Advertisement
Advertisement
IMSA: Magnussen Corvette on GTLM pole, Snow Lambo in GTD
By alley - Aug 27, 2016, 12:51 PM ET

IMSA: Magnussen Corvette on GTLM pole, Snow Lambo in GTD

After leading Friday's second practice session and Saturday morning's final practice outing, The No. 3 Corvette Racing C7.R and the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 completed the hat trick with pole positions in GT Le Mans and GT Daytona, respectively.

Atop the field, Jan Magnussen won the internecine duel with Tommy Milner in the No. 4 Corvette as he took his first pole since 2014 (1m41.557s) by displacing his teammate (-0.011) by the slimmest of margins. Joey Hand in the No. 66 Ford GT (-0.260) completed the top three in GTLM.

"I'm so happy," Magnussen said. "It's an overall pole; it's even better. I knew we had to get every single one-hundredth to beat the No. 4 car. Can't wait for tomorrow."

Related Stories

In GTD, Snow – one of IMSA's youngest drivers – earned his first WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona pole as ambient temperatures crept over the 90-degree mark. The 20-year-old was decidedly faster than his rivals as the V10-powered Lamborghini (1:44.956) cleared Matt Bell in the No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT3 (-0.291) and the No. 27 Dream Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 piloted by Cedric Sbirrazzuoli (-0.295).

"The track was perfect," Snow said. "We didn't make many changes from the last session. Got it done. It's nice to put it on top; the Paul Miller guys have this car setup and we took it right to the front."

The GTD championship-leading No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 driven by Christina Nielsen will have some work to do with teammate Alessandro Balzan after qualifying eighth (-1.041) in the 12-deep class.

Click here

for full results.

UP NEXT: Pre-race warm-up, Sunday, 8:05 a.m. ET.

Comments

Comments are disabled until you accept Social Networking Cookies. Update cookie preferences

If the dialog doesn't appear, ad-blockers are often the cause; try disabling yours or see our Social Features Support.