Grand-Am: Richard Westbrook marca a pole no Barber Motorsports Park

O britânico Richard Westbrook (Spirit of Daytona / Corvette DP) marcou nesta sexta-feira (30/03), a pole-position para a Porsche 250, no Barber Motorsports Park, 2ª etapa da GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. Foi a primeira pole de Westbrook e do novo Corvette DP na categoria. O britânico, que divide o carro com o espanhol Antonio Garcia, fez o tempo de 1m21s420.

A dupla Jon Fogarty / Alex Gurney (GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Corvette DP) complete a primeira fila. A dupla David Donohue / Darren Law (Action Express Racing / Corvette DP) divide a segunda fila com a dupla Scott Pruett / Memo Rojas (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley).

Vencedor das 500 Milhas de Daytona, o brasileiro Oswaldo Negri Jr (Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley), junto com o norte-americano John Pew, alinha em 5º.

Grid:

1 DP 1 Garcia / Westbrook  Spirit of Daytona / Corvette DP 1:21.420
2 DP 2 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Corvette DP 1:21.494    
3 DP 3 Donohue / Law Action Express Racing / Corvette DP 1:22.379          
4 DP 4 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:22.946
5 DP 5 Negri / Pew Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley 1:24.041
6 DP 6 Dalziel / Potolicchio  Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:24.307    
7 DP 7 Luhr / Popow Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:25.060    
8 DP 8 Barbosa / Borcheller / France  Action Express Racing / Corvette DP 1:26.488      
9 DP 9 Angelelli / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Corvette DP sem tempo
10 GT Edwards / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:30.762
11 GT 2 Assentato / Segal AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing with Ferrari / Ferrari 458     1:30.985    
12 GT 3 Bremer / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:31.001
13 GT 4 Foss / Lindsey Horton Autosport / Porsche GT3  1:31.123
14 GT 5 Espenlaub / Putman Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:31.139
15 GT 6 Curran / Said Marsh Racing / Corvette  1:31.149
16 GT 7 Norman / von Moltke APR Motorsport / Audi R8 Grand-Am  1:31.184
17 GT 8 Davis / Keen Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 1:31.186    
18 GT 9 Bomarito / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8     1:31.543
19 GT 10 Cameron / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:32.080
20 GT 11 Lally / Potter Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:32.308    
21 GT 12 Al Masaood / Kane Oryx Racing / Audi R8 Grand-Am 1:33.126              
22 GT 13 Dempsey / Foster  Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:33.405
23 GT 14 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker  Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8   1:33.423
24 GT 15 Bleekemolen / Di Guida TRG / Porsche GT3 1:33.651    
25 GT 16 Cook / Earnhardt Rick Ware Racing / Ford Mustang 1:33.766
26 GT 17 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:33.898
27 GT 18 Bertheau / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 1:34.496
28 GT 19 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Johnson Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 2:04.956