Martin Jensen og Paul Gerrard starter på en 15. plads til Kia 200, der køres som opvarmning til Grand-Am Series’ Grand Prix of Miami. Trods den lavere startposition er det dog kun 1,4 sekund, der skiller Insight Racing-parret fra toppen, hvor Rum Bum Racing satte pole.
Duoen i BMW M3 Coupe var plagede af problemer skabt af en motorsensor, hvilket kostede meget banetid. Problemet blev dog løst, men manglen på banetid kostede.
– Vi opnåede en del i dag trods problemerne (fredag, red.). Nu er vi i vinduet, og vi ved, at det er en bedre bil i løbstrim end i kvalifikation, siger Martin Jensen til teamets hjemmeside.
– I starten af sessionen vidste jeg, at første omgang på dækkene ville være den bedste, så jeg holdt et gab til bilen foran, og så stoppede sessionen. Ved restarten skulle det være omgangen, men jeg fangede hurtigt en langsommere bil og havde ikke andet valg en at presse på bagved. Jeg måtte slippe gassen på et tidspunkt, og jeg er sikker på, at det kostede mig det halve sekund, vi har til top 10, siger han videre.
Følg Kia 200 og Martin Jensen på Grand-Ams hjemmeside her (åbner nyt vindue).
Kvalifikationen til Kia 200:
1 | GS | Longhi / Plumb | Rum Bum Racing / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:25.994 |
2 | GS | Johnson / Roush Jr. | Roush Performance / Mustang Boss 302R | 1:26.081 |
3 | GS | Bell / Edwards | Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GS.R | 1:26.265 |
4 | GS | Foster / Maxwell | Multimatic Motorsports / Mustang Boss 302R | 1:26.273 |
5 | GS | Cameron / Finlay | Finlay Motorsports with M.S.R. / Mustang Boss 302R | 1:26.321 |
6 | GS | Carter / Plumb | Fall-Line Motorsports / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:26.459 |
7 | GS | Aschenbach / Atterbury | Mitchum Motorsports / Camaro GS.R | 1:26.465 |
8 | GS | Martin / Seafuse | JBS Motorsports / Mustang Boss 302R | 1:26.779 |
9 | GS | Espenlaub / Putman | Fall-Line Motorsports / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:26.836 |
10 | GS | Michaelian / Wilden | BimmerWorld Racing / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:26.967 |
11 | GS | Aquilante / Spaude | Subaru Road Racing Team / Subaru WRX-STI | 1:27.126 |
12 | GS | Auberlen / Dalla Lana | Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:27.231 |
13 | GS | Buffomante / Gimple | Capaldi Racing / Ford Mustang GT | 1:27.258 |
14 | GS | Hand / Marsal | Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:27.259 |
15 | GS | Gerrard / Jensen | Insight Racing / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:27.474 |
16 | GS | Gibson / Hurley | APR Motorsport / Audi S4 | 1:27.493 |
17 | GS | Bucknum / Stout | Mitchum Motorsports / Camaro GS.R | 1:27.600 |
18 | GS | Clay / Thomas | BimmerWorld Racing / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:27.922 |
19 | GS | Panzer / Snyder | Frederick Motorsports / Ford Mustang GT | 1:27.949 |
20 | GS | Lacey / McIntosh | Racers Edge Motorsports / Mustang Boss 302R | 1:28.129 |
21 | GS | Boden / Kasemets | Fall-Line Motorsports / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:28.314 |
22 | GS | Abello / Rossi | Ranger Sports Racing / Porsche 997 | 1:28.362 |
