Qualifying report

Grand-Am

Rain cancels Road America qualifying, Rolex field set by team points

A sudden downpour at Road America led race officials to cancel Friday’s qualifying session and set the field for Saturday’s race by team points.

Edited: Jun 23, 2012, 4:28 AM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

#01 Telmex Chip Genassi Racing With Felix Sabates BMW Riley: Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas

A sudden downpour at Road America led race officials to cancel Friday’s qualifying session and set the field for Saturday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Series 250 driven by VISITFLORIDA.com by team points.

Memo Rojas will start on the Daytona Prototype pole in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley co-driven by Scott Pruett, and will be joined on the front row by the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP of Terry Borcheller and David Donohue.

Rojas and Pruett are defending winners of the two-hour race that takes the green flag at noon ET (SPEED, live).

“This is the easiest pole I ever got, but those are the rules,” Rojas said. “We were excited about our chances for qualifying, because we feel we have a pretty good car this week. It will be a tough race tomorrow, and we are looking forward to our first victory this season.”

#69AIM Autosport Team FXDD with Ferrari Ferrari 458: Emil Assentato, Jeff Segal

Photo by: Kenneth May

This has been the closest battle to date for the Daytona Prototype championship. After six of 13 races, 11 drivers representing seven teams are separated by only nine points. Pruett and Rojas lead with 170 points. Tied for second – only two points back – are Enzo Potolicchio and Ryan Dalziel in the No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley, and David Donohue in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP. It’s one point back to Richard Westbrook – a two-time winner in the No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP – while Detroit winner Darren Law in the No. 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP is another point back with 166.

Emil Assentato will start on the GT pole in the No. 69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Ferrari 458 Italia co-driven by Jeff Segal, with the No. 57 Stevenson Auto Group Chevrolet Camaro of John Edwards and Robin Liddell starting second. Defending winners Eric Curran and John Heinricy will start 15th in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette.

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Dalziel continues roll with quickest time at Road America on Thursday

Next article Porsche teams face washout of qualifying at Road America

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

The surprising convergence behind F1's increasingly competitive 2026 season

Formula 1

The surprising convergence behind F1's increasingly competitive 2026 season

“I was getting beat up” – How Daniel Ricciardo burned out on ‘humiliating’ F1 return

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1 1 h

“I was getting beat up” – How Daniel Ricciardo burned out on ‘humiliating’ F1 return

Myers Riley Motorsports adds Andretti alongside returning Fraga for 2027 IMSA GTD campaign

IMSA

IMSA IMSA 1 h

Myers Riley Motorsports adds Andretti alongside returning Fraga for 2027 IMSA GTD campaign

Las Vegas GP reveals neon sign-inspired trophy design

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Las Vegas GP

2 h

Las Vegas GP reveals neon sign-inspired trophy design

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts