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Home News USFP2000 title rivals Hughes and Johnson split by 0.111s in Toronto Q2
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USFP2000 title rivals Hughes and Johnson split by 0.111s in Toronto Q2

by Ida Wood
written by Ida Wood

Photo: Gavin Baker Photography

USF Pro 2000 title rivals Lochie Hughes and Nikita Johnson were split by just 0.1114 seconds in the fight for race two pole in Toronto.

The second qualifying session of the weekend went the way of Hughes late on, setting his best time on his penultimate lap for his fourth pole of 2024.

Johnson was already in the pits at the end of the session, and he will likely need to win and have Hughes finish lower than 17th to reclaim the points lead in race one.

Pabst Racing’s Jace Denmark was third fastest in Q2, 0.1881s off pole, and TJ Speed’s Cooper Becklin impressed to qualify fourth.

BN Racing’s Alessandro de Tullio was fifth after improving on his last lap, with Becklin’s team-mate Liam Sceats in sixth and Pabst’s Simon Sikes in seventh.

Turn 3’s race one poleman Danny Dyszelski was only eighth fastest, 0.6129s off pole, and Ricardo Escotto (BN Racing) and Mac Clark (DEForce Racing) rounded out the top 10.

Pabst’s debuting driver Glenn van Berlo – who is returning to single-seaters this weekend after several years racing GT sportscars – was unable to follow up his impressive fifth place from Q1 as he propped up the timesheet with a personal best laptime that was 2.2474s off the pace.

Race one takes place later today, while race two is on Sunday.

Qualifying results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Lochie Hughes Turn 3 Motorsport 1m09.1337s 15
2 Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development 1m09.2451s +0.1114s 13
3 Jace Denmark Pabst Racing 1m09.3218s +0.1881s 15
4 Cooper Becklin TJ Speed 1m09.4919s +0.3582s 14
5 Alessandro de Tullio BN Racing 1m09.5345s +0.4008s 16
6 Liam Sceats TJ Speed 1m09.6834s +0.5497s 14
7 Simon Sikes Pabst Racing 1m09.6904s +0.5567s 15
8 Danny Dyszelski Turn 3 Motorsport 1m09.7466s +0.6129s 14
9 Ricardo Escotto BN Racing 1m09.8347s +0.7010s 16
10 Mac Clark DEForce Racing 1m09.9363s +0.8026s 13
11 Frankie Mossman JHDD 1m10.0229s +0.8892s 13
12 Nicholas Monteiro DEForce Racing 1m10.0850s +0.9513s 13
13 Jorge Garciarce DEForce Racing 1m10.0863s +0.9526s 14
14 Tyke Durst Turn 3 Motorsport 1m10.1437s +1.0100s 15
15 Logan Adams Comet/NCMP Racing 1m10.4514s +1.3177s 14
16 Shawn Rashid Velocity Racing Development 1m11.0911s +1.9574s 14
17 Glenn van Berlo Pabst Racing 1m11.3811s +2.2474s 11