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IMSA Lime Rock
IMSA Lime Rock: Heart of Racing Aston and Korthoff Mercedes claim poles
The starting lineup has been set for the GT-only IMSA SportsCar Championship event at Lime Rock Park this weekend.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Jul 22, 2023, 7:27 AM
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The Northeast Grand Prix will feature the entire GT field, but no prototypes at the tight Connecticut road course.
The 15-minute qualifying session was frantic with traffic becoming an issue for several drivers.
Antonio Garcia in the Corvette C8.R was aggressive from the get-go, and the GTD Pro driver asserted himself with an early time good enough to top the charts. He was the first driver under the 51-second bracket as the track record was swiftly broken.
However, he would not be the last as several others began to put down impressive lap times. Both Jack Hawksworth in the Lexus No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 and Ross Gunn in the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 would eclipse him. Gunn ended up fastest of all with a 50.593s lap, almost two tenths clear of the championship-leading Lexus..
It was Gunn's second career IMSA pole.
#32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3: Mike Skeen, Mikael Grenier
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Mike Skeen topped the GTD runners, trailing just behind the five Pro entries. His fast lap was 51.157s, but the No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 EVO of Frederik Schandorff got within 0.007s of the pole-sitting No. 32 Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3.
You'd have to go deep down the order to find the GTD points leader with the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 set to start 14th overall in Saturday's 20-car field.
Although there were no crashes, there was a minor incident in Turn 1 as the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 of Patrick Gallagher was forced to utilize the run-off at Turn 1
The No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R also had a bit of a moment over the curbs through the chicane, but Patrick Pilet managed to keep the car on course.
Cla Drivers # Class Chassis Laps Time Interval km/h 1 
ROSS GUNN
ALEX RIBERASHeart Of Racing Team 23 GTD PRO Aston Martin Vantage GT3 9 50.593 105.169 2 JACK HAWKSWORTHBEN BARNICOATVasser Sullivan 14 GTD PRO Lexus RC F GT3 9 +0.191 0.191 104.773 3 ANTONIO GARCIA
JORDAN TAYLORCorvette Racing 3 GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 12 +0.304 0.113 104.541 4 DANIEL JUNCADELLA
JULES GOUNONWeatherTech Racing 79 GTD PRO Mercedes AMG GT3 10 +0.339 0.035 104.469 5 
KLAUS BACHLERPATRICK PILETPfaff Motorsports 9 GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 10 +0.481 0.142 104.178 6 MIKE SKEEN
MIKAEL GRENIERTeam Korthoff Motorsports 32 GTD Mercedes AMG GT3 7 +0.564 0.083 104.009 7 BRENDAN IRIBE
FREDERIK SCHANDORFFInception Racing 70 GTD McLaren 720S GT3 EVO 11 +0.571 0.007 103.995 8 MIKHAIL GOIKHBERG
LORIS SPINELLIForte Racing Powered by USRT 78 GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 11 +0.591 0.020 103.954 9 ROMAN DE ANGELIS
MARCO SORENSENHeart Of Racing Team 27 GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 8 +0.690 0.099 103.754 10 FRANKIE MONTECALVOAARON TELITZVasser Sullivan 12 GTD Lexus RC F GT3 9 +0.807 0.117 103.518 11 PATRICK GALLAGHERROBBY FOLEYTurner Motorsport 96 GTD BMW M4 GT3 10 +0.826 0.019 103.479 12 BILL AUBERLENCHANDLER HULLTurner Motorsport 97 GTD BMW M4 GT3 11 +0.876 0.050 103.379 13 ALEC UDELLJULIEN ANDLAUERKellymoss with Riley 92 GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 17 +0.883 0.007 103.365 14 BRYAN SELLERSMADISON SNOWPaul Miller Racing 1 GTD BMW M4 GT3 9 +1.050 0.167 103.030 15 RUSSELL WARDPHILIP ELLISWinward Racing 57 GTD Mercedes AMG GT3 12 +1.165 0.115 102.801 16 PJ HYETT
SEB PRIAULXAO Racing
80 GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 10 +1.241 0.076 102.651 17 JARETT ANDRETTI
GABBY CHAVESAndretti Autosport 94 GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 14 +1.437 0.196 102.264 18
ALAN METNI
KAY VAN BERLOKellymoss with Riley 91 GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 16 +1.458 0.021 102.223 19 ALAN BRYNJOLFSSONTRENT HINDMANWright Motorsports 77 GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 13 +1.502 0.044 102.136 20
SHEENA MONK
KATHERINE LEGGEGradient Racing 66 GTD Acura NSX GT3 16 +2.039 0.537 101.094
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