Dane Cameron has lead an Acura Team Penske one-two in qualifying for the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio.
Cameron set the pace in the session with a series of fast laps before ultimately setting a 01:10:839 in the #6 Acura ARX-05. Team-mate Helio Castroneves improved with a late flyer to take second for a front row lockout, just two-tenths off his team-mate.
Jonathan Bomarito improved to a late third in the #55 Mazda RT24-P, ahead of the fourth-placed in the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-VR of Pipo Derani. Ryan Briscoe took fifth in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac, despite an off-track excursion in the final minutes of the session.
Taylor puts Corvette on pole
Corvette Racing has meanwhile taken pole position in GTLM in absence of main rivals Porsche.
Jordan Taylor set the quickest lap in #3 Corvette C8.R, posting a 01:17:985 to beat the #24 BMW M8 GTE of Jesse Krohn to pole by 0.376s.
Oliver Gavin was third quickest in the #4 Corvette, nearly half a second behind his team-mate. The rear in class was brought up by the #25 BMW M8 GTE driven by Bruno Spengler.
Late charge for Telitz gives Lexus GTD pole
Aaron Telitz has put AIM Vasser Sullivan on pole position by setting a flurry of late laptimes to put the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 on pole position.
The Wisconsin native’s best effort came down to 01:20:974, which was enough to beat out the #86 Acura NSX GT3 Evo of Matt McMurry in a thrilling duel.
The pink Meyer Shank Racing Acura was 0.115s further back in second place, while Miskha Goikhberg was another tenth back in third in the #57 Meyer Shank Acura.
Corey Fergus, despite starting out slow, was fourth fastest in the #76 Compass Racing McLaren 720S GT3 ahead of Robby Foley in the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3, who rounded out the top five.
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