The whole American Le Mans Series (ALMS) field battled torrid heat during qualifying ahead of the Northeast Grand Prix, at Lime Rock Park, but it was German Lucas Luhr who came out on top.
The 2012 champion and his teammate Klaus Graf amassed two wins this season, but have yet to start on pole.
In the absence of his title rivals from Rebellion Racing, Luhr comfortably posted the fastest lap of the session, aboard his HPD ARX-03c. Dyson Racing's Chris Dyson and Guy Smith completed the front row.
The third and only other car registered in P1, the No. 0 DeltaWing driven by Andy Meyrick and Katherine Legge, posted the 12th fastest lap overall.
BMW Team RLL, led by John Edwards, swept the front row in GT, leaving Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin with nothing but third place to start from.
Ryan Briscoe was the fastest man in P2, at the wheel of Level 5's first HPD ARX-03b, while Colin Braun (CORE autosport) and Spencer Pumpelly (Flying Lizards) led in PC and GTC respectively.
Qualifying results – ALMS Northeast Grand Prix (Lime Rock)
1.Graf/Luhr (HPD ARX-03c) - Pickett - 44"396
2.Dyson/Smith (Lola B12/60 Mazda) - Dyson - 45"243
3.Tucker/Briscoe (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 46"191
4.Tucker/Franchitti (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 46"428
5.Brown/Van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 46"729
6.Sharp/Cosmo (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 46"870
7.Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) - CORE - 48"078
8.Junqueira/Ende (Oreca FLM09) - Rocketsports - 48"1889
9.Marcelli/Cumming (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 48"403
10.Schultis-Van der Zande (Oreca FLM09 Chevy) - DragonSpeed - 48"422
11.Nunez/Booth (Oreca FLM09) - Preformance Tech - 48"564
12.Meyrick-Legge (DeltaWing LM12-Elan) - DeltaWing - 48"931
13.Guasch/Cheng (Oreca FLM09) - PR1 - 49"222
14.Drissi/Mitchell (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 50"044
15.Mueller/Edwards (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 50"996
16.Auberlen/Martin (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 51"157
17.Gavin/Milner (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 51"490
18.Beretta/Malucelli (Ferrari 458) - Risi - 51"499
19.Magnussen/Garcia (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 51"537
20.Long/Kimber-Smith (Porsche 997) - 51"732
21.Sweedler/Bell (Ferrari 458) - Alex Job - 51"812
22.Goossens/Farnbacher (SRT Viper) - SRT - 51"916
23.Bomarito/Wittmer (SRT Viper) - SRT - 52"185
24.Henzler/Sellers (Porsche 997) - Falken - 52"199
25.Miller/Holzer (Porsche 997) - Miller - 52"254
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The 2012 champion and his teammate Klaus Graf amassed two wins this season, but have yet to start on pole.
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| Photo: ALMS.com |
In the absence of his title rivals from Rebellion Racing, Luhr comfortably posted the fastest lap of the session, aboard his HPD ARX-03c. Dyson Racing's Chris Dyson and Guy Smith completed the front row.
The third and only other car registered in P1, the No. 0 DeltaWing driven by Andy Meyrick and Katherine Legge, posted the 12th fastest lap overall.
BMW Team RLL, led by John Edwards, swept the front row in GT, leaving Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin with nothing but third place to start from.
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| Photo: ALMS.com |
Ryan Briscoe was the fastest man in P2, at the wheel of Level 5's first HPD ARX-03b, while Colin Braun (CORE autosport) and Spencer Pumpelly (Flying Lizards) led in PC and GTC respectively.
Qualifying results – ALMS Northeast Grand Prix (Lime Rock)
1.Graf/Luhr (HPD ARX-03c) - Pickett - 44"396
2.Dyson/Smith (Lola B12/60 Mazda) - Dyson - 45"243
3.Tucker/Briscoe (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 46"191
4.Tucker/Franchitti (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 46"428
5.Brown/Van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 46"729
6.Sharp/Cosmo (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 46"870
7.Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) - CORE - 48"078
8.Junqueira/Ende (Oreca FLM09) - Rocketsports - 48"1889
9.Marcelli/Cumming (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 48"403
10.Schultis-Van der Zande (Oreca FLM09 Chevy) - DragonSpeed - 48"422
11.Nunez/Booth (Oreca FLM09) - Preformance Tech - 48"564
12.Meyrick-Legge (DeltaWing LM12-Elan) - DeltaWing - 48"931
13.Guasch/Cheng (Oreca FLM09) - PR1 - 49"222
14.Drissi/Mitchell (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 50"044
15.Mueller/Edwards (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 50"996
16.Auberlen/Martin (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 51"157
17.Gavin/Milner (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 51"490
18.Beretta/Malucelli (Ferrari 458) - Risi - 51"499
19.Magnussen/Garcia (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 51"537
20.Long/Kimber-Smith (Porsche 997) - 51"732
21.Sweedler/Bell (Ferrari 458) - Alex Job - 51"812
22.Goossens/Farnbacher (SRT Viper) - SRT - 51"916
23.Bomarito/Wittmer (SRT Viper) - SRT - 52"185
24.Henzler/Sellers (Porsche 997) - Falken - 52"199
25.Miller/Holzer (Porsche 997) - Miller - 52"254
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