Backstretch Motorsports

With a pair of victories and a second-place finish in the season’s first three races, the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus set the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 set qualifying pace at Virginia Interantional Raceway and took pole for the Bosch 250 event.

Memo Rojas won his second career and second consecutive Daytona Prototype pole. The Mexican driver ran a lap of 1:43.329 on the 3.27-mile, 17-turn circuit

Running his fourth race in the No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley fielded by SunTrust Racing, Michael Valiante qualified second at 1:43.329 after leading much of the 15-minute session.

Brian Frisselle was third in the No. 61 AIM Autosport Ford Riley, followed by Jon Fogarty in the No. 99 GAINSCO Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley, 1:43.516, David Donohue in the No. 58 Brumos Porsche Riley, 1:43.943, and Joey Hand in the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday/Alex Job Racing Porsche Crawford, 1:44.439.

Ricky Taylor timed in seventh fastest in the debut of the No. 19 Beyer Racing Ford Crawford. The 18-year-old son of Wayne Taylor ran a lap of 1:44.446 in the car he shares with fellow 18-year-old Jared Beyer and veteran Andy Wallace.

In GT, Dominik Farnbacher scored his second career GT pole with a lap of 1:53.401 in the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche GT3. Second was Kelly Collins in the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R, 1:53.401, followed by Mexico City winner Andrew David in the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R, and James Gue in the No. 97 Stevenson Motorsports Corvette.

“I’m very proud of winning the pole, because I never did that in this series before or in America before,” Farnbacher said. “I was driving very, very rough over the curbings. I tried some new things on my other laps. I know how the track works now. Let¹s see what we can do tomorrow.”

It is the second consecutive pole for Farnbacher Loles in the class, with Pierre Kaffer setting fast time at Mexico City in a substitute role for Dominik Farnbacher. Collins set the second-fastest speed on his last lap of the session.

Gue will share the No. 97 Corvette with Randy Pobst in the first appearance of that car this season.

Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR
Virginia International Raceway
Alton, VA

POS NO. CLASS CLASS POS. DRIVER TEAM/CAR TIME SPEED SPONSORS
1 01 DP 1 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 1:43.103 114.177 TELMEX
2 10 DP 2 Angelelli / Valiante SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Dallara 1:43.329 113.927 Sun Trust
3 61 DP 3 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 1:43.505 113.733 Exchange Traded Gold, Mike Direct Connect
4 99 DP 4 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:43.556 113.677 GAINSCO Auto Insurance
5 58 DP 5 Donohue / Law Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:43.801 113.409 Brumos Porsche, Kendall
6 23 DP 6 Auberlen / Hand Alex Job Racing / Porsche Crawford 1:44.439 112.716 Ruby Tuesday
7 19 DP 7 Beyer / Taylor / Wallace Beyer Racing / Ford Crawford 1:44.446 112.708
8 76 DP 8 Jonsson / Zonta Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:45.011 112.102
9 77 DP 9 Gidley / Jaeger Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:45.372 111.718 Kodak
10 16 DP 10 Bobbi / Kimber-Smith Cheever Racing / Pontiac Coyote 1:45.431 111.655 Crown Royal Cask No. 16
11 3 DP 11 Lester / Lewis Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley 1:45.437 111.649
12 6 DP 12 James / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:45.897 111.164
13 47 DP 13 Frisselle / Gardel Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:45.897 111.164 BSI, CDOC, Anasten Plus
14 91 DP 14 Goossens / Matthews Bob Stallings/ Riley-Matthews / Pontiac Riley 1:45.960 111.098 Riley-Matthews Motorsports
15 60 DP 15 Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:45.973 111.084
16 59 DP 16 Barbosa / France Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:46.446 110.591 Brumos Porsche, Kendall
17 7 DP 17 Plumb / Sigal Rum Bum Racing / BMW Riley 1:46.937 110.083 RumBum.com, Big Vision Miami
18 75 DP 18 Krohn / van de Poele Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:48.406 108.591
19 87 GT 2 Farnbacher / Werner Farnbacher Loles / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.401 103.808
20 07 GT 3 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:53.463 103.751 Banner Engineering
21 97 GT 4 Gue / Stevenson Stevenson Motorsports / Corvette 1:53.612 103.615 StevensonAuto.com
22 70 GT 5 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:53.904 103.350 Castrol Syntec, Mazda
23 21 GT 6 Alessi / Seyffarth Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 1:53.996 103.266 P1 Groupe, Black Flag Gear, Pacific Teaze, Lucy Plast S.P.A., Barbetti, Davide Cenci, ERREMME
24 80 GT 7 Long / Murry Synergy Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:54.152 103.125 Oil Heat America.com
25 86 GT 8 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:54.199 103.083
26 40 GT 9 Dempsey / Foster Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8 1:54.280 103.010
27 30 GT 10 Riley / Stone Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:54.418 102.885 ITEMITSU
28 72 GT 11 Aschenbach / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:54.573 102.746 Autohaus Motorsports
29 2 DP 19 Dalziel / Zogaib SAMAX / BMW Riley 1:54.614 102.709
30 69 GT 12 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:54.616 102.708 FXDD
31 06 GT 13 Bunting / Reese Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:55.218 102.171 Banner Engineering
32 67 GT 14 George Jr / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:55.404 102.006 Gleukos
33 15 GT 15 Dumoulin / Nastasi Blackforest Motorsports / Ford Mustang 1:55.463 101.954 USG, Guardian, DeWalt
34 88 GT 16 Lacey / Wilkins Farnbacher Loles / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:55.695 101.750
35 32 GT 17 Barrett / Forest PR1 Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:55.739 101.711
36 66 GT 18 Ballou / Miller TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:56.124 101.374 Mitchell Rubber, Marquis Jet, Elf Oils, IPC
37 43 GT 19 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 1:56.805 100.783 HRPworld.com
38 22 GT 20 Stanton / de Quesada Alegra Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:58.104 99.674 Gatorade, TodayMD
39 64 GT 21 Lowe / Pace TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:58.269 99.535 SRS, Globus, Adopt A Pig
40 42 GT 22 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette 1:59.117 98.827 HRPworld.com
41 68 GT 23 Sellers / Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:59.237 98.727 CGR, Maxter, Rotax, MBA Group, F1 Air
42 29 GT 24 Gabel / Garcia Alegra Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:59.908 98.175 Gatorade, TodayMD
43 14 GT 25 Friedman / McGehee Autometrics Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 2:02.290 96.262 Mac Papers
44 71 GT 26 Grant / Grant / Grant Synergy Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 2:04.816 94.314 Courtyard by Marriott
45 57 GT 0 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R - - StevensonAuto.com, Bryan Mark Financial

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