Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing secures pole for Laguna Seca IMSA race

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Wayne Taylor Racing's Cadillac V-Series.R secured pole position for the IMSA race at Laguna Seca with a lap time of 1m13.221s. This is the team's first pole since 2024 at Road America.

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Wayne Taylor Racing secured pole position at Laguna Seca
Cadillac V-Series.R achieved a lap time of 1m13.221s
This is the first pole since 2024 for the team

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on pole at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

The 29-year-old Swiss driver wheeled the #40 Cadillac V-Series.R to a flying lap of 1m13.221s around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course to take the top spot. It marks the first pole for Wayne Taylor Racing since 2024 (Road America).

“That’s awesome,” Deletraz said. “I’m so happy. We’ve been working really hard. All the boys and girls have been really pushing for performance and it’s great to reward them with a pole position.”

The WTR Cadillac will have company on the front row as Jack Aitken put the the #31 Whelen Cadillac in second, 0.280s behind.

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The 15-minute session saw Deletraz put down his best lap with just under five minutes to go, and remained untouched throughout.

Behind Deletraz and Aitken was Nick Yelloloy, who had the #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 in third with a late quick lap of 1m13.696s. Dries Vanthoor handed the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 a fourth-place start for BMW M Team WRT, 0.514s behind.

Tom Blomqvist (Acura Meyer Shank Racing) was fifth, with Ross Gunn (Aston Martin THOR Team) in sixth.

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Vasser Sullivan’s Jack Hawksworth delivered a strong run of 1m21.228s to put the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 on pole. It’s the Briton’s 16th career pole, but first at Laguna Seca. He now has taken pole at nine different race tracks.