Nick Yelloly led a 1-2 sweep for Acura Meyer Shank Racing in qualifying for the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Highway America.
Yelloly, 35, delivered a flying lap of 1m49.233s within the #93 Acura ARX-06 to earn the highest spot on the 4.048-mile, 14-turn natural-terrain street course. He beat fellow Brit and teammate Tom Blomqvist, who completed 0.157 seconds behind.
Sheldon Van Der Linde (BMW M Crew WRT) concluded the session in third within the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, forward of Louis Deletraz (Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing) within the #40 Cadillac V-Sequence.R.
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Deletraz delivered the primary true fast lap, with a 1m50.703s lap set with roughly eight minutes remaining within the 15-minute session. Moments later, Yelloly moved to the highest with a 1m49.733s lap earlier than enhancing to 1m49.233s on his subsequent tour.
Tom Blomqvist, in Acura MSR’s #60 sister automobile, then went as much as second with a lap of 1m49.487s with simply over three minutes to go. Concurrently, the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 of Laurens Vanthoor ran off in Flip 5 however recovered and continued.
Vanthoor rebounded to fit fifth by the top of the session, forward of factors chief Jack Aitken in Whelen Cadillac’s #31 Cadillac V-Sequence.R.
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United Autosport USA’s Daniel Goldburg took his first-class pole of the season with a finest lap of 1m54.212s, edging out Misha Goikhberg (Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen) by 0.262s.
Jeremy Clarke positioned Inter Europol Competitors’s No. 34 ORECA LMP2 07 third, with AO Racing’s PJ Hyett fourth.
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#77 AO Racing Porsche 911: Nick Tandy, Harry King
Picture by: Artwork Fleischmann
AO Racing’s Harry King claimed class pole after a frantic end through which the highest six drivers started their last laps earlier than time expired. King delivered a finest lap of 2m04.042s within the #77 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), which was 0.140s higher than factors chief Neil Verhagen (Paul Miller Racing) within the #1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO.
Alexander Sims (Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports) was third, with Max Esterson (RLL Crew McLaren) fourth.
Manthey’s Klaus Bachler, who twice went to the highest spot, had one of many laps invalidated by simply exceeding monitor limits, and ended up fifth.
It was a backup automobile for Vasser Sullivan Racing’s #14 Lexus RC F GT3 following Jack Hawksworth’s crash in a moist second apply. The staff ready the substitute automobile in time for qualifying and accomplished two laps earlier than receiving a mechanical black flag. It was unable to rejoin and can begin final in school.
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Lilou Wadoux (AF Corse USA) stormed to her first-ever IMSA class pole, pushing her #21 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO to the highest spot with a flying lap of 2m04.688s. The lap got here with roughly three minutes left within the session, bumping off Winward Racing’s Russell Ward.
Ultimately, Wadoux Ducellier’s lap remained unbeaten by way of the top of the session, warding off Coronary heart of Racing’s Zacharie Robichon, who fell 0.167s brief in second.
Valentin Hasse Clot (Automotive Blanche) ended up third, 0.169s behind, with Casper Stevenson (DragonSpeed) in fourth at 0.172s off the highest mark.
1
93
Acura ARX-06
8
133.410
2
60
Acura ARX-06
8
0.157
133.219
3
24
BMW M Hybrid V8
8
0.207
132.967
4
40
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
8
0.016
132.948
5
6
Porsche 963
8
0.682
132.126
6
31
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
8
0.066
132.047
7
10
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
8
0.020
132.023
8
23
Aston Martin Valkyrie
8
0.423
131.519
9
7
Porsche 963
8
0.056
131.452
10
25
BMW M Hybrid V8
8
0.060
131.381
11
5
Porsche 963
8
0.391
130.920
12
D. Goldburg
22
ORECA LMP2 07
7
2.901
127.594
13
52
ORECA LMP2 07
9
0.262
127.302
14
J. Clarke
43
ORECA LMP2 07
8
0.185
127.097
15
99
ORECA LMP2 07
8
0.075
127.014
16
A. Quinn
04
ORECA LMP2 07
8
1.079
125.830
17
11
ORECA LMP2 07
7
0.020
125.809
18
P. Fayer
2
ORECA LMP2 07
9
0.129
125.669
19
M. Espirito Santo
73
ORECA LMP2 07
8
0.368
125.271
20
N. Rao
J. Abel Period Motorsport
18
ORECA LMP2 07
8
0.210
125.045
21
J. Area
M. Van Der Snel
37
ORECA LMP2 07
9
0.093
124.946
22
8
ORECA LMP2 07
8
0.784
124.112
23
G. Kraut
S. Fielding JDC/Miller Motorsports
79
ORECA LMP2 07
8
3.126
120.893
24
H. King AO Racing
77
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
8
3.499
117.483
25
1
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
6
0.140
117.350
26
3
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
8
0.082
117.273
27
M. Esterson
N. Johnson RLL Crew McLaren
59
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
7
0.037
117.238
28
911
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
7
0.007
117.231
29
4
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
8
0.170
117.071
30
R. Agostini Triarsi Competizione
033
Ferrari 296 GT3
8
0.168
116.913
31
21
Ferrari 296 GT3
7
0.042
116.874
32
27
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
8
0.167
116.718
33
M. Fossard
068
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
7
0.002
116.716
34
81
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
8
0.003
116.713
35
9
Lamborghini Temerario GT3
8
0.022
116.693
36
62
Ferrari 296 GT3
8
0.007
116.686
37
F. Selldorff Turner Motorsport
96
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
7
0.230
116.472
38
57
Mercedes-AMG GT3
6
0.007
116.465
39
R. Yardley
28
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
8
0.046
116.422
40
80
Mercedes-AMG GT3
7
0.053
116.373
41
36
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
7
0.044
116.332
42
O. Triarsi
023
Ferrari 296 GT3
7
0.046
116.289
43
34
Ferrari 296 GT3
7
0.020
116.271
44
65
Ford Mustang GT3
8
0.023
116.249
45
64
Ford Mustang GT3
7
0.016
116.235
46
12
Lexus RC F GT3
8
0.818
115.481
47
70
Ferrari 296 GT3
8
0.268
115.236
48
M. Schuring Crew Manthey
912
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
7
0.397
114.876
49
13
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
8
0.008
114.869
50
45
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2
8
0.396
114.511
51
66
Ford Mustang GT3
8
0.047
114.469
52
J. Altzman Myers Riley Motorsports
16
Ford Mustang GT3
8
0.925
113.643
53
14
Lexus RC F GT3
3
54
120
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
4
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