David Donohue, num Porsche Riley da Brumos Racing, marcou nesta sexta-feira (16/05), a pole-position para 5º etapa da Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, em Laguna Seca. Donohue, que tem Darren Law como parceiro de equipe, marcou o tempo de 1m19s843.
A dupla atual campeã, Jon Fogarty/ Alex Gurney, num Pontiac Riley da Bob Stallings Racing, completa a primeira fila. Lideres da temporada, a dupla Scott Pruett/ Memo Rojas, num Lexus Riley da Chip Ganassi, sai em 3º, seguidos pela dupla Bill Auberlen/ Joey Hand, num Porsche Crawford da Alex Job Racing.
Afastado das pistas desde 2006, quando atropelou um cervo em um treino da ChampCar em Road America, o brasileiro Christiano da Matta retorna as pistas largando na 6º posição. Ele divide um Pontiac Riley da Bob Stallings Racing com Jimmy Vasser.
O brasileiro Ricardo Zonta, em dupla com Nic Jonsson, num Pontiac Lola da Krohn Racing, alinha na 8º posição.
Oswaldo Negri larga na 10º posição. O brasileiro divide o Ford Riley da Michael Shank Racing com Mike Patterson.
Grid:
1 DP 1 Donohue / Law Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:19.843
2 DP 2 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:19.951
3 DP 3 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 1:20.270
4 DP 4 Auberlen / Hand Alex Job Racing / Porsche Crawford 1:20.318
5 DP 5 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 1:20.523
6 DP 6 da Matta / Vasser GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:20.679
7 DP 7 Angelelli / Valiante SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Dallara 1:21.220
8 DP 8 Jonsson / Zonta Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:21.283
9 DP 9 Lester / Lewis Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley 1:21.595
10 DP 10 Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:21.775
11 DP 11 James / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:21.968
12 DP 12 Frisselle / Gardel Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:22.149
13 DP 13 Gidley / Jaeger Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:22.203
14 DP 14 Barbosa / France Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:22.587
15 DP 15 Goossens / Matthews Bob Stallings/ Riley-Matthews / Pontiac Riley 1:22.676
16 DP 16 Krohn / van de Poele Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:23.288
17 DP 17 Bobbi / Garcia Cheever Racing / Pontiac Coyote 1:24.063
18 DP 18 Plumb / Sigal Rum Bum Racing / BMW Riley 1:24.112
19 GT 1 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:27.014
20 GT 2 Kaffer / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:27.215
21 GT 3 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:27.292
22 GT 4 Constantine / Stone Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:28.071
23 GT 5 Aschenbach / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:28.119
24 GT 6 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:28.189
25 GT 7 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:28.311
26 GT 8 Forest / Merrill PR1 Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:28.403
27 GT 9 Prey / Reese Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:28.614
28 GT 10 Alessi / Phinny Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 1:28.984
29 GT 11 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:29.075
30 GT 12 Foster / Ham Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8 1:29.141
31 GT 13 Johnson / Lacey Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:29.544
32 GT 14 George Jr / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:29.551
33 DP 19 Dalziel / Zogaib SAMAX / BMW Riley 1:29.854
34 GT 15 Ballou / Miller TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:29.892
35 GT 16 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette 1:30.543
36 GT 17 O’Connell / Roush O’Connell Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:31.527
37 GT 18 Tucker / Zabinski Level 5 Motorsports / Crawford – Ferrari V8 1:31.811
38 GT 19 Lowe / Pace TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:32.130
39 GT 20 Sellers / Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:32.453
40 GT 21 Maher / Stanton TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:33.225
41 GT 0 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette sem tempo
42 GT 0 Long / Potter Air Power Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup sem tempo