Qualifying report
IMSA Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta
Petit Le Mans IMSA: Keating’s LMP2 quickest as WTR Acura grabs GTP pole
Wayne Taylor Racing’s Louis Deletraz battled through varied weather conditions in a tense qualifying bout to claim the GTP pole for Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Joey Barnes
Edited: Oct 13, 2023, 9:08 PM
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The last category to go out saw persistent rain darken the 2.54-mile, 12-turn road course, leaving every team to swap to rain tires. As the 20-minute session went on, conditions changed and the track began to dry out in areas and the lap times continued to fall.
In the final seconds, Deletraz was able to put together a late flyer of 1m15.402s in the #10 Acura ARX-06 to secure pole despite having his lap slightly impacted by the #5 JDC Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 of Mike Rockenfeller.
Sebastien Bourdais managed to put the #01 Cadillac V-Series.R for Chip Ganassi Racing in second, 0.230s behind the mark. BMW M Team RLL’s Augusto Farfus ended up third at 0.329s behind.
Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist came away fourth despite holding the top spot in the final minute of the session, 0.445s off the top mark.
LMP2
Ben Keating pulled off the last-gasp flyer of 1m13.859 in the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07, edging out TDS Racing’s Steven Thomas by 0.020s to vault to the fastest outright lap on the day, taking class pole.
#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca LMP2 07: Ben Keating, Paul-Loup Chatin, Alex Quinn
Photo by: Richard Dole / Motorsport Images
TDS Racing also managed to secure third, though, with John Falb wheeling the #35 machine 0.521s behind.
LMP3
Glenn van Berlo propelled Andretti Autosport’s #36 Ligier JS P320 to the top spot in class, putting together a run in 1m16.674s. The lap bettered JDC Miller MotorSports’ #85 Duqueine D08 driven by Rasmus Lindh by 0.129s.
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Jack Hawksworth rolled to a flying lap of 1m23.168s in the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 for Vasser Sullivan for the class pole.
Iron Lynx’s #63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 driven by Mirko Bortolotti ended up second, 0.360 behind Hawksworth. Antonio Garcia put the #3 Corvette C8.R GTD third, 0.931s off the top mark.
#14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3: Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat, Kyle Kirkwood
Photo by: Art Fleischmann
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Heart of Racing’s Ian James provided the fireworks with track conditions that began wet but dried out as the outing went on. In the end, he provided a quick run at 1m23.116s to snatch the top spot in class in the #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
Doriane Pin was a distant 0.679s behind in second in the #83 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 for Iron Dames. The #12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 driven by Aaron Telitz was third, 0.731s off class pole.
Cla Drivers # Chassis Laps Time Interval km/h 1 
B. KEATING
P. CHATIN
A. QUINNPR1 Mathiasen Motorsports
52 ORECA 07 13 1'13.859 123.803 2 S. THOMAS
M. JENSENS. HUFFAKERTDS Racing 11 ORECA 07 13 +0.020 0.020 123.770 3 J. FALB
G. VAN DER GARDEJ. PIERSONTDS Racing 35 ORECA 07 13 +0.521 0.501 122.936 4 G. KURTZ
B. HANLEY
N. SIEGELCrowdstrike Racing by APR
04 ORECA 07 12 +0.688 0.167 122.661 5 F. PERRODOM. VAXIVIEREE. COLLARDAf Corse 88 ORECA 07 13 +1.298 0.610 121.665 6 R. TAYLOR
J. BARBOSA
L. DELETRAZKonica Minolta Acura 10 Acura ARX-06 12 +1.543 0.245 121.270 7 D. ANDERSEN
E. JONESA. FJORDBACHHigh Class Racing 20 ORECA 07 12 +1.688 0.145 121.037 8 A. BALOGH
S. MCLAUGHLINK. SIMPSONTower Motorsport 8 ORECA 07 13 +1.700 0.012 121.018 9 S. BOURDAISR. VAN DER ZANDES. DIXONCadillac Racing 01 Cadillac V-LMDh 13 +1.773 0.073 120.901 10 
P. ENG
A. FARFUS
M. WITTMANNBMW M Team RLL 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 13 +1.872 0.099 120.743 11 D. MERRIMANR. DALZIEL
C. RASMUSSENEra Motorsport
18 ORECA 07 12 +1.912 0.040 120.679 12 T. BLOMQVISTC. BRAUNH. CASTRONEVESMeyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 60 Acura ARX-06 10 +1.988 0.076 120.558 13 N. TANDYM. JAMINET
