Seb Priaulx took GTD Pro class pole position for Ford in their second front-row knock-out this year, ahead of tomorrow’s Detroit Grand Prix.
Ford Multimatic last secured the front row in qualifying at Daytona, and so they have repeated the feat for their home race in Detroit.
Tomorrow, the Detroit Sportscar Classic hosts the second of IMSA’s two sole street circuit sprint races.
Priaulx took the #64 Ford Multimatic Mustang GT3’s second time to the honour with a 1:10.922 lap time, ahead of the #65 Ford with Chris Mies’ 1:11.251.
Jack Hawksworth drove a 1:11.416 lap time to take third place in the #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 ahead of the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo of Neil Verhagen.
The #1 driver completed a fastest time of 1:11.480 ahead of the other #48 BMW of Dan Harper, who set a 1:11.884.
Tommy Milner claimed sixth position after he set a 1:11.901 at the wheel of the #4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
Pfaff Motorsport’s #9 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 followed in seventh when Andrea Caldarelli drove a 1:12.296, ahead of Klaus Bachler’s #77 AO Racing ‘Roxy’ Porsche 911 GT3.R and his 1:13.346 time.
Antonio Garcia, with his fastest lap time voided due to causing one of the three red flags in FP2, claimed ninth place in the #3 Corvette with a 1:13.560.
Franke Montecalvo took 10th in the #15 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, owing to his 1:14.125 time.
Rasmus Lindh – replacing Giacomo Altoe in the #81 Dragonspeed Ferrari 296 GT3 – spun during the early part of qualifying and made light contact with the barrier after Turn 4, after his unfortunate spin, preventing further participation for causing a red flag.
See here for full qualifying results. After a 20-minute morning FP3 session, the race starts at 15:40 ET/20:40 BST.