23 | GS | Cosmo / Tetreault | BGB Motorsports / Porsche Cayman S | 1:28.825 |
24 | GS | Curran / McCalmont | CKS Autosport / Camaro GS.R | 1:29.021 |
25 | GS | Dumoulin / Tecce | BGB Motorsports / Porsche Cayman S | 1:29.069 |
26 | GS | Buford / Sellers | Kinetic Motorsports / BMW M3 Coupe | 1:29.823 |
27 | GS | Ellis / Wellon | Ranger Sports Racing / Porsche 997 | 1:30.293 |
28 | GS | Pumpelly / Zahn | TRG / Porsche 997 | 1:30.656 |
29 | GS | Mundy / Rivera | CKS Autosport / Camaro GS.R | 1:30.674 |
30 | ST | Blanchette / Hebert | 89 Racing Team / Honda Civic SI | 1:32.189 |
31 | ST | Pombo / Pombo | i-MOTO / Mazda Speed 3 | 1:32.205 |
32 | ST | Foss / Rampelberg | Freedom Autosport / Mazda Speed 3 | 1:32.245 |
33 | ST | Combs / Mosing | RACE EPIC/Murillo Racing / BMW 328i | 1:32.266 |
34 | ST | McQuarrie / Rondet | Insight Racing / BMW 328i | 1:32.281 |
35 | ST | Baas / Ellis | APR Motorsport / Volkswagen GTI | 1:32.357 |
36 | ST | Burrows / Hopwood | Kinetic Motorsports / KIA Forte Koup | 1:32.530 |
37 | ST | Gleason / Gleason | APR Motorsport / Volkswagen GTI | 1:32.607 |
38 | ST | Lutz / Thilenius | Compass360 Racing / Honda Civic SI | 1:32.685 |
39 | ST | Armengol / Hamblin | DeMan Motorsport / Boxster | 1:32.749 |
40 | ST | Galati / Jonsson | Kinetic Motorsports / KIA Forte Koup | 1:32.898 |
41 | ST | Bell / Zacharias | Doran Racing / BMW 128i | 1:32.930 |
42 | ST | Miller / Prey | Q3 Autosport / Boxster | 1:32.944 |
43 | ST | Capestro-Dubets / Liefooghe | BimmerWorld Racing / BMW 328i | 1:33.003 |
44 | ST | Cattaneo / Trinkler | RSR Motorsports / Mini Cooper S | 1:33.006 |
45 | ST | Goldman / Schultz | Trade Manage Racing / Boxster | 1:33.239 |
46 | ST | Novich / Theetge | Compass360 Racing / Honda Civic SI | 1:33.289 |
47 | ST | Brown / Kent | RACE EPIC/Murillo Racing / BMW 328i | 1:33.565 |
48 | ST | Long / Whitis | Freedom Autosport / Mazda MX-5 | 1:33.664 |
49 | ST | Hacquard / Kleinubing | i-MOTO / Mazda Speed 3 | 1:33.862 |
50 | ST | Carbonell / O’Doski | Freedom Autosport / Mazda MX-5 | 1:33.882 |
51 | ST | Hanson / Workman | AutoSport Promotions / BMW 330 | 1:33.885 |
52 | ST | Carroll / Eversley | Compass360 Racing / Honda Civic SI | 1:34.029 |
53 | ST | Masessa / Straus | DeMan Motorsport / Boxster | 1:34.163 |
54 | ST | Mirzayan / Smalley | RSR Motorsports / Mini Cooper S | 1:34.257 |
55 | ST | Heinricy / Yarosz | V-Pack Motorsport / BMW 330 | 1:34.451 |
56 | ST | Farmer / Hart | RSR Motorsports / Mini Cooper S | 1:34.466 |
57 | ST | Beede / Tesler-Mabe | Compass360 Racing / Honda Civic SI | 1:35.080 |
58 | ST | Kozarov / Tallman | CA Sport / Honda Civic SI | 1:35.709 |
59 | ST | Conway / von Moltke | Doran Racing / BMW 128i | 1:35.928 |
60 | ST | Gorriaran / McHaffie / McHaffie | Flatout Motorsports / Mazda MX-5 | 1:37.148 |
61 | ST | Bock / Mitten / Weisberg | Next Generation Motorsports / BMW 330 | 1:40.720 |
62 | ST | Freeman Jr. / Freeman / Schmidt | FRESCH / Mercedes C300 | 1:40.768 |
63 | ST | Barnett / Ledoux | Freedom Autosport / Mazda Speed 3 | – |
64* | GS | James / Nastasi | TPN Racing/Blackforest / Dodge Challenger | – |
65* | GS | Potter / Stanton | Magnus Racing / Porsche Cayman S | – |
66 | ST | Heumann / White | BimmerWorld Racing / BMW 328i | – |