Jordan Taylor in the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R was the first GTD Pro driver to show his hand, taking first with a 51.302sec lap, until Ross Gunn’s Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage edged him by just 0.021sec.
Then Matt Campbell in the Pfaff Porsche 911 GT3 R set a 51.079sec lap to take P1, and the returning Jack Hawksworth zoomed up to second in the #14 Lexus RC F of Vasser Sullivan. He fell 0.018sec at his first attempt, but appeared set to improve until a slow third sector, while Gunn and Taylor pitted.
That meant Connor De Phillippi was unopposed as he claimed third in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan-run BMW M4. Campbell pitted with two minutes to go, leaving Hawksworth and De Phillippi to make their last assaults on the Porsche driver’s benchmark. De Phillippi fell short and pitted and although Hawksworth gamely plugged on, his Michelins were past their best.
The GTD class battle at first appeared distilled to a battle between Stevan McAleer in the Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3 and the similar car of Winward Racing, as driven by Russell Ward. With 10mins to go, they were just 0.121sec apart. But then the BMW M4s of Paul Miller Racing and Turner Motorsports made their presence felt, Robby Foley in the latter car taking top spot with a 51.490sec.
Also entering the fray was Robert Megennis driving the Carbahn with Peregrine Racing machine who moved to second in class… which briefly became third as Roman De Angelis put the second HoR Aston on top, before Megennis improved again to take first.
Frankie Montecalvo in the #12 Lexus was around 0.35sec slower than his GTD Pro stablemate Hawksworth, but that was enough to claim pole from Megennis by a mere 0.006sec.
De Angelis held on to third for HoR, while even fourth place Foley was only 0.031sec away from P1.
Warm-up is on Saturday at 9.05am local (Eastern) time, with the race to follow at 3.10pm.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Matt Campbell  Mathieu Jaminet
| GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 51.079 | |
| 2 |
 Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat
| GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 51.097 | 0.018 |
| 3 |
 Connor de Phillippi John Edwards
| GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 51.227 | 0.148 |
| 4 |
Ross Gunn  Alex Riberas
| GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 51.281 | 0.202 |
| 5 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor
| GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 51.302 | 0.223 |
| 6 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz
| GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 51.459 | 0.380 |
| 7 |
Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 51.465 | 0.386 |
| 8 |
 Roman De Angelis  Maxime Martin
| GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 51.477 | 0.398 |
| 9 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 51.490 | 0.411 |
| 10 |
Mike Skeen Stevan McAleer
| GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 51.516 | 0.437 |
| 11 |
Russell Ward  Philip Ellis
| GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 51.517 | 0.438 |
| 12 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 51.651 | 0.572 |
| 13 |
Ryan Eversley Aidan Read
| GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 51.741 | 0.662 |
| 14 |
Cooper MacNeil Jules Gounon
| GTD PRO | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 52.213 | 1.134 |
| 15 |
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 52.312 | 1.233 |
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