Qualifying report

IMSA Indianapolis starting lineup: Tom Blomqvist puts Acura Meyer Shank on pole

Here's how the grid lines up for the 2026 IMSA Weathertech.com Battle Of The Bricks at Indianapolis, with GTP, LMPII, GTD, and GTD Pro classes back sharing the track on Sunday

Tom Blomqvist put Acura Meyer Shank Racing on pole in a weather-impacted qualifying round in the Battle on the Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Driving the team’s #60 Acura ARX-06, Blomqvist delivered a flying lap of 1m14.674s to take the top spot on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. It marks Blomqvist’s seventh career pole, and the 25th pole in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Meyer Shank Racing.

“It was a tricky session,” said Blomqvist, who co-drives the entry with Colin Braun. “It’s a bit of who knows what’s going to happen with the weather, but yeah, we knew we had car pace. Drivers are never happy, right? So, it wasn’t like a super smooth practice session … The car was tricky to drive. My car really only had one lap in it. Just kind of had to hope and pray sort of thing that it would stick. The car’s been giving me confidence in key areas around here, which just unlocks lap times. Thanks to the guys, they’ve been working really, really hard. Obviously, it’s a great way coming towards our last couple of races with the program.”

Championship leader Jack Aitken (Whelen Cadillac) produced a late effort to qualify second, but was 0.301s behind Blomqvist’s pace-setting time.

GTP

Julien Andlauer (Porsche Penske Motorsport) held the early benchmark with a 1m15.235s in the #7 Porsche 963. With four minutes remaining, Aitken (Whelen Cadillac) got close with a 1m15.262s in the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R to slot second.

Blomqvist then went fastest, putting down the weekend’s first sub-1m15s lap with a 1m14.674s in the #60 Acura ARX-06 with under three minutes to go. He knocked off BMW M Team WR’s Dries Vanthoor, who, moments before, delivered a 1m15.073s lap in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8.

In the final seconds, Aitken remained out on track for a last-gasp effort, and was able to jump up to second with a 1m14.975s fast lap.

LMP2

It took until roughly halfway through the 15-minute session for tires to get warmed up in the LMP2 class. With roughly six minutes to go, the competitive times began to come in with PJ Hyett (AO Racing) establishing the early mark at 1m17.796s.

Moments later, Jon Farano (Tower Motorsports) clipped the curbing and went off and into the tire barrier in Turn 6. He was able to continue on, keeping the session under green flag.

Daniel Goldburg (United Autosports USA) then went to the top with a 1m17.713s lap, but was dethroned as Jeremy Clarke (Inter Europol Competition) fought back with a 1m17.555s flyer. Goldburg attempted to fight back, but only managed a 1m17.600s lap with roughly a minute to go.

Hyett’s chances of jumping up from third fell off due to traffic and was left in third with a 1m17.770s lap. In the end, Clarke’s quickest lap was good enough to hold on to the class pole. Goldburg’s fastest qualifying lap was deleted as a penalty for an earlier practice incident

GTD Pro & GTD

Following a weather delay due to lightning, qualifying sessions for both GTD Pro and GTD classes were canceled.

The grids for both classes were set on team points, with the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Neil Verhagen and Connor De Phillippi on pole in GTD Pro, followed by Nicky Catsburg and Tommy Milner in the #4 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports.

In GTD, the Winward Racing duo of Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in the #57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 will start on pole. Heart of Racing’s #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Eduardo ‘Dudu’ Barrichello and Tom Gamble will roll off second.

