Four in four poles for Dries Vanthoor and BMW after thrilling Leguna Seca qualifying

Dries Vanthoor took his fourth IMSA pole positions in as many races for BMW after a thrilling qualifying session at Leguna Seca.

The #24 BMW M Hybrid 8 car, driven by the Belgian, set a time of 1:12.854s, just five thousandths ahead of Matt Campbell’s #5 Porsche Penske.

Its sister car, the #7 driven by Felipe Nasr, was third, with a 1:12.932, ensuring that just under eight hundredths of a second covered the top three.

The #25 BMW, driven by Sheldon van der Linde, could only manage sixth, just over two tenths down on Vanthoor’s time, with the #10 Wayne Taylor Cadillac of Felipe Albuquerque fourth, and the #60 Acura Mayer Shank of Colin Braun fifth.

The #1 BMW Paul Miller Racing took the chequered flag courtesy of British driver Dan Harper. Image: Kevin Dejewski

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The #40 Wayne Taylor Cadillac of Louis Deletraz, the second Acura Mayer Shank – the #93 of Britain’s Nick Yelloly – the #31 Cadillac Whelen of Frederik Vesti and the #85 JCD Miller Porsche of Gianmaria Bruni rounded-up the top 10.