“We decided it was a pretty narrow window with the tire degradation,” he explained. They’ll start sixth overall in the 20-car GT field for Saturday’s race.Īfterward, Skeen credited team strategy for the success. The lap held up - barely - by 0.007 seconds to deliver the GT Daytona (GTD) class pole to Skeen, co-driver Mikael Grenier and the No. 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 and waited out the checkered flag. Skeen turned a track-record lap of 51.157 seconds (103.727 mph) a little more than six minutes into Friday’s qualifying session, then parked the No. Mike Skeen did what he had to do early, then all he could do was wait and see if he’d collect his first Motul Pole Award in WeatherTech Championship competition.
We still have to go out tomorrow and try and get a result.” Early Flyer Holds up for Skeen to Take GTD Pole “We’ve been really struggling this year to get any sort of luck or any sort of form running. “Sprint races are notorious for being very important for qualifying, so hopefully we can take advantage of the track position,” Gunn said. Gunn and Riberas have faced their share of challenges this year, and they are seeking their first podium finish of the season. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD) will line up third in Saturday’s 2-hour, 40-minute race. Practice pacesetters Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor (No. I left it all out on the track, and I’m really, really happy with how it went.”Īll five cars entered in the GTD PRO class broke Campbell’s 2022 track record of 51.079 seconds. We’re the lucky ones that get to drive the car. “To be honest, I owe all of that to them because they’re the ones that do the really long hours and the real hard graft. “It’s nice to reward the guys after the really quick turnaround,” said Gunn, whose co-driver is Alex Riberas. It was the second pole in Gunn’s WeatherTech Championship career. Gunn paid tribute to his Heart of Racing crew, which built up a new Aston Martin car in less than two weeks since the team’s primary car was damaged in an accident during the last round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 he shares with Ben Barnicoat. It was also nearly two-tenths of a second faster than this year’s second fastest GTD PRO qualifier Jack Hawksworth could manage in the championship-leading No. The 104.883 mph lap around the seven-turn road course smashed the existing track record for the GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) class established by Matt Campbell last year by nearly half a second. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 around the 1.474-mile Lime Rock “Bullring” in 50.593 seconds on Friday to earn the Motul Pole Award for the FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix presented by Liqui Moly, a standalone round for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT classes. On a fast day at Lime Rock Park, Ross Gunn found the most speed.
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