Qualifying

All Stats

Cla	Drivers	#	Chassis	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	T. Blomqvist C. Braun Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian	60	Acura ARX-06	10	1'14.674		117.583
2	J. Aitken E. Bamber Cadillac Whelen	31	Cadillac V-Series.R	10	+0.301 1'14.975	0.301	117.111
3	D. Vanthoor S. Van Der Linde BMW M Team WRT	24	BMW M Hybrid V8	9	+0.399 1'15.073	0.098	116.958
4	J. Taylor L. Deletraz Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	40	Cadillac V-Series.R	10	+0.542 1'15.216	0.143	116.736
5	R. van der Zande N. Yelloly Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian	93	Acura ARX-06	9	+0.542 1'15.216	0.000	116.736
6	F. Nasr J. Andlauer Porsche Penske Motorsport	7	Porsche 963	8	+0.561 1'15.235	0.019	116.706
7	R. Taylor F. Albuquerque Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	10	Cadillac V-Series.R	10	+0.679 1'15.353	0.118	116.524
8	L. Heinrich K. Estre Porsche Penske Motorsport	6	Porsche 963	10	+0.721 1'15.395	0.042	116.459
9	P. Eng M. Wittmann BMW M Team WRT	25	BMW M Hybrid V8	10	+0.804 1'15.478	0.083	116.331
10	R. Gunn R. De Angelis Aston Martin THOR Team	23	Aston Martin Valkyrie	10	+0.904 1'15.578	0.100	116.177
11	T. van der Helm N. Müller JDC/Miller Motorsports	5	Porsche 963	10	+1.566 1'16.240	0.662	115.168
12	J. Clarke T. Dillmann Inter Europol Competition	43	ORECA LMP2 07	11	+2.881 1'17.555	1.315	113.215
13	D. Goldburg P. di Resta United Autosports USA	22	ORECA LMP2 07	10	+3.039 1'17.713	0.158	112.985
14	P. Hyett D. Cameron AO Racing	99	ORECA LMP2 07	10	+3.096 1'17.770	0.057	112.902
15	M. Goikhberg H. Tincknell PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	52	ORECA LMP2 07	11	+3.230 1'17.904	0.134	112.708
16	T. Lutke M. Beche TDS Racing	11	ORECA LMP2 07	10	+3.278 1'17.952	0.048	112.639
17	G. Kurtz A. Quinn Crowdstrike Racing by APR	04	ORECA LMP2 07	10	+3.372 1'18.046	0.094	112.503
18	N. Boulle C. Rasmussen Era Motorsport	18	ORECA LMP2 07	9	+3.451 1'18.125	0.079	112.389
19	P. Fayer M. Jensen United Autosports USA	2	ORECA LMP2 07	11	+4.019 1'18.693	0.568	111.578
20	P. Fittipaldi C. Cumming Pratt Miller Motorsports	73	ORECA LMP2 07	11	+4.867 1'19.541	0.848	110.388
21	J. Farano T. Vautier Tower Motorsports	8	ORECA LMP2 07	6	+5.699 1'20.373	0.832	109.246
22	N. Verhagen C. de Phillippi Paul Miller Racing	1	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	0	-		-
23	A. Garcia A. Sims Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	3	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	0	-		-
24	T. Milner N. Catsburg Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	4	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	0	-		-
25	A. Caldarelli S. Mitchell Pfaff Motorsports	9	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	0	-		-
26	A. Telitz B. Pedersen Vasser Sullivan Racing	12	Lexus RC F GT3	0	-		-
27	O. Fidani M. Bell 13 Autosport	13	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	0	-		-
28	J. Hawksworth B. Barnicoat Vasser Sullivan Racing	14	Lexus RC F GT3	0	-		-
29	S. Monk F. Fraga Myers Riley Motorsports	16	Ford Mustang GT3	0	-		-
30	D. Barrichello T. Gamble Heart Of Racing Team	27	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	0	-		-
31	A. Costa L. Patrese Conquest Racing	34	Ferrari 296 GT3	0	-		-
32	M. Filippi R. Wickens DXDT Racing	36	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	0	-		-
33	D. Formal T. Hindman Wayne Taylor Racing	45	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	0	-		-
34	R. Ward P. Ellis Winward Racing	57	Mercedes-AMG GT3	0	-		-
35	M. Esterson N. Johnson RLL Team McLaren	59	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	0	-		-
36	B. Barker D. Olsen Ford Racing	64	Ford Mustang GT3	0	-		-
37	C. Mies F. Vervisch Ford Racing	65	Ford Mustang GT3	0	-		-
38	J. Walker C. Lewis Gradient Racing	66	Ford Mustang GT3	0	-		-
39	V. Hasse-Clot M. Sorensen Car Blanche	68	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	0	-		-
40	B. Iribe F. Schandorff Inception Racing	70	Ferrari 296 GT3	0	-		-
41	N. Tandy H. King AO Racing	77	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	0	-		-
42	G. Altoè C. Stevenson DragonSpeed	81	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	0	-		-
43	P. Gallagher R. Foley Turner Motorsport	96	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	0	-		-
44	A. Adelson C. Ilott Wright Motorsports	120	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	0	-		-
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