O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri Júnior, num Ford-Riley da Michael Shank Racing Racing, marcou a pole-position para as 24 Horas de Daytona, etapa de abertura da temporada 2008 da Grand-Am Sports Car Series. Negri, que divide a condução do carro com o trio Mike Patterson/ Justin Wilson e Grahan Rahal, marcou o tempo de 1m40s793.
O segundo carro da Michael Shank Racing, com o quarteto A.J.Allmendinger/ Burt Friselle/ Ian James/ John Pew fecha a primeira fila, para alegria da equipe.
Dos demais brasileiro o melhor é Helio Castroneves, em 13º. Ricardo Zonta sai em 15º, Vitor Meira, 20º, Thomas Erdos, 22º. Todos na classe DP. Raphael Matos é o pole na classe GT, e 26º no geral.
Grid DP:
1- Patterson/Negri Jr/Wilson/Rahal (Ford/Riley) – Shank – 1:40.793
2- Pew/James/Allmendinger/Frisselle (Ford/Riley) – Shank – 1:40.802
3- Matthews/Goossens/O’Connell/Hunter-Reay (Pontiac/Riley) – Riley-Mattews – 1:41.041
4- Taylor/Angelelli/Valiante/Taylor (Pontiac/Riley) – SunTrust – 1:41.161
5- Frisselle/Wilkins/Ranger/Braun (Ford/Riley) – AIM Autosport – 1:41.413
6- Pruett/Rojas/Franchitti/Montoya (Lexus/Riley) – Ganassi – 1:41.505
7- Law/Donohue/Rice/Haywood (Porsche/Riley) – Brumos Racing – 1:41.764
8- Dalziel/Duno/Enge/Primat (Pontiac/Riley) – SAMAX – 1:41.878
9- Plumb/Wahl/Gregoire/Cullen/Shovlin (BMW/Riley) – Sigalsport – 1:41.975
10- Dixon/Wheldon/Duran/Lloyd (Lexus/Riley) – Ganassi – 1:41.996
11- Fogarty/Gurney/Vasser/Johnson (Pontiac/Riley) – Stallings – 1:42.160
12- Auberlen/Hand/Long/Wallace (Porsche/Crawford) – Alex Job Racing – 1:42.230
13- Briscoe/Castroneves/Busch (Pontiac/Riley) – Penske-Taylor – 1:42.257
14- Zogaib/Rockenfeller/McNish/Luhr (Pontiac/Riley) – SAMAX – 1:42.271
15- Jonsson/Zonta/Turner (Pontiac/Riley) – Krohn – 1:42.296
16- Gidley/Jaeger/Gollin/Gardel (Ford/Doran) – Doran – 1:42.526
17- France/Barbosa/Haywood/Borcheller (Porsche/Riley) – Brumos – 1:42.816
18- Lewis/Lester/Christopher/Ba (Lexus/Riley) – Southard – 1:42.936
19- Schramm/Bell/Kasemets/Bell/Dallenbach (Pontiac/Riley) – RVO – 1:43.135
20- Carpenter/Foyt IV/Meira/Andretti/George (Porsche/Crawford) – Vision Racing – 1:43.342
21- Garcia/Bobbi/Ortelli/Babini (Pontiac/FABCAR) – Cheever – 1:43.618
22- Newton/Erdos/Mayer/Sherman/Kimber-Smith (Pontiac/FABCAR) – Cheever – 1:43.709
23- Cosmo/Camirand/McDowell (Porsche/FABCAR) – Spirit of Daytona – 1:44.920
24- Ingham/Schultis/Contini/Frost/Konopka (Pontiac/Chase) – Connolly – 1:48.783
25- Krohn/van de Poele/Gavin (Pontiac/Riley) – Krohn – sem tempo
Grid GT:
1- Haskell/Tremblay/Ham/Matos (Mazda RX-8) – SpeedSource – 1:50.758
2- Monzon/Marsh/Montanari/Veni (Ferrari F430) – Mastercar – 1:50.873
3- George Jr/Pumpelly/Sellers/Dumas/Collard (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:50.945
4- Fitzgerald/Mowlem/Papadopoulos/Willsey (Porsche GT3) – Orbit – 1:51.348
5- Alessi/Prewitt/Reindler/Rice/Trenery (Pontiac GTO.R) – Connolly – 1:51.450
6- Greenberg/Faulkner/Heylen/Arnold (Porsche GT3) – Synergy – 1:51.513
7- Burtin/Baldwin/Tucker/Zabinski/Ragginger (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:51.573
8- Dobson/Thorne/Staveley/Stone (Mazda RX-8) – Racers Edge – 1:51.606
9- Liddell/Davis/Pobst/Jeannette (Pontiac GXP.R) – Stevenson – 1:51.717
10- Lacey/Wilkins/Kaffer/Stippler/Curran (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:51.723
11- Miller/Ballou/Lally/Westbrook (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:51.802
12- Drudi/Giammaria/Rosa/Hardt/Petrobelli (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:51.805
13- Werner/Farnbacher/Ehret/Bernhard (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:51.823
14- Henzler/Lux/Keen/Maassen/Bergmeister (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:51.841
15- Nastasi/Empringham/Dumoulin/Said (Ford Mustang) – Blackforest – 1:51.947
16- Assentato/Longhi/Segal/Pechnik (Mazda RX-8) – SpeedSource – 1:52.052
17- Edwards/Collins/Magnussen/Pilgrim (Pontiac GXP.R) – Banner – 1:52.061
18- Thornton/Long/Varde/Russell (BMW M6) – Automatic – 1:52.065
19- O’Connell/Roush/Plumb/Wilson (Porsche GT3) – O’Connell – 1:52.095
20- Gabel/de Quesada/Basseng/Swartzbaugh/Pilet (Porsche GT3) – Alegra – 1:52.194
21- Rosenzweig/Gabel/Woodman/Dumoulin/Gleason (Porsche GT3) – Alegra – 1:52.240
22- Ende/Yarab Jr/Bourque/Maher (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:52.278
23- Friedman/McGehee/Lazzaro/Kelleners (Porsche GT3) – Autometrics – 1:52.473
24- Edwards/Reese/Nearn/Bunting/Pilgrim (Pontiac GXP.R) – Banner – 1:52.486
25- Foster/Espenlaub/Dempsey/Kapudija/Maxwell (Mazda RX-8) – Hyper Sport – 1:52.528
26- Aschenbach/Lewis Jr/Stanton/Papis (Pontiac GXP.R) – Autohaus – 1:52.552
27- Farano/Jensen/Cloud/Said/Bradley (Ford Mustang) – Blackforest – 1:53.109
28- McCrackin/Walker/Ludwig/Cre (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:53.136
29- Oasis/Atherton/Stout/Daskalos/Archer (Porsche GT3) – TRG – 1:53.174
30- Kitch Jr/Bentley/Miller/Pal (Porsche GT3) – Farnbacher – 1:53.353