They may have to run a limited schedule due to funding but that didn't stop Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing from stealing pole position for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
Alex Gurney set the fastest time in Friday qualifying with a time of 1:38.270 seconds, over two tenths faster than Richard Westbrook and the #90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP. This is the second career 24 Hours of Daytona pole for Gurney and Jon Fogerty who won the pole in 2007.
Scott Mayer, the man who failed to pass Indianapolis 500 rookie orientation in 2003 and 2005, qualified the #78 Starworks Dinan-Riley in third position ahead of the #5 Action Express Corvette DP driven by Christian Fittipaldi, #9 Action Express Corvette DP driven by Burt Frisselle, #02 Ganassi Ford-Riley driven by the defending IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon and last year's Grand-Am Daytona Prototype champion Ricky Taylor.
Katherine Legge qualified the the DeltaWing in eighth position, ahead of the defending Daytona winning #01 Ganassi Ford-Riley driven by Scott Pruett. Oswaldo Negri rounded out the top ten driving the #60 Michael Shank Racing Ford-Riley. The #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Oreca-Nissan driven by Lucas Luhr was the top LMP2 car in eleventh position.
Colin Braun won the Prototype Challenge pole position for the #54 CORE Autosport Oreca by 0.038 seconds over the #8 Starworks Motorsports entry of Renger van der Zande. They will start fourteenth and fifteenth overall.
Marc Goossens planted the SRT Viper flag as favorite on it's return to Daytona by taking the GTLM pole by 0.076 seconds over the #911 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Nicky Tandy. Jonathan Bomarito put the #93 SRT Viper third in class right ahead of the #4 Corvette driven by Oliver Gavin. Patrick Long rounded out the top five in the #912 Porsche.
Darren Turner qualified the #97 Aston Martin Vantage V8 in sixth position ahead of the #56 BMW Z4 of John Edwards and #55 BMW of Andy Priaulx. Peter Dumbreck qualified the #57 Krohn Racing Ferrari 458 Italia in ninth position. The #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari and #3 Corvette both did not set a time after both suffered electrical problems.
The #48 Audi R8 LMS of Paul Miller Racing won GTD pole after Christopher Haase took pole by 0.055 seconds over #63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia of Toni Vilander. Defending 24 Hours of Daytona winner Oliver Jarvis put the #46 Fall-Line Motorsports Audi in third position. The all-Brazilian #65 Ferrari qualified fourth with Daniel Serra behind the wheel while James Davison put the #007 TRG Aston Martin V12 Vantage rounded out the top five.
There will be one more practice session later tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET.
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