Grand-Am: Jon Fogarty captures first COTA pole

Jon Fogarty, driving his No. 99 GAINSCO Corvette DP, captured his 24th career pole, qualifying ahead of the first ever Grand-Am race at the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas.

Jordan Taylor parked a second Corvette DP on the front row of the grid, his No. 10 Velocity Worldwide machine. Memo Rojas was third in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley.

No. 99 GAINSCO Corvette DP (Photo: Grand-Am.com)

The GT pole went to Alessandro Balzan, who put the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 right in front of Max Papis' Canadian-backed No. 61 R.Ferri/AIM Austosport Ferrari.

2013 24 Hours of Daytona champion Jim Norman bagged the pole in GX.



Qualifying results* – Grand-Am (Austin, Texas)
1.Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP/Riley) - Stallings - 2'00"179

2.Angelelli-Taylor (Riley-BMW) - Taylor - 2'00"239
3.Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 2'00"289
4.Barbosa-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 2'01"127

5.Taylor-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - SpiritOfDaytona - 2'01"436

6.Pizzonia-Yacaman (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 2'01"624
7.Dalziel-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 2'01"737

8.Fittipaldi-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 2'02"300
9.Potolicchio-Sarrazin (Corvette DP/Coyote) - 8Star - 2'02"522
10.Cameron-Nonnamaker (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 2'03"229
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*Unofficial