Re: First round of qualifying for the Charlotte ALMS

[KC]

A few surprises in the Charlotte ALMS provisional qualifying results yesterday.

Provisional qualifying results:

1. JJ Lehto/Jorg Muller, No. 42 BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LMR, 1:04.789/125.060
2. Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro, No. 78 Audi Sport North America Audi R8, 1:04.901
3. Bill Auberlen/Jean-Marc Gounon, No. 43 BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LMR, 1:05.028
4. Michele Alboreto/Rinaldo Capello/Allan McNish, No. 77 Audi Sport North America Audi R8, 1:05.099
5. David Brabham/Jan Magnussen, No. 1 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP1/Elan, 1:05.234
6. Johnny O’Connell/Hiroki Kato, No. 2 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP1/Elan, 1:05.624
7. Mimmo Schiattarella/Didier de Radigues, No. 0 Team Rafanelli Lola B2K-10/Judd, 1:06.051
8. Gunther Blieninger/Norman Simon/Mark Simo, No. 02 Pole Team R&S/Judd, 1:07.341
9. Olivier Beretta/Karl Wendlinger, No. 91 GTS Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R, 1:12.057/112.411mph
10. Tommy Archer/David Donohue, No. 92 GTS Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R, 1:12.184
11. Zak Brown/Vic Rice, No. 08 GTS Roock Motorsport NA Porsche 911 Turbo,1:14.643
12. Dirk Muller/Lucas Luhr, No. 5 GT Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:14.699/108.435mph
13. Bruno Lambert/Randy Pobst, No. 23 GT Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:14.858
14. Bob Wollek/Sascha Maassen, No. 51 GT Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:15.780
15. Boris Said/Hans Stuck/Johannes van Overbeek, No. 6 GT Prototype Technology Group BMW M3, 1:16.399
16. David Murry/Johnny Mowlem, No. 70 GT Skea Racing International Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:16.440
17. Brian Cunningham/Peter Cunningham, No. 10 GT Prototype Technology Group BMW M3, 1:16.529
18. Ian James/Joao Barbosa, No. 89 GT MCR/Nygmatech Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:16.977
19. Bob Nagel/Mike Fitzgerald, No. 22 GT Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:17.367
20. Cort Wagner/Shane Lewis, No. 21 GT MCR Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:17.377
21. Quentin Wahl/Gunnar Jeannette/Michael Petersen, No. 30 GT White Lightning Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:21.521
22. Rohan Skea/Jack Willingham, No. 71 GT Skea Racing International Porsche 911 GT3R, 1:22.699
23. Bert Godin/Sam Shalala, No. 40 GTSdonmcgill.com Racing Porsche 911 Turbo, 2:46.748

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