USC – Westbrook puts the Spirit of Daytona on pole in Detroit

Qualifying for the Belle Isle Park round in Detroit (contested by the LMP2s and the GTDs) was particularly close. Richard Westbrook snatched the pole by setting a time of 1'25 in the No. 011 Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP, beating the No. 90 Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports HPD ARX-03b driven by Ryan Dalziel by a hundredth. . Christian Fittipaldi followed a tenth behind Action Express Racing's DP while the Oak Racing Morgan-Nissan still driven by Olivier Pla completed the second row despite half a second behind.

Spencer Pumpelly took the GTD pole at the wheel of the Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS ultra with which he completed a lap in 1'32"914. The No. 3 Riley Motorsports Viper GT33-R of Jeroen Bleekemolen came closest, falling short by two tenths.