Davison Captures Fourth Straight GTD Pole

Subtitle:TRG-AMR Quickest In Qualifying At Road America

Hoping to end the season on a high note, James Davison captured his fourth-consecutive TOTAL Pole Award in the GT Daytona (GTD) class in the No. 007 Royal Purple/PassTime/Orion Energy Aston Martin V12 Vantage. 

Davison lapped the 2.54-mile, 12-turn circuit in 1:22.254 (111.168 mph), 0.141 seconds ahead of the No. 58 Dempsey Racing Discount Tire/Universal Industrial Sales Porsche 911 GT America driven by Madison Snow. 

“This is a great result for our whole team, because we’ve had a bit of a rough weekend up to this point,” said Davison, who will co-drive with David Block and Christina Nielsen. “This was a tougher session than our three other poles. I think everyone was sliding around a fair bit because there wasn’t enough grip on the track. Hopefully we can get a good result the finish off the season on a high note.” 

Snow, who will be joined Saturday by co-drivers Jan Heylen and Patrick Dempsey, ran a lap of 1.22.395 (110.978 mph). 

With only one race remaining on the TUDOR Championship schedule, three teams, three manufacturers and five drivers in the GTD class are separated by seven points. Class leader Dane Cameron drove the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 to a fifth-place starting position with a lap of 1:22.682 (110.592 mph). Cameron will be joined by co-drivers Markus Palttala and Christoffer Nygaard. 

Among the other championship contenders, Cooper MacNeil qualified eighth in the Alex Job Racing No. 22 WeatherTech Porsche 911 GT America co-driven by Leh Keen and Craig Stanton, while Bill Sweedler qualified in 12th in AIM Autosport’s