Daytona 24 Hours: Scott Pruett leads all-Ganassi front row

Multiple Grand-Am champion Scott Pruett claimed pole position in the lead Ganassi Riley-BMW MkXXVI on a time of 1m40.553s, which put him just over a tenth clear of team-mate Scott Dixon in the squad's second Daytona Prototype.

Pruett, who is seeking a record-equalling fifth Daytona victory, said: "It's exciting for us to be one-two up front. It was right on the edge, but thankfully we managed to hang on."

Third fastest was Dane Cameron in the Team Sahlen Riley-BMW on a 1m41.213s, ahead of Michael Valiante in the fastest of the two Ford-engined Rileys entered by the 2012 Daytona-winning Michael Shank Racing team.

The top Chevrolet-engined Coyote ended up in fifth position in the hands of Spirit of Daytona driver Richard Westbrook.

Britain's Nick Tandy took qualifying honours in his first race as a Porsche factory driver.

His time of 1m47.631s aboard the Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup put him two tenths clear of second-placed Andy Lally in the similar Magnus Racing car.

Leading qualifiers

Pos Cl   Drivers                                      Team/Car     Time
1.  DP   Kimball/Montoya/Pruett/Rojas                 Riley-BMW    1m40.553s
2.  DP   Dixon/Franchitti/Hand/McMurray               Riley-BMW    1m40.646s
3.  DP   Cameron/Nonnamaker/Pagenaud                  Riley-BMW    1m41.213s
4.  DP   Cumming/Goncalvez/Valiante/Yacaman           Riley-Ford   1m41.236s
5.  DP   Garcia/Gavin/Taylor/Westbrook                Corvette DP  1m41.844s
6.  DP   Allmendinger/Ambrose/Negri/Pew/Wilson        Riley-Ford   1m41.905s
7.  DP   Bourdais/Dalziel/McNish/Popov                Riley-Ford   1m41.920s
8.  DP   Fogarty/Gidley/Gurney/Law                    Corvette DP  1m42.032s
9.  DP   Davidson/Lamy/Minassian/Potolicchio/Sarrazin Corvette DP  1m42.160s
10. DP   Beck/de Quesada/Defoor/James/Pace            Riley-BMW    1m42.205s