O norte-americano Jon Fogarty, num Pontiac Riley da Bob Stallings Racing, conquistou nesta sexta-feira (18/09), no Miller Motorsports Park, a pole-position para a 11ª etapa da Grand-Am Sports Car Series. Com o tempo de 2m35s737 Fogarty, que tem como parceiro o compatirota Alex Gurney, conquistou a pole pela quarta vez consecutiva, e quinta no ano. Ele empatou com James Weaver no número de poles na categoria, treze.
A dupla Timo Bernhard/ Romain Dumas, num Porsche Riley da Penske Racing, completa a primeira fila. A dupla Scott Pruett/ Memo Rojas, num Lexus Riley da Chip Ganassi Racing, divide a segunda fila com a dupla Max Angelelli/ Brian Frisselle, num Ford Dallara da SunTrust Racing.
O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri, em dupla com o sul-africano Mark Patterson, num Ford Riley da Michael Shank Racing, alinha na 8ª posição.
Fogarty/ Gurney lideram o campeonato com 274 pontos, cinco a mais do que Pruett/ Rojas e Angelelli/ Frissselle.
Pela classe GT pole da dupla Nick Ham / Silvain Tremblay, num Mazda RX-8 da SpeedSource.
Grid:
1 DP Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 2:35.737    Â
2 DP Bernhard / Dumas Penske Racing / Porsche Riley 2:36.560
3 DP Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 2:36.675
4 DP Angelelli / Frisselle SunTrust Racing / Ford Dallara 2:36.842 Â Â Â
5 DP Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 2:37.866 Â Â Â
6 DP Donohue / Law Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 2:38.675 Â Â Â
7 DP Forest / Taylor Beyer Racing / Chevrolet Riley 2:40.595 Â Â Â
8 DP Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 2:41.030Â Â Â
9 DP Finlay / Wallace Childress-Howard Motorsports / Chevrolet Crawford 2:42.557 Â Â Â
10 DP Barbosa / France Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 2:42.636 Â Â Â
11 DP Pew / Valiante Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 2:42.935 Â Â Â
12 GT Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 2:50.052 Â Â Â
13 GT Espenlaub / Foster Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 2:50.059 Â Â Â
14 GT Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 2:50.552 Â Â Â
15 GT Keen / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 2:51.195 Â Â Â
16 GT Collins / Edwards / Reese Team Drinkin’ Mate / Pontiac GXP.R 2:51.346
17 GT Hyatt / Westphal Miracle Sealants Team PR1 / BMW M6 2:51.364
18 GT Henzler / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 2:52.096 Â Â Â
19 GT Lally / Schroeder TRG / Porsche GT3 2:52.355 Â Â Â
20 GT Buford / Cameron / Taylor Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 2:52.463
21 GT Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 2:52.485 Â Â Â
22 GT Miller / Roush Miller Barrett Racing / Porsche GT3 2:52.695 Â Â Â
23 GT Potter / Stanton TRG / Porsche GT3 2:53.617 Â Â Â
24 GT Briody / Prewitt Battery Tender/ MCM Racing / Pontiac GTO.R Â Â Â