Luis Diaz took the No. 055 Microsoft Office 2010-sponsored HPD ARX-01g towards the pole in an awe-inspiring way with a qualifying work for the Level 5 Motorsports team and owner, Scott Tucker Racing from Leawood, KS. Teammate Christophe Bouchut held the top spot with the No. 33 Microsoft Office 2010 HPD ARX-01g for the 15 minute prototype session. Bouchut was knocked out by No. 26 Signatech ORECA-Nissan in the closing minutes. Bouchut couldn’t get it together in the final minutes in the race, but team member Diaz took this Honda-powered prototype towards the checked flag. It took the pole for the 2009 American Le Mans Collection LMP2 champion “It was a matter of getting a clean lap,” Diaz said. “The LMP1 cars didn’t make our lives rather easy. We were surprised because we know the speed in the Nissan, and to beat them right here is very special. But the Level 5 guys did a great career with the car. They’ve worked around the clock in each Europe and right here to prepare the cars. I believe this pole is great motivation for the race.” Diaz’s outstanding 1:12.335 lap time was remarkable and beat out Nissan.
That takes him and his co drivers Tucker and Marino Franchitti to key place to choose the win at Saturday’s 10 hour endurance race. The No. 33 HPD in the meantime, is set to choose the Petit Le Mans and Tucker and Bouchut are LMP2 championships with wins at Extended Beach, Highway America and Laguna Seca. A brand new team member, Portuguese ace Joao Barbosa, will join the team on Saturday. “I was not expecting to become in third, to become honest, but we changed several things,” Bouchut said. “Maybe I pushed very considerably in the commence, but when the Nissan took the pole, it was very late for us.
Scott Tucker, It truly is what it’s, however it was fantastic for the team to nonetheless start on the pole. We’re heading for the win tomorrow.” Tucker has had a quite active and profitable record adhering to his title win as 4 times driving champion at SCCA National Runoffs at Highway America. He currently had 3 wins in 5 starts. He took each days in the Cooper Tire IMSA Prototype Lites races while also getting the victory at Professional Racing Trans-Am Collection 100-mile race in his Microsoft Office 2010-sponsored Ferrari 430 Problem car. This makes it his Global GT class 63rd career win “There was some great racing out there,” Tucker said. “It’s great to get attained three much more wins in the final two days.
We grabbed the pole for tomorrow, so there’s lots of momentum building. We’re searching forward towards the massive one particular and hopefully getting back again on the top step in the podium” The 14th yearly Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda, the 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance race at Highway Atlanta, is set for Saturday, Oct. 1. The race will air on ABC at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 2. Live protection are going to be available in the U.S. on ESPN3 or outdoors the U.S. on americanlemans.com starting at 11:15a.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 1.