United SportsCar Watkins Glen: Rain puts Action Express on pole

A downpour set in during the preceding Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge support race, and USC organisers decided not to attempt to start the qualifying session, instead setting the grid based on drivers' championship points.

Barbosa and Fittipaldi therefore share the front row with Spirit of Daytona's Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante, with whom they are tied for the Prototype class points lead.

The Michael Shank Racing Ligier had been quickest in all three practice sessions, but with qualifying abandoned drivers John Pew and Oswaldo Negri Jr will start sixth.

GTLM pole goes to Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia, who are using a Corvette borrowed from customer team Larbre following their regular car's heavy crash in Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying earlier this month.

CORE Autosport's Jon Bennett, Colin Braun and James Gue have pole in PC, with Paul Miller Racing Audi trio Christopher Haase, Dion von Moltke and Bryce Miller leading the GTD field away.

The six-hour Watkins Glen event is the third round of the USC's North American Endurance Cup mini-series, which began with the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours, and concludes at Petit Le Mans in October.

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