LAKEVILLE, ,Conn. — Thomas Annunziata (No. 70 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) earned his first General Tire Pole Award in qualifying for Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series Lime Rock Park 100.
Annunziata, who will make his fourth career series start Saturday, turned a lap of 54.193 seconds/98.182 mph around the 1.47-mile, seven-turn layout at Lime Rock Park.
Annunziata has three Trans Am starts at Lime Rock Park, with two third place finishes in 2023 and 2024, and a runner-up finish earlier this year.
Annunziata finished second in his ARCA Menards Series debut at Daytona International Speedway in 2024. He scored another top-five finish, fourth, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Brent Crews (No. 18 Mobil 1 Toyota) will start alongside Annunziata tomorrow. Crews paced practice earlier in the day, but fell 0.127 seconds short of the top spot in qualifying. Crews has three Trans Am starts at Lime Rock Park, with a best finish of seventh in 2023.
Lawless Alan (No. 20 AUTOParkIt Toyota), the 2019 Trans Am TA2 Rookie of the Year, qualified third in his first career ARCA Menards Series road course appearance. Alan finished eleventh in his only Trans Am start at Lime Rock Park in 2019.
Alon Day (No. 25 JSSI Toyota) qualified fourth in his first career ARCA Menards Series appearance.
ARCA Menards Series championship points leader Brenden Queen (No. 28 BestRepair.net Chevrolet) qualified fifth in his first career ARCA Menards Series road course appearance.
Ryan Gemmel (No. 29 TC3 Turf/Multibuilding Inc. Chevrolet), protégé of former NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Joe Nemechek, qualified sixth, ahead of two-time ARCA Menards Series East winner at Lime Rock Dale Quarterley (No. 4 Van Dyk Recycling Chevrolet).
