TA points leader Paul Menard moved a step closer to a title by taking pole position for Sunday’s Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli season finale at Circuit of The Americas. Carson Kvapil earned his first-career pole in TA2.

The season finale CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race will be contested on Sunday at 10:35am CT, followed by the TA/XGT/SGT/GT race at 12:45pm CT. The races will be streamed live here and broadcast live on MAVTV. The highlight shows of the races will air on MAVTV on Thursday, Nov. 7, with the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race airing at 8:00pm ET and TA/XGT/SGT/GT airing at 9:00pm ET.

Menard laid down a blazing-fast time of 2m03.800s in his No. 3 Menards/Masterforce Tools Ford Mustang. Menard goes into the season finale with a 93-point lead over second-place Chris Dyson (No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang) and is hoping to capture his first-career Trans Am title.

“I’m just super proud of everybody at 3GT,” said Menard. “You know, we don’t have the championship locked up by any means, but we’re really dang close. We came into this last race, not to coast and just collect a couple points, but we wanted to win the pole, and we want to win the race. We did the first part, and we’re going to race like hell tomorrow.”

Kvapil claimed his first-career pole in the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series, making a lap time of 2m10.459s in his No. 17 Team SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro.

“I’m pretty excited,” said Kvapil. “This is obviously my first time here at COTA, so not getting to test or anything like that, just kind of winging it and coming here for the weekend, is a little tough. We had an engine let go last practice and we only made one lap with sticker tires, so it’s pretty cool to be on the pole here at COTA. Hopefully this car stays fast, which I’m sure it will with Scott [Lagasse Jr.] and the whole Chevy group taking care of it. I just can’t thank everybody enough for putting in the hard work, especially today swapping motors.”

XGT’s Will Rodgers (No. 12 Chris Evans Inc. Chevrolet Camaro) was the fastest of the Western Championship competitors in TA/XGT/SGT/GT time trials, qualifying sixth overall with a best time of 2m06.751s.

CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Western Championship title contender Tim Barber is starting his weekend off on the right foot, setting a lap time of 2m12.058s in his No. 33 DIG Motorsports Ford Mustang. Barber currently sits 43 points behind current leader Michael LaPaglia (No. 31. Papini’s Garage/F.A.S.T. Auto/Howe Ford Mustang), who qualified fifth in class.

Newcomer Scott Dollahite in the No. 46 Dollahite Racing Audi R8 was the fastest National Championship XGT competitor. Lee Saunders in the No. 84 Landsearch LLC Dodge was fastest of the SGT drivers, and 2024 GT champion Chris Coffey in the No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 was best in his class.

TA Qualifying Top Five:

1. Paul Menard, No. 3 Menards/Masterforce Tools Ford Mustang (2:03.800)

2. Gar Robinson, No. 74 74 Ranch Resort Chevrolet Camaro (2:04.493)

3. Chris Dyson, No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang (2:05.012)

4. Thomas Annunziata No. 2 STEEL-IT/Weaver Racing Dodge Challenger (2:05.268)

5. Tomy Drissi, No. 8 Drissi Motorsports/Lucas/Mission Chevrolet Camaro (2:06.966)

XGT Qualifying:

National Championship

1. Scott Dollahite, No. 46 Dollahite Racing Audi R8 (2:06.593)

2. Will Rodgers, No. 12 Chris Evans Inc. Chevrolet Camaro (2:06.751)

3. Ken Sutherland, No. 85 Kallberg Construction/Wyatt Fire Protection Dodge Challenger (2:09.465)

4. John Moore, No. 27 JM Environmental Ford Mustang (2:14.627)

5. Chris Evans, No. 92 Central Welding Supply Ford Mustang (2:32.506)

Western Championship

1. Will Rodgers, No. 12 Chris Evans Inc. Chevrolet Camaro (2:06.751)

2. Michael McAleenan, No. 31 Smith Alling PS/Lowe Group Racing Lamborghini GT3 Huracan EVO (2:08.974)

3. Ken Sutherland, No. 85 Kallberg Construction/Wyatt Fire Protection Dodge Challenger (2:09.465)

4. John Moore, No. 27 JM Environmental Ford Mustang (2:14.627)

5. Chris Evans, No. 92 Central Welding Supply Ford Mustang (2:32.506)

SGT Qualifying:

National Championship

1. Lee Saunders, No. 84 Landsearch LLC Dodge Viper (2:18.358)

2. Kaylee Bryson, No. 02 Logical Systems Inc./Sam Pierce Chevrolet Corvette (2:18.482)

3. Michael LaPaglia. No. 81 Papini’s Garage/F.A.S.T. Auto/Howe Ford Mustang (2:20.182)

4. Joshua Carlson, No. 36 Enseva/TC Fab/Diercks Ltd. Ford Mustang (2:25.485)

GT Qualifying:

National Championship

1. Chris Coffey, No. 97 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:15.844)

2. David Hampton, No. 14 AR Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport (2:20.106)

3. Colin Cohen, No. 38 Norwood Auto Italia/Traffic Grafix Maserati MC GT4 (2:28.265)

Full TA/XGT/SGT/GT qualifying results can be found here.

CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Qualifying Top Five:

National Championship

1. Carson Kvapil, No. 17 Team SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro (2:10.459)

2. Thomas Merrill, No. 26 Bennett/HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang (2:10.583)

3. Nathan Herne, No. 15 F.A.S.T. Auto Racing Chevrolet Camaro (2:10.623)

4. Thomas Annunziata, No. 90 Bayshore Mortgage/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (2:10.631)

5. Brent Crews, No. 70 Franklin Road/Mobil 1/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (2:10.677)

Western Championship

1. Tim Barber, No. 33 DIG Motorsports Ford Mustang (2:12.058)

2. Kyle Kelley, No. 80 PK+k Properties/UPRacing.com Ford Mustang (2:13.787)

3. JC Meynet, No. 28 B-Bar Ranch/Killer Shrimp Chevrolet Camaro (2:13.924)

4. Tim Carroll, No. 46 CRDMFG.com Chevrolet Camaro (2:14.306)

5. Michael LaPaglia, No. 31 Papini’s Garage/F.A.S.T. Auto/Howe Ford Mustang (2:14.366)

Full TA2 qualifying results can be found here.