!!Planetlemans.com > Scott Tucker Racing Level 5 Team Earns Pole For Petit Le Mans
Luis Diaz took the No. 055 Microsoft Office 2010-sponsored HPD ARX-01g towards the pole in an awe-inspiring way with a qualifying effort for the Degree 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 from 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 did not make our lives extremely easy. We were surprised mainly because we know the speed in the Nissan, and to beat them right here is extremely special. But the Degree 5 guys did a great work with the car. They’ve labored about the clock in both Europe and right here to put together the cars. I think this pole is great motivation for the race.” Diaz’s remarkable 1:12.335 lap time was outstanding 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, Street The usa and Laguna Seca. A new team member, Portuguese ace Joao Barbosa, will join the team on Saturday. “I was not expecting to be in third, to be honest, but we changed various issues,” Bouchut said. “Maybe I pushed too much at the begin, but when the Nissan took the pole, it was too late for us.
Scott Tucker, It truly is what it can be, but it was superior for the team to nevertheless get started around the pole. We’re heading for the win tomorrow.” Tucker has had a incredibly busy and profitable record subsequent his title win as 4 times driving champion at SCCA National Runoffs at Street The usa. He currently had 3 wins in 5 starts. He took both days from the Cooper Tire IMSA Prototype Lites races even though also taking the victory at Pro 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 occupation win “There was some great racing out there,” Tucker said. “It’s great to have earned three much more wins in the final two days.
We grabbed the pole for tomorrow, so there’s quite a few momentum building. We’re looking forward towards the massive 1 and hopefully getting back around the top step from the podium” The 14th yearly Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda, the 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance race at Street Atlanta, is set for Saturday, Oct. 1. The race will air on ABC at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 2. Live protection will be available in the U.S. on ESPN3 or outdoors the U.S. on americanlemans.com beginning at 11:15a.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 1.