L. VANTHOORPorsche Penske Motorsport 6 Porsche 963 10 +2.360 0.372 119.970 14 C. DE PHILLIPPIN. YELLOLY
S. VAN DER LINDEBMW M Team RLL 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 13 +2.512 0.152 119.731 15 J. ANDRETTI
G. CHAVES
G. VANAndretti Autosport
36 Ligier JS P320 11 +2.815 0.303 119.258 16 T. BECHTOLSHEIMERD. GOLDBURG
R. LINDHJDC/Miller Motorsports 85 Duqueine M30-D08 12 +2.944 0.129 119.058 17 
M. CAMPBELLF. NASRJ. NEWGARDENPorsche Penske Motorsport 7 Porsche 963 14 +3.001 0.057 118.970 18
N. SIEGEL
B. GARG
G. GRISTJr III Racing 30 Ligier JS P320 12 +3.088 0.087 118.835 19 P. DERANIA. SIMSJ. AITKENAction Express Racing 31 Cadillac V-LMDh 13 +3.798 0.710 117.749 20 T. VAN DER HELMM. ROCKENFELLERJ. BUTTONJDC/Miller Motorsports 5 Porsche 963 13 +4.345 0.547 116.925 21 O. FIDANIM. BELLL. KERNAWA 13 Duqueine M30-D08 12 +5.834 1.489 114.740 22 R. DE ANGELISM. SORENSENI. JAMESHeart Of Racing Team 27 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 11 +9.257 3.423 110.015 23 J. HAWKSWORTHB. BARNICOATK. KIRKWOODVasser Sullivan 14 Lexus RC F GT3 10 +9.309 0.052 109.946 24 R. FREYS. BOVYD. PINIron Dames 83 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 9 +9.936 0.627 109.123 25 F. MONTECALVOA. TELITZP. THOMPSONVasser Sullivan 12 Lexus RC F GT3 11 +9.988 0.052 109.056 26 B. AUBERLENC. HULLT. MERRILLTurner Motorsport 97 BMW M4 GT3 11 +10.177 0.189 108.811 27 
A. GARCIAJ. TAYLORT. MILNERCorvette Racing 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 9 +10.240 0.063 108.729 28 R. WARDP. ELLISI. DONTJEWinward Racing 57 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 10 +10.292 0.052 108.662 29 D. JUNCADELLAJ. GOUNONM. ENGELWeatherTech Racing 79 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 7 +10.361 0.069 108.573 30 K. BACHLERP. PILETK. ESTREPfaff Motorsports 9 Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 +10.428 0.067 108.486 31 
A. PIER GUIDID. SERRAD. RIGONRisi Competizione 62 Ferrari 296 GT3 11 +10.560 0.132 108.317 32
S. MONK
K. LEGGEM. MILLERGradient Racing 66 Acura NSX GT3 12 +10.901 0.341 107.881 33 B. IRIBEF. SCHANDORFFO. MILLROYInception Racing 70 McLaren 720S GT3 10 +10.938 0.037 107.834 34 R. LACORTEG. SERNAGIOTTOA. FUOCOCetilar Racing 47 Ferrari 296 GT3 10 +11.122 0.184 107.601 35 R. GUNNA. RIBERASD. PITTARDHeart Of Racing Team 23 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 7 +11.188 0.066 107.517 36 P. HYETT
S. PRIAULX
G. JEANNETTEAO Racing 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R 11 +11.221 0.033 107.475 37 A. HARRISON
D. FORMALK. MARCELLIRacers Edge Motorsports with WTR 93 Acura NSX GT3 7 +11.229 0.008 107.465 38 B. SELLERSM. SNOWC. LEWISPaul Miller Racing 1 BMW M4 GT3 9 +11.264 0.035 107.421 39 S. MANNM. MOLINAJ. CALADOAf Corse 61 Ferrari 296 GT3 11 +11.272 0.008 107.411 40 M. GOIKHBERGL. SPINELLI
P. LIDDYUS RaceTronics
78 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 10 +11.670 0.398 106.911 41 M. SKEENM. GRENIERK. KOCHTeam Korthoff Motorsports 32 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 11 +11.674 0.004 106.906 42 R. HARDWICKZ. ROBICHONJ. HEYLENWright Motorsports 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R 11 +11.710 0.036 106.861 43 P. GALLAGHERR. FOLEYM. DINANTurner Motorsport 96 BMW M4 GT3 10 +11.874 0.164 106.657 44 A. BRYNJOLFSSONT. HINDMANM. ROOTWright Motorsports 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R 11 +12.201 0.327 106.251 45 O. TRIARSI
C. SCARDINA
A. ROVERATriarsi Competizione 023 Ferrari 296 GT3 11 +13.859 1.658 104.243 46 J. POTTERA. LALLYS. PUMPELLYMagnus Racing 44 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 11 +13.899 0.040 104.196 47 A. MANTELLAW. BOYD
N. VARRONEAWA
17 Duqueine M30-D08 3 +22.862 8.963 94.540 48 B. THIENES
J. WOOLRIDGE
C. SHIELDSPerformance Tech Motorsports 38 Ligier JS P320 0 49 H. TINCKNELLG. BRUNIN. JANIProton Competition 59 Porsche 963 12 50 M. BORTOLOTTIJ. PEPPER
F. PERERAIron Lynx
63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 10 51 G. ROBINSONF. FRAGAJ. BURDONRiley Motorsports 74 Ligier JS P320 0 52 D. BRULEA. UDELLJ. ANDLAUERKellymoss with Riley 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R 0
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