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Grand-Am: First timers Jordan Taylor and Max Papis rule Detroit streets

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Antoine Cremer
Corvette's Jordan Taylor and Ferrari's Max Papis scored their respective first career pole positions ahead of this weekend's street battle at the Detroit Belle Isle circuit.

Taylor (Velocity Motorsports) led Jon Fogarty (GAINSCO) in the Daytona Prototype class to an all Corvette front row.

Papis a former pole winner in DP, pipped Boris Said (Marsh Racing Corvette) for his first GT pole, driving his No. 61 R.Ferri/AIM Motorsport Ferrari.

Tom Long (MAZDASPEED) leads the GX field.


Qualifying results – Detroit (Grand-Am)
1.Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP) - Taylor - 1'27"675
2.Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP) - Stallings - 1'27"802
3.Dalziel-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1'27"817
4.Lamy-Potolicchio-Sarrazin (Corvette DP/Coyote) - 8Star - 1'27"862
5.Taylor-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - SpiritOfDaytona - 1'27"953
6.Barbosa-Fittipaldi (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 1'27"954
7.Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 1'28"460
8.Pizzonia-Yacaman (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1'28"572
9.Frisselle-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 1'28"580
10.Valiante-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1'28"774
11.Cameron-Nonnamaker (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1'29"576
12.Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker-Sahlen (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1'33"492
13.Hartley-Mayer (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1'35"552


Antoine Cremer
Antoine Cremer
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