EMCO-Gears Classic, Mid-Ohio – Qualifying
Donohue & Law On Pole By A Fraction

Two thousandths of a second isn’t a long time in the overall scheme of things, but it was enough to give pole position to the #58 Brumos Porsche after David Donohue’s late-session efforts. As well as breaking the existing track record, Donohue also claimed his third pole of the season; although he has yet to convert a pole into a win (but neither has anybody else since August 2007).

Jon Fogarty looked to have secured pole for the #99 GAINSCO Pontiac Riley, but was undone at the end; although with a bit more luck things could have been different; "With the resurfacing recently of the track it takes a long time for the pace to come so I knew it was going to be important for us to be around at the end of qualifying," said Fogarty.  "On my fourth flying lap I completely destroyed my right front tire when I locked it up on the back straightaway.  I feel bad about that, but I think there is more potential in the car than what we saw in qualifying.  But good job for the Brumos guys.  I didn't realize it was their third of the year.  That's enough for them."

Series leader Memo Rojas qualified the #01 Chip Ganassi Lexus Riley in fourth position, just behind Mark Wilkins’ #61 AIM Autosport Ford Riley.

In GT, Lawson Aschenbach took the #72 Autohaus Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R’s second pole of the season, with Watkins Glen winner Jeff Segal just a hundredth of a second slower. Andrew Davis claimed third for Stevensons Motorsport.

“The car was good right from the out lap,” said Aschenbach.  “The track had become greasy since this morning.  It took me a few laps to figure out the pace and then I was able to do a couple of solid laps and get our second pole of the year.  I was able to back up the pole time within a few tenths.  The Pontiac was flawless in qualifying and the Autohaus guys put a good car under me.”

Top Porsche was Eric Lux in the #86 Farnbacher Loles GT3.

Qualifying times:

1 58 DP 1 Donohue / Law Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:17.883
2 99 DP 2 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:17.885
3 61 DP 3 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 1:18.109
4 01 DP 4 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 1:18.219
5 76 DP 5 Jonsson / Zonta Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:18.612
6 10 DP 6 Angelelli / Valiante SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:18.789
7 47 DP 7 Frisselle / Taylor Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:19.106
8 09 DP 8 Camirand / Cosmo Spirit of Daytona Racing / Porsche Coyote 1:19.136
9 6 DP 9 James / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:19.202
10 3 DP 10 Lester / Lewis Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley 1:19.363
11 60 DP 11 Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:19.433
12 23 DP 12 Auberlen / Hand Alex Job Racing / Porsche Crawford 1:19.457
13 75 DP 13 Krohn / van de Poele Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:19.627
14 77 DP 14 Gidley / Jaeger Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:19.840
15 16 DP 15 Garcia / Kimber-Smith Cheever Racing / Pontiac Coyote 1:19.848
16 91 DP 16 Goossens / Matthews Bob Stallings/ Riley-Matthews / Pontiac Riley 1:20.158
17 59 DP 17 Barbosa / France Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:20.463
18 7 DP 18 Plumb / Sigal Rum Bum Racing / BMW Riley 1:20.574
19 2 DP 19 Dalziel / Zogaib SAMAX / BMW Riley 1:25.277
20 72 GT 1 Aschenbach / Borcheller / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R  1:25.627
21 69 GT 2 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8  1:25.639
22 57 GT 3 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R  1:25.785
23 70 GT 4 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8  1:25.816
24 86 GT 5 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:26.018
25 87 GT 6 Miller / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:26.027
26 07 GT 7 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R  1:26.070
27 30 GT 8 Smith / Stone Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8  1:26.099
28 88 GT 9 Johnson / Lacey Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:26.146
29 67 GT 10 George Jr / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:26.343
30 32 GT 11 Barrett / Forest PR1 Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R  1:26.382
31 21 GT 12 Alessi / Phinny Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R  1:26.591
32 66 GT 13 Ballou / Lally TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:26.678
33 06 GT 14 Bunting / Magnussen Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R  1:26.902
34 40 GT 15 Dempsey / Foster Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8  1:26.972
35 43 GT 16 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette  1:26.988
36 53 GT 17 Borkowski / Constantine Playboy Racing / BMW M6  1:27.200
37 65 GT 18 Gutierrez / Stanton TRG/Riegel Autosport / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:27.896
38 42 GT 19 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette  1:28.190
39 68 GT 20 Sellers / Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:28.298
40 71 GT 21 Grant / Grant / Grant Synergy Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:28.618
41 74 GT 22 Lazzaro / Schiff / Skea GTS Racing with Mitchum Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup  1:28.833