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Home News Dyszelski on pole as van Berlo joins USF Pro 2000 grid in Toronto

Dyszelski on pole as van Berlo joins USF Pro 2000 grid in Toronto

by Ida Wood

Photo: Gavin Baker Photography

Danny Dyszelski claimed pole for USF Pro 2000 race one in Toronto, which will mark the series debut of Glenn van Berlo.

Friday’s track action started with a half-hour practice session, and Turn 3 Motorsport’s points leader Lochie Hughes set a 1m11.3465s to lead Velocity Racing Development’s Nikita Johnson by just 0.0905 seconds.

There was an even smaller 0.0321s gap between third and sixth place, but Jay Howard Driver Development’s Frankie Mossman and the Pabst Racing trio of Simon Sikes, Jace Denmark and van Berlo were all more than 0.4s off the pace.

Turn 3’s Dyszelski was down in 13th place, 0.9453s slower than his team-mate Hughes.

Van Berlo was replacing Christian Brooks, who recently stepped up to Indy Nxt, and it marked the 22-year-old Dutchman’s first single-seater outing since 2020. That year he came ninth in Euroformula, and since then has been racing in sportscars. He was third in the 2022 International GT Open standings, and won the Silver Cup title in last year’s GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

“My last formula racing season was in 2020 before I transitioned to sports car racing,” said van Berlo. “However, my passion for single-seater racing has always remained strong, and I am eagerly looking forward to the weekend and collaborating with Pabst. This will be my first experience racing in Toronto and on a street course, making it an exciting challenge that will require quick adaptation.”

The pace was lowered in qualifying, with Dyszelski setting a 1m10.6353s to clinch pole by a tiny 0.0452s over Hughes. Sikes and Denmark were 0.2s behind in third and fourth, and van Berlo qualified fifth for his USFP2000 debut.

The title-contending Johnson was down in eighth, 0.5042s off the pace, and for the third time this season his team-mate was Shawn Rashid. The GB3 regular was slowest in the 17-car field as he took over the car normally raced by Nico Christodoulou.

Qualifying results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Danny Dyszelski Turn 3 Motorsport 1m10.6353s 11
2 Lochie Hughes Turn 3 Motorsport 1m10.6805s +0.0452s 11
3 Simon Sikes Pabst Racing 1m10.8391s +0.2038s 11
4 Jace Denmark Pabst Racing 1m10.9193s +0.2840s 11
5 Glenn van Berlo Pabst Racing 1m11.0077s +0.3724s 11
6 Liam Sceats TJ Speed 1m11.0556s +0.4203s 11
7 Mac Clark DEForce Racing 1m11.0596s +0.4243s 10
8 Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development 1m11.1395s +0.5042s 11
9 Nicholas Monteiro DEForce Racing 1m11.3878s +0.7525s 10
10 Ricardo Escotto BN Racing 1m11.4009s +0.7656s 11
11 Alessandro de Tullio BN Racing 1m11.5510s +0.9157s 12
12 Jorge Garciarce DEForce Racing 1m11.6246s +0.9893s 10
13 Frankie Mossman JHDD 1m11.6725s +1.0372s 8
14 Cooper Becklin TJ Speed 1m11.6735s +1.0382s 10
15 Tyke Durst Turn 3 Motorsport 1m11.8671s +1.2318s 12
16 Logan Adams Comet/NCMP Racing 1m12.0076s +1.3723s 10
17 Shawn Rashid Velocity Racing Development 1m12.4638s +1.8285s 11