O norte-americano David Donohue, num Porsche Riley da Brumos Racing, marcou nesta sexta-feira (23/01), a pole-position para as 24 Horas de Daytona, etapa de abertura da Grand-Am. Quarenta anos depois de seu pai, Mark, conquistar a pole, David fez o tempo de 1m40s540. Completam a equipe o espanhol Antonio Garcia, e os norte-americanos Darren Law e Buddy Rice.
O alemão Timo Bernhard, num Porsche Riley da Penske, foi apenas 0.001 mais lento do que Donohue, e junto com os parceiros Ryan Briscoe e Romain Dumas, alinha em 2º. O quarteto A.J.Allmendinger/ Ian James/ Michael Valiante/ John Pew, num Ford Riley da Michael Shank Racing, sai em 3º. O brasileiro Ricardo Zonta, que tem Nic Jonsson e Darren Turner como parceiros, fez o quarto tempo, com o Ford Lola da Krohn Racing.
A dupla campeã de 2008, Scott Pruett/ Memo Rojas, sai em 6º, com o Lexus Riley da Ganassi. Juan Pablo Montoya é o parceiro da dupla.
Raphael Matos, com um BMW Riley, da Level 5 Motorsports, larga em 10º. O brasileiro tem Christophe Bouchut,/ Scott Tucker/ Ed Zabinski como parceiros de equipe.
O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri Jr., junto com Colin Braun/ Ryan Hunter-Reay/ Mark Patterson, com o Ford Riley da Michael Shank Racing, larga da 12ª posição.
O quarteto Bomarito/Ham/Haskell/Tremblay, num Mazda RX-8 da SpeedSource, sai na pole pela classe GT.
Grid:
1 – Donohue/Garcia/Law/Rice – (Porsche Riley) – Brumos Racing – 1:40.540
2 – Bernhard/Briscoe/Dumas – (Porsche Riley) – Penske Racing – 1:40.541
3 – Allmendinger/James/Pew/Valiante – (Ford Riley) – Michael Shank Racing – 1:40.651
4 – Jonsson/Turner/Zonta – (Ford Lola) – Krohn Racing – 1:40.892
5 – Dalziel/de Quesada/Ducote/Dumoulin/Enge – (BMW Riley) – Alegra Motorsports – 1:40.915
6 – Montoya/Pruett/Rojas – (Lexus Riley) – Ganassi – 1:41.016
7 – Angelelli/Frisselle/Lamy/Taylor – (Ford Dallara) – SunTrust – 1:41.311
8 – Dixon/Franchitti/Lloyd – (Lexus Riley) – Ganassi – 1:41.316
9 – Barbosa/Borcheller/France/Haywood – (Porsche Riley) – Brumos Racing – 1:41.375
10 – Bouchut/Matos/Tucker/Zabinski – (BMW Riley) – Level5 – 1:41.569
11 – Fogarty/Gurney/Johnson/Vasser – (Pontiac Riley) – Stallings – 1:41.666
12 – Braun/Hunter-Reay/Negri/Patterson – (Ford Riley) – Shank – 1:41.796
13 – Beyer/Martinez/Taylor/Taylor – (Pontiac Riley) – Beyer – 1:42.058
14 – Empringham/Farano/Figge/Frisselle/Wilkins – (Ford Riley) – AIM – 1:42.086
15 – Cosmo/Pridmore/Russell/Ward – (Porsche Coyote) – Spirit of Daytona – 1:42.475
16 – Bobbi/Gidley/Gollin/Jaeger – (Ford Dallara) – Doran – 1:42.740
17 – Gavin/Krohn/van de Poele – (Ford Lola) – Krohn – 1:44.041
18 – Hindery Jr./Lester/Manning/Petty (BMW Riley) – Orbit – 1:52.108
19 – Finlay/Mears/Patrick/Wallace – (Pontiac Crawford) – Childress Howard – sem tempo
20 – Bomarito/Ham/Haskell/Tremblay – (Mazda RX-8) – SpeedSource – 1:49.445
21 – Bergmeister/Lally/Long/Marks/Valentine – (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:49.540
22 – Baldwin/Burtin/Friedman/McGehee/Ragginger – (Porsche GT3) – Autometrics – 1:49.634
23 – Assentato/Longhi/Plumb/Segal – (Mazda RX-8) – SpeedSource – 1:49.822
24 – Campollo/Gomez/Graeff/Henzler/Yarab Jr. – (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:49.865
25 – Farnbacher/Henzler/Keen/Werner/Westbrook – (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:49.946
26 – Ballou/Collard/George Jr/Lietz/Pumpelly – (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:50.109
27 – Bonilla/Jacalone/Jacalone/Lewis/Pobst – (Porsche GT3) – Gotham Competition – 1:50.206
28 – Farnbacher/Lux/Marsh/Roush – (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:50.234
29 – Holzer/Miller/Potter/Stanton – (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:50.455
30 – Maassen/Martien/Pilet/Zacharias – (Porsche GT3) – Wright – 1:50.517
31 – Lowe/Pace/Sugden/van Overbeek – (Porsche GT3) – Jlowe – 1:50.573
32 – Bertuzzi/Castellano/Swartzbaugh/Wagner/Montanari (Ferrari 430 Challenge) – Mastercar – 1:50.649
33 – Morris/Nastasi/Said (Ford Mustang) – Blackforest – 1:51.036
34 – Collins/Edwards/Magnussen (Pontiac GXP.R) – Banner – 1:51.236
35 – Kaffer/Petrobelli/Rosa/Rosa/Simonsen (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:51.254
36 – Cameron/Peterson/Sellers/von Moltke (Mazda RX-8) – Racers Edge – 1:51.290
37 – Johnson/Lacey/Nearn/Sofronas/Westbrook (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:51.376
38 – Bucknum/Davis/Liddell (Pontiac GXP.R) – Stevenson – 1:51.481
39 – Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker/Sahlen (Corvette) – Team Sahlen – 1:51.482
40 – Barrett/Forest/Merrill/Salvo/Westphal (Pontiac GXP.R) – PR1 – 1:51.629
41 – Bieker/Eversley/Gue/Long (Corvette) – Stevenson – 1:51.780
42 – Aschenbach/Cruz/Rodriguez/Valverde/Willsey (Porsche GT3) – Orbit – 1:52.050
43 – Daskalos/Stout (Porsche GT3) – Battery Tender – 1:52.062
44 – Campanico/Drudi/Wilton/Papis/Pirri (Ferrari 430 Challenge) – Mastercar – 1:52.402
45 – Bentley/Carter/Harrington/Nixon/Paquette (Porsche GT3) – Bullet – 1:52.568
46 – Ende/Gutierrez/Miller/Pallis/Schroeder (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:52.571
47 – Dempsey/Espenlaub/Foster/Lewis Jr/Thornton (Mazda RX-8) – Dempsey – 1:52.944
48 – Kossmann/Ledoux/Quinlan/Watkins/Zadig (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:53.366
49 – Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker/Sahlen (Corvette) – Team Sahlen – sem tempo
50 – Kapudija/Michaelian/Michaelian/Montano (Porsche GT3) – Battery Tender – sem tempo
51 – Aschenbach/Cruz/Rodriguez/Valverde/Willsey (Porsche GT3) – Orbit – sem tempo