Saturday, October 06, 2007
Jeff Oleen was the only driver to successfully time two perfect drafts -- one on the front straight, then one on the backside -- and took the pole for race one by almost half-a second over second-quick Beau Debard.
Skip Barber National, Friday Qualifying 1 for Saturday Race 1 at VIR, Round 13 of 14, supporting the Grand-Am KONI Challenge 3.27-mile, 17-turn road course 1. Jeff Oleen, 2:10.813 2. Beau Debard, 2:11.274 3. Joel Miller, 2:11.304 4. Juan Pablo Contreras, 2:11.495 5. Fabio Orsolon, 2:11.661 6. Ricky Taylor 2:11.670 7. Stevan McAleer, 2:11.809 8. Conor Daly, 2:12.306 9. A.J. Riley, 2:12.310 10. Timmy Megenbier, 2:12.323 11. Jonathan Gore, 2:12.394 12. Kyle Lawrence, 2:12.589 13. Josef Newgarden, 2:12.606 14. Lee Carpentier, 2:12.689 15. Dick Lippert (M), 2:12.777 16. Julien Gerbi, 2:13.455 17. Jeff Kaiser (M), 2:13.694 18. Dom Bastien (M), 2:14.324
Ricky Taylor again showed that he was the pole king this year. His 2:09.550 beat Fabio Orsolon's 2:09.923 in qualifying for the second race of the weekend. It was Taylor's fifth pole of the year. Next b est is Josef Newgarden, with three.
For race two, young Brazilian Fabio Orsolon qualified on the front row for the first time this year. A start from fourth (Miller) and fifth (VIR, in April) had been his best up to this point.
Conor Daly is making his first Skip Barber National start since Cleveland, back in June. He qualified an impressive third for race two.
Skip Barber National, Saturday Qualifying 2 for Sunday Race 2 at VIR, Round 13 of 14, supporting the Grand-Am KONI Challenge 3.27-mile, 17-turn road course 1. Ricky Taylor 2:09.550 2. Fabio Orsolon, 2:09.923 3. Conor Daly, 2:10.213 4. Stevan McAleer, 2:10.286 5. Jeff Oleen, 2:10.388 6. A.J. Riley, 2:10.439 7. Josef Newgarden, 2:10.613 8. Beau Debard, 2:10.693 9. Kyle Lawrence, 2:10.761 10. Timmy Megenbier, 2:10.874 11. Jonathan Gore, 2:11.154 12. Julien Gerbi, 2:11.196 13. Joel Miller, 2:11.199 14. Juan Pablo Contreras, 2:11.261 15. Jeff Kaiser (M), 2:11.388 16. Lee Carpentier, 2:11.721 17. Dick Lippert (M), 2:12.491 18. Dom Bastien (M), 2:13.817 Rick Roso
