Laguna Seca IMSA: Taylor takes pole with record run
Ricky Taylor and Oliver Jarvis delivered an Acura 1-2 in qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with the Wayne Taylor Racing driver ducking into the 1min13secs to take pole by less than a tenth of a second.
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DPi
Ricky Taylor completed a 1min13.924sec lap of the 2.238-mile classic to beat Jarvis’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 by just 0.089sec.
No less impressive was Alex Lynn’s first ever effort around Laguna Seca. Not only did he beat his Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac teammate Sebastien Bourdais by 0.45sec, he was only 0.148sec from top spot on a track that has historically favored the Acura ARX-05s.
Tristan Vautier was 0.95sec off pole in the JDC Miller MotorSports Caddy ahead of the similar car of Tristan Nunez of Action Express Racing.
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports locked out the LMP2 front row, with Steven Thomas, Jonathan Bomarito’s co-driver, getting the edge – by just 0.057sec – over Patrick Kelly.
Henrik Hedman was third for DragonSpeed as Dennis Andersen of High Class racing was fourth, ahead of the Tower Motorsports and Era Motorsport cars.
GTD Pro / GTD
Mathieu Jaminet grabbed pole in the GTD Pro category, putting the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R at the top of the times with a 1min23.142sec lap, which left him a mere 0.022sec clear of Daniel Juncadella’s best effort in the WeatherTech Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 that he shares with Cooper MacNeil.
Alex Riberas was within quarter of a second of top spot in the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage, ahead of Russell Ward in the fastest of the GTD pro-am entries, the Winward Racing Mercedes which set a 1min23.567sec lap. That was two-tenths faster than Jaden Conwright’s fastest lap in the NTe/SSR Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan, the pair separated by the GTD Pro entry of John Edwards in the works BMW M4 run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team.
Another swift BMW was the Turner Motorsport M4 driven to third in class and seventh overall by Robby Foley ahead of the other Heart of Racing Aston of Roman de Angelis, and the Carbahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ricky Taylor
 Filipe Albuquerque
|
DPi | Acura DPi | 9 | 1'13.924 | |
| 2 |
 Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist
|
DPi | Acura DPi | 11 | 1'14.013 | 0.089 |
| 3 |
 Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
|
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 7 | 1'14.072 | 0.148 |
| 4 |
 Renger van der Zande
 Sébastien Bourdais
|
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 7 | 1'14.517 | 0.593 |
| 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook
|
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 7 | 1'14.877 | 0.953 |
| 6 |
 Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez
|
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 9 | 1'15.576 | 1.652 |
| 7 |
Steven Thomas
Jonathan Bomarito
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'17.571 | 3.647 |
| 8 |
Josh Pierson
Patrick Kelly
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'17.628 | 3.704 |
| 9 |
 Henrik Hedman
 Juan Pablo Montoya
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'18.267 | 4.343 |
| 10 |
 Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'18.747 | 4.823 |
| 11 |
 John Farano
 Louis Deletraz
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 10 | 1'19.551 | 5.627 |
| 12 |
Dwight Merriman
Ryan Dalziel
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 9 | 1'20.614 | 6.690 |
| 13 |
 Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
|
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 6 | 1'23.142 | 9.218 |
| 14 |
Cooper MacNeil
 Daniel Juncadella
|
GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 8 | 1'23.164 | 9.240 |
| 15 |
Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
|
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 7 | 1'23.368 | 9.444 |
| 16 |
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
|
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 10 | 1'23.567 | 9.643 |
| 17 |
Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards
|
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 8 | 1'23.740 | 9.816 |
| 18 |
Marco Holzer
Jaden Conwright
|
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 11 | 1'23.777 | 9.853 |
| 19 |
Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 10 | 1'23.821 | 9.897 |
| 20 |
Roman De Angelis
 Maxime Martin
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 10 | 1'23.852 | 9.928 |
| 21 |
Robert Megennis
Jeff Westphal
|
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 6 | 1'23.881 | 9.957 |
| 22 |
Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat
|
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 8 | 1'23.953 | 10.029 |
| 23 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 9 | 1'24.121 | 10.197 |
| 24 |
Ryan Eversley
Aidan Read
|
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 11 | 1'24.126 | 10.202 |
| 25 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
|
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 9 | 1'24.160 | 10.236 |
| 26 |
 Dirk Muller
Stevan McAleer
|
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 8 | 1'24.162 | 10.238 |
| 27 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz
|
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 9 | 1'24.444 | 10.520 |
| 28 |
Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad
|
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 11 | 1'24.471 | 10.547 |
| 29 |
Ryan Hardwick
Jan Heylen
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 11 | 1'24.637 | 10.713 |
| 30 |
Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff
|
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 8 | 1'24.948 | 11.024 |
| 31 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 11 | 1'25.152 | 11.228 |
| 32 |
Kyle Washington
James Sofronas
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 11 | 1'27.310 | 13.386 |
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