IMSA: Acura on the Pole at Road America
It’s a P1 start for Filipe Albuquerque, Ricky Taylor and the Wayne Taylor Racing team as Albuquerque qualified their #10 Acura ARX-05 on the pole today for Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Fastlane SportsCar Weekend at Road America.
The pole position comes at a vital time in the championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, as the team battles for the championship with fellow Acura team Meyer Shank Racing. For their efforts, the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 will start third with co-drivers Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis.
Steven Thomas claimed top qualifying honors in LMP2, taking his No. 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson to a fast lap of 1:54.137 to edge out teammate Patrick Kelly in the No. 52 entry.
LMP3 class pole went to the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P320 Nissan of Malthe Jakobsen, who recorded a 1:59.434 lap time to give the team its first top qualifying run in series competition.
Hawksworth, Foley Take GTD Pro, GTD Class Poles
Vasser Sullivan’s Jack Hawksworth claimed top qualifying honors in GTD Pro while Robby Foley took his Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 to the class pole in GTD.
Hawksworth, in the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3, reeled off a best lap of 2:05.365 in the closing moments of the session, edging out GTD Pro championship leader Matt Campbell in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R by 0.253 seconds.
Foley’s 2:06.084 was good enough for fourth quickest amongst the production-based cars and fourth overall, ahead of the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus of Frankie Montecalvo
Quotes
Filipe Albuquerque (#10 Wayne Taylor Racing ARX-05) pole qualifier: “It all came together with pole position and the championship points [earned for pole]. The satisfaction is for me, from the drivers point of view, and for the team as well. They gave me the perfect car and I just felt great right away, from Turn 1, the car was really, really good, with a lot of grip. Tomorrow’s race is going to be really rainy, so starting from P1 in a potentially chaotic race, that should help keep us out of trouble. It’s ideal! The pressure is on now, though, we cannot finish behind the #60 and those guys are so fast. We are going to keep fighting for the championship and we’ll see how it goes tomorrow!”
Jack Hawksworth:
“I’m really happy with starting from the front tomorrow. It’s been a great weekend so far all around. The Lexus RC F GT3 has been working really well. The Vasser Sullivan team worked on a few things last night and the car felt a bit better today. We’re starting at the front, however, obviously the big points pay tomorrow. I think we’ve got the guys and we’ve got the car to have a good race tomorrow. Our first GTD PRO win is what we’re going for.”
Qualifying Results
|
Pos |
Pic |
No. |
Class |
Drivers* |
Team |
Car |
Time |
Lap |
Total |
Behind/Gap/Mph |
|
1 |
1 |
10 |
DPi |
R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque |
Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 |
Acura DPi |
1:48.915 |
5 |
6 |
+0.000s +0.000s 133.799 |
|
2 |
2 |
02 |
DPi |
E. Bamber / A. Lynn |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:49.097 |
3 |
5 |
+0.182 +0.182 133.576 |
|
3 |
3 |
60 |
DPi |
O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian |
Acura DPi |
1:49.841 |
3 |
5 |
+0.926 +0.744 132.671 |
|
4 |
4 |
5 |
DPi |
T. Vautier / R. Westbrook |
JDC Miller MotorSports |
Cadillac DPi |
1:50.322 |
5 |
7 |
+1.407 +0.481 132.092 |
|
5 |
5 |
31 |
DPi |
O. Pla / P. Derani |
Whelen Engineering Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:50.369 |
6 |
7 |
+1.454 +0.047 132.036 |
|
6 |
1 |
11 |
LMP2 |
S. Thomas / T. Nunez |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.137 |
5 |
7 |
+5.222 +3.768 127.677 |
|
7 |
2 |
52 |
LMP2 |
P. Kelly / J. Pierson |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.271 |
5 |
7 |
+5.356 +0.134 127.528 |
|
8 |
3 |
18 |
LMP2 |
D. Merriman / R. Dalziel |
Era Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.677 |
5 |
7 |
+5.762 +0.406 127.076 |
