Rafa Matos Earns Second CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Pole of 2024 at Lime Rock Park

May 24, 2024

Evan Slater Starting Second in Trans Am Return

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (May 24, 2024) – Practice and qualifying have concluded for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race at Lime Rock Park. Rafa Matos (No. 60 Concord American Flagpole/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang) earned his second Pole Award of the season, clocking a time of 51.658. Starting beside Matos will be Evan Slater (No. 17 CUBE 3/Franklin Road/M1 Ford Mustang), who qualified second with a best time of 52.084.  

"It feels great to get the pole today," said Matos. "I think the Nitro Motorsports team has prepped four amazing racecars. All the cars are very fast. We were a little bit behind in practice, but my crew chief worked really hard to make sure the car was the way I liked it for qualifying. Qualifying was a bit complicated. I was catching traffic on my fastest lap, so I had to sacrifice that lap and go for another one. The car was good enough that I managed to put a couple of good laps together and get the pole position, very close to the track record. Hats off to Concord America Flagpole. This is Chris Dyson's home track, and there's a lot of anticipation for this event for us. It's amazing to deliver a good result. Let's get it done tomorrow."

Qualifying:
1. Rafa Matos, No. 60 Concord American Flagpole/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (51.658)
2. Evan Slater, No. 17 CUBE 3/Franklin Road/M1 Ford Mustang (52.084)
3. Jake Drew, No. 7 Silver Hare Racing Chevrolet Camaro (52.169)
4. Ben Maier, No. 80 BOE Marine/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (52.171)
5. Thomas Merrill, No. 26 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang (52.272)

Full qualifying results can be found here.

Practice:
1. Thomas Annunziata, No. 90 Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (52.183)
2. Evan Slater, No. 17 CUBE 3/Franklin Road/M1 Ford Mustang (52.316)
3. Rafa Matos, No. 60 Concord American Flagpole/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (52.435)
4. Ben Maier, No. 80 BOE Marine/Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang (52.515)
5. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 3 CMI/Spot-On Services Ford Mustang (52.676)

Full practice results can be found here.

The race will be contested tomorrow at 1:10 p.m. ET. It will be broadcast LIVE on MAVTV. It can also be streamed live here.

The highlights show of the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race will air on MAVTV on Thursday, May 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET.