Jack Aitken despatched a message to the remainder of the paddock after storming to pole for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.
With lower than 10 minutes left in qualifying, Aitken pushed Whelen Cadillac’s #31 Cadillac V-Collection.R put down a large flyer of 1m31.284s lap that was untouchable across the 3.4-mile, 11-turn pure terrain highway course—later confirmed as a brand new GTP monitor file.
Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist made a late-gasp for the highest spot, however in the long run fell 0.197s brief to fit second. Louis Deletraz put the #40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac in third, 0.203s behind.
The session was postponed for intensive monitor repairs after a bit of curbing broke throughout the Pilot Problem race.
Following a 2h40m delay, qualifying began however featured an incident in GTD that introduced out the pink flag resulting from a crash and led to the category to begin on group factors.
Jack Aitken mentioned after the session he was completely happy along with his consequence: “It turned out to be fairly an extended day ready for the delayed session. However the automotive felt good. The monitor feels good and feels fast.
“Truthfully, I am actually pleased with the lap that I bought collectively. I knew it could be shut and there have been a few guys inside just a few tenths. It’s totally straightforward to over drive round right here and it actually invitations you to maintain pushing increasingly so simply making an attempt to be managed. It was good and clear, and we have now one of the best beginning spot for tomorrow.”
GTP
#93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Renger van der Zande, Nick Yelloly, Kaku Ohta
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Aitken hit a 1m32.026s with just below 10 minutes left, after which went even faster with a 1m31.284s the next lap to extend his stranglehold of the highest spot.
Regardless of rivals throwing out their finest pictures, it wasn’t sufficient to finest the Briton. Aitken praised the group’s momentum since Detroit for his or her present tempo.
“Cadillac Whelen has been superior for the previous few races and we wish to preserve it going. “(The win at Detroit) was actually particular. There have been so many family and friends round with us. It was the native race for the model.
“Seeing the enjoyment in pitlane afterward was actually cool for some actually distinguished company and everybody was leaping and cheering and hollering. They’re racers like the remainder of us. Glad to get that win within the pocket and it gave us nice momentum.”
Blomqvist rolled out a 1m31.481s flyer with round two minutes remaining, which elevated him to second. Deletraz held on to 3rd with a lap of 1m31.487s within the #40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac.
Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s Renger van der Zande was fourth, with Laurin Heinrich qualifying fifth within the #5 Porsche 963 for JDC-Miller MotorSports.
LMP2
#43 Inter Europol Competitors ORECA LMP2 07: Tom Dillmann, Bijoy Garg, Jeremy Clarke
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Inter Europol Competitors’s Jeremy Clarke put down the quickest lap with lower than three minutes to go, propelling his #43 ORECA LMP2 07 to a run of 1m35.124s. This marked his second pole of the season, and first because the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
PJ Hyett was knocked from the highest spot late by Clarke, and tried to reply late however hit a 1m35.216s lap within the #99 for AO Racing. Nonetheless, resulting from inflicting a pink flag on the finish of second observe misplaced his quickest qualifying lap. It didn’t matter, although, as Hyett’s next-best lap of 1m35.268s allowed him to retain second.
United Autosport USA’s Daniel Goldberg was third, 0.394s behind Clarke. George Kurtz (Crowdstrike Racing by APR) and Misha Goikhberg (Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen) wrapped up fourth and fifth, respectively.
GTD Professional
#14 Vasser Sullivan Racing w/Dreyer & Reinbold Lexus RC F GT3: Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat, James Calado
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Jack Hawksworth, driving the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 for Vasser Sullivan Racing, partnered with Dreyer & Reinbold out of respect for the late Dennis Reinbold, went to the highest with lower than 5 minutes to go together with a lap of 1m43.827s. He went even sooner the next lap with a run at 1m43.701s.
This marks the third pole of the season for Hawkworth, along with his earlier two coming at Sebring Worldwide Raceway and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Moreover, it marks Hawksworth seventeenth profession pole, breaking the file beforehand set by Ben Keating.
AO Racing’s #77 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Harry King made a late push for the category pole, however ended up falling 0.213s off the mark set by Hawksworth. Neil Verhagen (Paul Miller Racing) ended up third at 0.388s behind within the #1 BMW M4 GT3 Evo.
Ford Racing’s Chistopher Mies was fourth, forward of Triarsi Competizione’s James Calado in fifth.
GTD
Vasser Sullivan Racing’s Frankie Montecalvo went P1 with 9 minutes to go together with a 1m44.906s lap, however moments later the pink flag was introduced out when the #57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Russell Ward misplaced management via the bus cease and hit head-on with the tire barrier on the exit of Flip 5.
The incident didn’t enable the category to succeed in the minimal inexperienced flag time, wiping clear the outcomes and setting it “by different means.” The lineup was in the end set by group factors, placing Coronary heart of Racing Workforce’s Zacharie Robicon beginning first within the #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO.
Watch: The Rolex 24 at Daytona: Precision, Perfection, and The Highway To Victory (IMSA Endurance Racing)
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