ALMS – Muscle Milk on pole ahead of Dyson Racing

Lucas Luhr easily took pole position at the Mid-Ohio circuit, driving the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a. The German clocked a time of 1'11"019 and was ahead of Dyson Racing's Lola B12/60 by six tenths, after the driver of the eponymous team took charge of placing the No. 16 on the front row. on the starting grid. The #11 Lola B66/20 which was driven by Éric Lux is in third position. It will share the second row with the Level 03 Motorsports HPD ARX-2b LM P5, Christophe Bouchut having secured pole in the category in the No. 055 with a time of 1'13"230, which was quite sufficient. Martin Plowman, the Frenchman's closest rival, failed by five tenths. Marino Franchitti took pole in LM PC with a time of 1'15"107 in the PR09/Mathiasen Oreca FLM1. The first row of the category is completed by the No. 9 of the RSR team where Bruno Junqueira lost just eight hundredths behind.

Jörg Müller was responsible for setting the best time in the GT category with a time of 1'19"298 obtained at the wheel of the No. 3 BMW M92 E55. The battle promises to be close since Guy Cosmo only loses by three hundredths at the wheel of the Ferrari F458 Italia d’Extreme Speed. Patrick Long place quant à lui la Porsche 911 GT3 RSR n°45 en troisième position à un dixième de la première ligne. Les Corvette sont regroupées aux cinquième et sixième rangs derrière la F458 n°01 qui était emmenée par Johannes van Overbeek. Damien Faulkner a signé quant à lui la pole en GTC sur la Porsche 911 GT3 Cup du Green Hornet.

The race will be followed live from 18:45 p.m. on Motors TV.