|
9 |
4 |
20 |
LMP2 |
D. Andersen / F. Scherer |
High Class Racing |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.678 |
4 |
7 |
+5.763 +0.001 127.075 |
|
10 |
5 |
8 |
LMP2 |
J. Farano / L. Deletraz |
Tower Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.809 |
5 |
7 |
+5.894 +0.131 126.930 |
|
11 |
6 |
81 |
LMP2 |
H. Hedman / J. Montoya |
DragonSpeed USA |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.833 |
5 |
7 |
+5.918 +0.024 126.903 |
|
12 |
1 |
33 |
LMP3 |
J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen |
Sean Creech Motorsport |
Ligier JS P320 |
1:59.434 |
4 |
6 |
+10.519 +4.601 122.015 |
|
13 |
2 |
36 |
LMP3 |
J. Andretti / G. Chaves |
Andretti Autosport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.163 |
4 |
6 |
+11.248 +0.729 121.274 |
|
14 |
3 |
74 |
LMP3 |
G. Robinson / F. Fraga |
Riley Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.969 |
7 |
8 |
+12.054 +0.806 120.466 |
|
15 |
4 |
58 |
LMP3 |
D. Dickerson / J. Sarchet |
MLT Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.083 |
5 |
7 |
+12.168 +0.114 120.353 |
|
16 |
5 |
38 |
LMP3 |
J. French / C. Shields |
Performance Tech Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.369 |
3 |
7 |
+12.454 +0.286 120.069 |
|
17 |
6 |
54 |
LMP3 |
J. Bennett / C. Braun |
CORE Autosport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:02.778 |
5 |
6 |
+13.863 +1.409 118.691 |
|
18 |
7 |
30 |
LMP3 |
A. Balogh / G. Grist |
Jr III Racing |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:03.907 |
7 |
8 |
+14.992 +1.129 117.610 |
|
19 |
8 |
90 |
LMP3 |
G. Kraut / S. Andrews |
JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Duqueine D08 |
2:04.307 |
7 |
8 |
+15.392 +0.400 117.232 |
|
20 |
1 |
14 |
GTDPRO |
J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
2:05.365 |
3 |
4 |
+16.450 +1.058 116.242 |
|
21 |
2 |
9 |
GTDPRO |
M. Campbell / M. Jaminet |
Pfaff Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
2:05.618 |
3 |
4 |
+16.703 +0.253 116.008 |
|
22 |
3 |
3 |
GTDPRO |
A. Garcia / J. Taylor |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD |
2:05.829 |
4 |
5 |
+16.914 +0.211 115.814 |
|
23 |
9 |
13 |
LMP3 |
M. Bell / O. Fidani |
AWA |
Duqueine D08 |
2:05.942 |
6 |
8 |
+17.027 +0.113 115.710 |
|
24 |
1 |
96 |
GTD |
R. Foley / B. Auberlen |
Turner Motorsport |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:06.084 |
4 |
5 |
+17.169 +0.142 115.579 |
|
25 |
2 |
12 |
GTD |
F. Montecalvo / A. Telitz |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
2:06.224 |
4 |
5 |
+17.309 +0.140 115.451 |
|
26 |
3 |
39 |
GTD |
R. Megennis / J. Westphal |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
2:06.237 |
5 |
6 |
+17.322 +0.013 115.439 |
|
27 |
4 |
32 |
GTD |
M. Skeen / S. McAleer |
Team Korthoff Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:06.275 |
3 |
4 |
+17.360 +0.038 115.404 |
|
28 |
4 |
25 |
GTDPRO |
C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards |
BMW M Team RLL |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:06.289 |
2 |
5 |
+17.374 +0.014 115.392 |
|
29 |
5 |
57 |
GTD |
R. Ward / P. Ellis |
Winward Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:06.297 |
4 |
6 |
+17.382 +0.008 115.384 |
|
30 |
5 |
23 |
GTDPRO |
R. Gunn / A. Riberas |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
2:06.517 |
3 |
4 |
+17.602 +0.220 115.184 |
|
31 |
6 |
27 |
GTD |
R. De Angelis / M. Martin |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
2:06.631 |
4 |
5 |
+17.716 +0.114 115.080 |
|
32 |
7 |
1 |
GTD |
B. Sellers / M. Snow |
Paul Miller Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:06.674 |
4 |
5 |
+17.759 +0.043 115.041 |
|
33 |
8 |
79 |
GTD |
C. MacNeil / D. Juncadella |
WeatherTech Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:07.895 |
3 |
6 |
+18.980 +1.221 113.943 |
|
34 |
9 |
16 |
GTD |
R. Hardwick / J. Heylen |
Wright Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
2:07.999 |
4 |
6 |
+19.084 +0.104 113.850 |
|
35 |
6 |
01 |
DPi |
R. van der Zande / S. Bourdais |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
3 |
+2.396 +0.942 |
||
|
36 |
10 |
42 |
GTD |
J. Conwright / M. Holzer |
NTE/SSR |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
6 |
+5.884 +0.009 |