O italiano Max Angelelli (SunTrust Racing / Ford Dallara), conquistou nesta quinta-feira(28/01), a pole-position para a 48ª edição das 24 Horas de Daytona, no Daytona International Speedway, etapa de abertura da Grand-Am. Angelelli, que tem como parceiros no carro o português Pedro Lamy e os norte-americanos Wayne Taylor e Ricky Taylor, marcou o tempo de 1m40s681.
O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri (Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley) fez o segundo tempo, 1m41s100. Burt Frisselle / John Pew / Mark Wilkins irão dividir a condução com o brasileiro. O segundo carro da Michael Shank Racing, com o quarteto A.J. Allmendinger / Brian Frisselle / Mark Patterson / Michael Valiante, alinham logo a seguir. O quarteto Scott Dixon / Dario Franchitti / Jamie McMurray / Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley), completam a segunda fila.
Raphael Matos (Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley) larga em 7º. O brasileiro forma o quinteto junto com David Donohue / Hurley Haywood / Darren Law / Butch Leitzinger. Law foi o responsável por marcar o tempo classificatório.
O brasileiro Ricardo Zonta (Krohn Racing / Ford Lola) marcou o 9º tempo. Ele tem como parceiros Colin Braun / Nic Jonsson / Tracy Krohn.
Pela Classe GT a pole ficou com Jeff Segal (SpeedSource Mazda RX-8).
Grid:
1 – Angelelli/Lamy/Taylor/Taylor (Dallara-Ford) – SunTrust – 1:40.681
2 – Frisselle/Negri/Pew/Wilkins (Riley-Ford) – Shank – 1:41.100
3 – Allmendinger/Frisselle/Patterson/Valiante (Riley-Ford) – Shank – 1:41.486
4 – Dixon/Franchitti/McMurray/Montoya (Riley-BMW) – Ganassi – 1:41.147
5 – Papis/Pruett/Rojas/Wilson (Riley-BMW) – Ganassi – 1:41.345
6 – Bourdais/Bouchut/Tucker/Collard/Maassen (Riley-BMW) – Level5 – 1:41.463
7 – Donohue/Haywood/Law/Leitzinger/Matos (Riley-Porsche) – Brumos – 1:41.513
8 – Barbosa/Borcheller/Dalziel/Rockenfeller (Riley-Porsche) – ActionEx – 1:41.603
9 – Krohn/Jonsson/Braun/Zonta (Lola-Ford) – Krohn – 1:44.964
10 – Garcia/Menard/Manning/Rice (Coyote-Porsche) – Spirit of Daytona – 1:42.074
11 – Gollin/Gidley/Jaeger/Johnston (Dallara-Ford) – Doran – 1:42.611
12 – Forest/Lester/Von Moltke/James (Riley-BMW) – Motorsport – 1:43.322
13 – Bouchut/Hunter-Reay/Luhr/Tucker/Westbrook (Riley-BMW) – Level5 – s.t.
14 – Fogarty/Gurney/Johnson/Vasser (Riley-Chevy) – Stallings – s.t.
15 – Beyer/Cameron/Kapudija/Wagner (Crawford-Chevy) – Beyer – s.t.
16 – Assentato/Lazzaro/Longhi/Segal (Mazda RX-8) – SpeedSource – 1:49.282
17 – Bocchino/Buford/Edwards/Lamb/Taylor (Mazda RX-8) – Racers Edge – 1:49.371
18 – Bomarito/Ham/Haskell/Tremblay (Mazda RX-8)SpeedSource – 1:49.462
19 – Edwards/Jones/McCutchen/Reese/Russell (Corvette C6) – MBR – 1:49.474
20 – Ballou/Collins/Flanagan/Henzler/Lally (Porsche 997) – TRG – 1:49.637
21 – Baker/Cosmo/Mowlem/Papadopoulos/Willsey (Porsche 997) – Orbit – 1:49.831
22 – Bergmeister/Long/Neiman/van Overbeek (Porsche 997) – TRG – 1:49.855
23 – Finlay/Hyatt/Merrill/Westphal (BMW M6) – Corsa PR1 – 1:49.968
24 – Gue/Keen/Kitch Jr/Lacey (Mazda RX-8) – Dempsey – 1:49.971
25 – Auberlen/Dalla Lana/Hand/Said (BMW M6 Riley) – Turner – 1:50.063
26 – Bernhard/Dumas/George Jr/Labonte/Pumpelly (Porsche 997) – TRG – 1:50.271
27 – Davis/Liddell/Magnussen (Chevy Camaro) – Stevenson – 1:50.274
28 – Hines/Ludwig/Miller/Roush (Porsche 997) – Miller Barrett – 1:50.662
29 – Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker/Sahlen (Mazda RX-8) – Sahlen – 1:51.033
30 – Dempsey/Espenlaub/Foster/Maxwell (Mazda RX-8) – Dempsey – 1:51.122
31 – Bentley/McIntosh/Nierop/O’Young/Paquette (Porsche 997) – Bullet – 1:51.199
32 – Lowe/Lux/Pace/Sugden/Walker (Porsche 997) – Jlowe – 1:51.449
33 – Collins/Ianetta/Lewis/Zahn (Pontiac GXP) – Autohaus – 1:51.816
35 – Lapierre/Menten/Palttala/Slingerland (Porsche 997) – Connolly – 1:52.235
35 – Bell/Borkowski/Refenning/Schaldach (Chevy Camaro) – Stevenson – 1:52.321
Os 15 primeiros pertencem a Classe DP. Os demais formam a Classe GT
Equipe SpeedRacing.com.br- Robson Miranda