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Grand-Am: Taylor brothers 1-2 on Mid-Ohio grid

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Antoine Cremer
Taylor brothers Jordan (Velocity Worldwide Corvette DP) and Ricky (VisitFlorida.com Corvette DP) earned the two first positions of the Grand-Am qualifying session, held prior to Saturday's event at Mid-Ohio.

Of course, their proud father Wayne was watching because he happens to be Jordan's boss at Wayne Taylor Racing.

Grand-Am, Taylor, Mid-Ohio
Ricky, Wayne and Jordan Taylor (Photo: Grand-Am.com)

Christian Fittipaldi put the his Action Express Corvette DP first on the second row, ahead of the Jon Fogarty (Gainsco Corvette DP).

John Edwards (Stevenson Auto Group Chevrolet Camaro) heads the GT field. Boris Said (Marsh Racing Corvette) and Emil Assentato (Aim Autosport Ferrari 458) complete the top 3.

Tom Long (MazdaSpeed Mazda6) set the pole in GX.

Qualifying results – Mid-Ohio (Grand-Am)
1.Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP/Dallara) - Taylor - 1'16"947
2.Taylor-Westbrook (Corvette DP/Coyote) - SpiritOfDaytona - 1'17"001
3.Barbosa-Fittipaldi (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 1'17"200
4.Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP/Riley) - Stallings - 1'17"248
5.Frisselle-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 1'17"381
6.Dalziel-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1'17"415
7.Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 1'17"755
8.Pizzonia-Yacaman (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1'17"822
9.Negri-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1'17"839
10.Cameron-Nonnamaker (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1'18"890
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Antoine Cremer
Antoine Cremer
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