VIR IMSA: Milner beats team-mate Taylor to pole by 0.003s

Milner turned a 1m40.263s lap of the 18-turn track to clinch pole, the pair less than 1.2s ahead of Cooper MacNeil in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche.

In GT Daytona’s amateur section of qualifying which sets the grid for the class, Robbie Foley put the Turner Motorsports BMW M6 almost three tenths of a second clear of Madison Snow in the Lamborghini Huracan of Paul Miller Racing by posting a 1m43.809s.

Snow shaved this down to 0.236s but could get no closer, putting him precisely one tenth ahead of Trent Hindman in the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Roman de Angelis was fourth fastest in the quicker of the two Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantages, ahead of Richard Heistand in the Carbahn Peregrine Audi R8 and the faster of the two Lexus RC Fs of Vasser Sullivan Racing, driven by Aaron Telitz.

#3: Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R, GTLM: Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor

Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images

Zacharie Robichon suffered an alarming off in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche so he did well to recover to seventh, ahead of the second Lexus of Frankie Montecalvo. However, the Pfaff Motorsports squad would be sent to the back of the grid because the team worked on the car during qualifying.

Then it was time for the Pros to decide the qualifying points distribution, and Ross Gunn and Alex Ribeiras captured a Heart of Racing Aston Martin 1-2, finishing the session 0.141s apart.

Two tenths further back was the #14 Lexus of Jack Hawksworth, 0.15s ahead of Bryan Sellers in the PMR Lamborghini, followed by Bill Auberlen in the Turner BMW.

IMSA VIR - Qualifying Results

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	4	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'40.263
2	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'40.266	0.003
3	79	Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'41.445	1.182
4	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'43.809	3.546
5	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'44.045	3.782
6	16	Trent Hindman Patrick Long	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'44.145	3.882
7	23	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'44.161	3.898
8	39	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'44.230	3.967
9	14	Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'44.358	4.095
10	9	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'44.423	4.160
11	12	Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'44.447	4.184
12	28	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'44.712	4.449
13	32	Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'44.790	4.527
14	27	Ian James Alex Riberas	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'45.274	5.011
15	66	Till Bechtolsheimer Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'45.662	5.399
16	19	Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'45.699	5.436
17	88	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'46.416	6.153
18	44	John Potter Andy Lally	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'46.959	6.696
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