Thursday, September 13, 2007
Kyle Lawrence took his second career Skip Barber National pole when his qualifying effort for race one beat next-best Ricky Taylor by 3/10s.
Skip Barber National, Thursday Qualifying for Friday race one and Saturday race two, Miller Motorsports Park Grand-Am Sunchaser 1000 race weekend, 4.486-mile, 23-turn road course Race 1 Qualifying 1. Kyle Lawrence, 3:14.605 / 82.987 mph 2. Ricky Taylor 3:14.951 / 82.839 3. Joel Miller, 3:15.251 4. Stevan McAleer, 3:15.545 5. Juan Pablo Contreras, 3:15.757 6. A.J. Riley, 3:15.762 7. Beau Debard, 3:15.858 8. Julien Gerbi, 3:16.146 9. Josef Newgarden, 3:16.162 10. Fabio Orsolon, 3:16.171 11. Jeff Oleen, 3:16.823 12. Timmy Megenbier, 3:16.912 13. Lee Carpentier, 3:16.956 14. Juan Carlos Sistos, 3:17.052 15. Jonathan Gore, 3:17.487 16. Dion Von Moltke, 3:17.884 17. Jeff Kaiser (M), 3:18.876 18. Quentin Wahl (M), 3:18.963 19. Dick Lippert (M), 3:18.976 20. Michael Auriemma (M), 3:19.471 21. Dom Bastien (M), 3:20.789 22. Marc Bastien, 3:22.984
Ricky Taylor just missed getting his fifth pole of the year.
Points leader Joel Miller will start third in both races.
Race 2 Qualifying 1. Josef Newgarden, 3:15.117 / 82.769 mph 2. Stevan McAleer, 3:15.226 / 82.723 3. Joel Miller, 3:15.403 4. Fabio Orsolon, 3:15.572 5. Juan Pablo Contreras, 3:15.654 6. Ricky Taylor 3:15.675 7. Julien Gerbi, 3:15.912 8. A.J. Riley, 3:16.285 9. Kyle Lawrence, 3:16.315 10. Jeff Oleen, 3:16.353 11. Beau Debard, 3:16.740 12. Dion Von Moltke, 3:17.261 13. Lee Carpentier, 3:17.357 14. Jonathan Gore, 3:17.423 15. Timmy Megenbier, 3:17.479 16. Juan Carlos Sistos, 3:17.515 17. Dick Lippert (M), 3:19.108 18. Jeff Kaiser (M), 3:19.415 19. Dom Bastien (M), 3:21.280 20. Quentin Wahl (M), no time 21. Marc Bastien, no time
Josef Newgarden changed his set-up between Q1 and Q2 -- and loved the car.
Stevan McAleer is quick at Miller. He'll start fourth and second in the two races.
Juan Pablo Glover Contreras also likes Miller's daunting 4.5-mile layout. He qualified fifth for both races; JPGC's previous best grid position was eighth.
Julien Gerbi (''Freesoul'') and Fabio Orsolon (#91) both qualified well here at Miller.
Words & photos, Rick Roso
