Louisiana driver Alex Ardoin won the pole for Round Three of the 2008 Star Mazda Championship at Watkins Glen this weekend.
His lap of 1:46.223 in the No. 51 car was 0.152 seconds clear of the 2nd-place car of British driver Charles Hall, who led every practice session. Hall finished 2nd in both Round One and Round Two, and is currently 2nd in the championship.
Qualifying featured both several red flags and an exciting duel between Ardoin and Hall, who traded the top spot several times in the closing minutes.
The top-qualifying Expert Series driver (for drivers 30 to 44 years old) is Chris Cumming and Master Series driver (drivers 45 and older) is Chuck Hulse.
Ardoin's last pole position was at Trois-Rivières, Quebec during the 2007 Star Mazda Championship season, and he won the season-engine race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to finish 6th in the championship.
Qualifying results, Watkins Glen:
PosNameBest TmDiff
1Alex Ardoin1:46.223-
2Charles Hall1:46.375+0.152
3Joel Miller1:46.596+0.373
4Peter Dempsey1:46.691+0.468
5John Edwards1:46.830+0.607
6Billy Goshen1:47.239+1.016
7Caio Lara1:47.555+1.332
8Ernesto Otero1:47.818+1.595
9Jonny Baker1:47.882+1.659
10Scott Rettich1:48.040+1.817
11Natalia Kowalska1:48.589+2.366
12Rick Rosin1:48.729+2.506
13J.C. Kester1:48.734+2.511
14Eric Freiberg1:48.935+2.712
15Chris Cumming1:48.955+2.732
16Taylor Hacquard1:48.959+2.736
17Mike Hill1:49.044+2.821
18J.W. Roberts1:49.624+3.401
19Michele Bumgarner1:49.766+3.543
20Chuck Hulse1:50.034+3.811
21Gerry Kraut1:50.324+4.101
22Richard Zober1:52.775+6.552
23Kristy Kester-.----
His lap of 1:46.223 in the No. 51 car was 0.152 seconds clear of the 2nd-place car of British driver Charles Hall, who led every practice session. Hall finished 2nd in both Round One and Round Two, and is currently 2nd in the championship.
Qualifying featured both several red flags and an exciting duel between Ardoin and Hall, who traded the top spot several times in the closing minutes.
The top-qualifying Expert Series driver (for drivers 30 to 44 years old) is Chris Cumming and Master Series driver (drivers 45 and older) is Chuck Hulse.
Ardoin's last pole position was at Trois-Rivières, Quebec during the 2007 Star Mazda Championship season, and he won the season-engine race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to finish 6th in the championship.
Qualifying results, Watkins Glen:
PosNameBest TmDiff
1Alex Ardoin1:46.223-
2Charles Hall1:46.375+0.152
3Joel Miller1:46.596+0.373
4Peter Dempsey1:46.691+0.468
5John Edwards1:46.830+0.607
6Billy Goshen1:47.239+1.016
7Caio Lara1:47.555+1.332
8Ernesto Otero1:47.818+1.595
9Jonny Baker1:47.882+1.659
10Scott Rettich1:48.040+1.817
11Natalia Kowalska1:48.589+2.366
12Rick Rosin1:48.729+2.506
13J.C. Kester1:48.734+2.511
14Eric Freiberg1:48.935+2.712
15Chris Cumming1:48.955+2.732
16Taylor Hacquard1:48.959+2.736
17Mike Hill1:49.044+2.821
18J.W. Roberts1:49.624+3.401
19Michele Bumgarner1:49.766+3.543
20Chuck Hulse1:50.034+3.811
21Gerry Kraut1:50.324+4.101
22Richard Zober1:52.775+6.552
23Kristy Kester-.----