Giammarco Levorato put the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 on pole position, leading 1-2 for the Blue Oval on home soil.
Levorato reeled off a 2:07.645 in the dying moments of the LMGT3 Hyperpole session to beat his stablemate Ben Tuck by 0.018 seconds
Notably, the No. 88 car was not in Hyperpole initially after Stefano Gattuso qualified 11th in first qualifying.

However, the No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3 was pulled from Hyperpole for taking the checkered flag twice, allowing the Proton entry to go through.
Sean Gelael took third in the No. 95 United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, ahead of Valentino Rossi’s No. 46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO.

The top five in the class was rounded out by the No. 33 TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Jonny Edgar, while the second United McLaren slotted into sixth with Sebastien Baud at the wheel.

The sole remaining Lexus in Hyperpole took seventh courtesy of Finn Gehrsitz, with the No. 60 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, the No. 31 Team WRT BMW and No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo the last cars to make up the top ten.

Notably, the two cars atop the LMGT3 points standings failed to make the cut for Hyperpole as both the No. 92 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R and No. 21 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 were eliminated.
AF Corse saw both of its cars knocked out as Thomas Flohr’s No. 54 machine also failed to go through, with the No. 81 TF Sport Corvette,
No. 61 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG, No. 10 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin and No. 85 Iron Dames Porsche also dropped.

The six-hour race at COTA is set to kick off Sunday at 1 p.m. CST.