	8	Wealth Rite Racing	Chris Pappas	Ford Mustang	H	1:37.9315	0:04.1639
16	200	Dream Racing Aust /Auto Fix	Joshua Webster	Chevrolet Camaro	O	1:37.9972	0:04.2296
17	777	Dream Racing Australia	Craig Scutella	Chevrolet Camaro	M	1:39.7618	0:05.9942

Classes: O Outright, H Hoosier Cup, M Masters Cup

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