Acura Meyer Shank Racing Secures Front-Row Lockout at Road America

Elkhart Lake, Wis. (Aug. 1, 2026) – Acura Meyer Shank Racing (Acura MSR) will control the front of the field for Sunday's SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix after locking out the front row in qualifying at Road America. With six hours of racing ahead, the Acura ARX-06 sister entries are well positioned to battle for victory in the fourth round of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup.

• Nick Yelloly took pole position with the fastest lap of 1:49.233 aboard the No. 93 Acura ARX-06
• Tom Blomqvist qualified second with his best lap of 1:49.390 in the No. 60 Acura ARX-06
• This is Nick Yelloly's fourth IMSA pole position and his second consecutive pole at Road America
• This is Acura MSR’s second pole of the season (Yelloly also claimed the top spot at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April)
• Blomqvist will share the No. 60 with Colin Braun, while Yelloly is joined by Renger van der Zande in the No. 93
• The No. 93 enters the weekend second in the GTP championship standings after a runner-up finish at Watkins Glen
• Road America returns to its endurance racing roots this weekend, hosting its first six-hour IMSA race of the modern era
• Acura MSR continues its pursuit of a breakthrough Road America victory after recording three podium finishes at the historic Wisconsin circuit

Sunday's Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix marks Round 7 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the fourth round of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. Flag-to-flag coverage begins Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET on Peacock ahead of the 11:40 a.m. ET green flag. Live IMSA Radio coverage can be heard on SiriusXM channel 206, while international viewers can watch on IMSA.tv and IMSA's Official YouTube channel.

Driver Quotes:

Nick Yelloly (No. 93): "Pole position and a front-row lockout for Acura MSR and HRC here at Road America and very happy about that. Great to give the boys and girls here a nice reward for all of their hard work this year. This is a track we knew we’d be competitive at and looking forward to the race tomorrow. Let’s try and get a 1-2 in the race as well!”

Tom Blomqvist (No. 60): "Awesome job by Acura MSR and HRC with the 1-2 in qualifying and you can’t get a better result than that. Really happy for everyone and the car is working very, very well. It’s a six-hour race, so obviously tomorrow is more important. Good to show today how competitive our car is. Now we keep our heads down and execute tomorrow because we have the pace to fight for the win."