At Road Atlanta, no one could do better than Helio Castroneves. The Acura Team Penske driver set the fastest time in qualifying. The Brazilian completed his lap in 1’8 “674 and will therefore start from the first position with his teammate Ricky Taylor.
On the timesheet, Hélio Castroneves was just 56 thousandths ahead of his compatriot Felipe Nasr (Whelen Engineering Racing) who will share his Cadillac DPi VR with Pipo Derani and Felipe Albuquerque.
Dane Cameron (Penske Acura) has the third fastest time of the qualifying session. The American and his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya will try to secure their second victory after that obtained in Daytona in early August.
In the GTLM category, qualifying was hotly contested. Indeed, the first six pilots were held in less than two tenths of a second. With a time of 1’16 “167, the pole went to Nick Tandy (Team Porsche).
In the fight for pole position, Antonio Garcia will start second at Road Atlanta. With the Corvette of the Corvette Racing team, the Spaniard completed his lap in 1’16 “181, barely 14 thousandths behind Nich Tandy! Tommy Milner positioned his Corvette in third place after a time only 55 thousandths slower than that of the poleman.
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