ALTON, Va. (October 7, 2022) – After pacing this morning’s only practice session, Raoul Hyman secured the pole position for Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda (FR Americas) at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) on Friday afternoon. With a lap time of 1:44.720 on his Hankook tires, Hyman (No. 27 Bethesda Holdings Limited / Solomon Capital Enterprises / Oaklands / Kinross Ligier JS F3) bested his TJ Speed Motorsports teammate Jason Alder (No. 77 Drive for Diabetes Awareness / HAKUN / TJ Speed Ligier JS F3) by three tenths. Nick Persing (No. 29 OPI Commercial Builders Ligier JS F3) rounded out the top three with the third TJ Speed Motorsports entry, recording a 1:45.403 lap.
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport teammates, Ryan Yardley (No. 78 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) and Dylan Tavella (No. 14 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) qualified fourth and fifth, respectively.
A full run-down of the official qualifying results can be found, here.
Lights out for FR Americas’ Race 1 is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday morning. The event will be live streamed on the SpeedTour TV YouTube page. Additionally, fans can tune in for FR Americas Race 2 when it streams on Saturday afternoon at 4:10 p.m. ET. Follow @FRAmericas on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for updates, or use Race Monitor to follow live timing and scoring.
Fans at the track have an opportunity to meet several FR Americas drivers during the Kids Club Storytime, where they’ll be reading children’s books aloud to our youngest fans in honor of the late Andy Scriven. Scriven, who is being honored with this weekend’s memorial race, was the chief designer for Ligier Automotive North America and had a passion for reading. Today, that passion is shared through the Andy Scriven “Race to Reading” program, which collects and distributes children’s books, creating access and helping children develop an enthusiasm for reading. Storytime with the VIR Kids Club will take place on the Front Porch of The Gallery at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon.
Photos by Gavin Baker Photography. Full-size images can be downloaded, here.
