provisional Qualifying for Sebring

[KC]

Emmanuele Pirro, former Touring car ace, has placed the Audi R8 he pilots with Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen on the provisional pole. More qualifying will run today. Talk about making the most of a new ride. Dyson Racing has also posted good times in their new Riley & Scott Mk IIIC (or is that an evolutionary model) placing 6th.

) Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Tom Kristensen, No. 2 Audi Sport North America Audi R8, 1:49.110/122.079mph
2) Rinaldo Capello/Michele Alboreto/Laurent Aiello, No. 1 Audi Sport North America Audi R8, 1:49.477
3) Dorsey Schroeder/Andy Wallace/Ralf Kelleners, No. 38 Champion Racing Audi R8, 1:49.973
4) Stefan Johansson/Guy Smith, No. 18 Johansson Motorsport Audi R8, 1:50.949
5) David Brabham/Jan Magnussen, No. 50 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP07/Elan, 1:53.461
6) James Weaver/Butch Leitzinger/Elliott Forbes-Robinson, No. 16 Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk IIIC/Ford, 1:53.852
7) Jon Field/Rick Sutherland/Duncan Dayton, No. 37 Intersport Racing Lola B2K-10/Judd, 1:54.872
8) Sebastien Bourdais/Jean-Christophe Boullion/Laurent Redon, No. 72 Pescarolo Sport Courage C60/Peugeot, 1:55.849
9) Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell/Chris Kneifel, No. 3 GTS Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 2:00.444/110.591mph
10) Franz Konrad/Terry Borcheller/Oliver Gavin, No. 26 GTS Konrad Team Saleen Saleen S7R, 2:00.552
11) Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon, No. 4 GTS Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 2:01.866
12) Klaus Graf/Gualter Salles, No. 51 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP07/Elan, 2:03.424
13) Mel Hawkins/Steven Knight/Claudia Hurtgen, No. 11 LMP675 Roock/KnightHawk Racing Lola B2K-40/Nissan, 2:03.600/107.767mph
14) Lucas Luhr/Sascha Maassen/Emmanuel Collard, No. 23 GT Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:06.763/105.078mph
15) Randy Pobst/Christian Menzel/Timo Bernhard, No. 22 GT Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:07.268
16) Erik Messley/TBA, No. 45 American Viper Racing Dodge Viper GTS-R, 2:08.178
17) Bill Auberlen/Niclas Jonsson/Joey Hand, No. 10 GT Prototype Technology Group BMW M3, 2:08.392
18) Boris Said/Hans Stuck/Peter Cunningham, No. 6 GT Prototype Technology Group BMW M3, 2:08.422
19) Michael Petersen/Bob Wollek/Johnny Mowlem, No. 30 GT Peterson Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:08.499
20) Fredrick Ekblom/Dirk Muller, No. 43 GT BMW Motorsport BMW M3, 2:08.612
21) Christophe Bouchut/Jean-Luc Chereau/Patrice Goueslard, No. 00 GT Larbre Competition Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:08.878
22) Owen Trinkler/TBA, No. 17 GT Trinkler Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 2:09.232
23) David Murry/Anthony Lazzaro/Darren Law, No. 99 GT Kelly-Moss Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:09.524
24) Shane Lewis/Vic Rice/Bob Mazzuoccola, No. 12 GT Aspen Knolls Racing/MCR Callaway C12-R, 2:09.541
25) Rick Polk/Cort Wagner/Vincenzo Sospiri, No. 98 GT Kelly-Moss Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:10.747
26) Gabrio Rosa/Fabio Babini/Alex Caffi, No. 53 GT Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:11.460
27) Kevin Buckler/Tom McGlynn/Stephen Earle, No. 66 GT The Racers Group Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:11.498
28) Dieter Quester/Phillip Peter/Norman Simon, No. 07 GT RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:11.732
29) Leo Hindery/Peter Baron/Gian Luigi Buitoni, No. 34 GT Orbit Racing Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:13.162
30) Kye ****um/Jeff Pabst/Joe Foster, No. 69 GT Kyser Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:13.318
31) Richard Millman/Tommy Byrne/Tony Kester, No. 35 GT Orbit Racing Porsche 911GT3RS, 2:13.452
32) Uli Richter/TBA, No. 36 GT Jurgen Alzen Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:13.833
33) Manfred Jurasz/Klaus Horn/Nigel Smith, No. 57 GT Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911GT3RS, 2:13.923
34) Tony Burgess/Philip Collin/Andrew Bagnall, No. 52 GT Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3RS, 2:15.471
35) Keith Alexander/Chris Gleason/Gavin Pickering, No. 09 GT Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:16.843
36) Randy Wars/Mark Neuhaus, No. 15 GT Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:16.907
37) John Warner/Pace Orti/Albert Broadfoot, No. 47 GT Broadfoot Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 2:18.389
38) Tom Weickardt/TBA, No. 44 GTS American Viper Racing Dodge Viper GTS-R, 2:19.645
39) Wolfgang Kaufman/Stephane Ortelli, No. 58 GT Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3RS, no time
40) JJ Lehto/Jorg Muller, No. 42 GT BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GTR, no time
41) Gunnar Jeannette/Wayne Jackson/Bill Adam, No. 77 LMP675 Gunnar Racing Lola B2K-40/Porsche, no time — John Gardner, News Bureau Editor, RACER and Champ Car (Photo: Team Unicorn)

[Heeltoe6]

The time of the #3 vette was disallowed due to not meeting minum wieght requirement, giving the prov pole to the konrad saleen, who I think will really battle the vettes for the class win

[Chris S]

I agree that the Saleen might give the Corvettes a good run for their money, but can it stay together for a full 12 hours? Even though I am a diehard Ford fan, I doubt it.