NA-F2000: Mid-Ohio Qualifying 1 Notes

U.S. F2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING SESSION ONE NOTES Conditions: dry, sunny, 75 degrees. Track record is a 1:43.642 in the wet by Memo Gidley in 1995.

11:43, Cars on course for the first of two 30-minute qualifying sessions. The final grid will be set after a 8:00 a.m. session on Saturday.

11:48, No. 13 Besnard is fastest with a 1:28.475, followed by No. 2 McGehee, No. 64 Quintanilla, No. 88 Hampton and No. 8 Johnson.

11:49, No. 13 Besnard now fastest with a 1:27.909.

11:50, No. 2 McGehee jumps to first with a 1:27.620, followed by No. 11 Rikert, No. 13, No. 64 and No. 24 Jones.

11:52, No. 24 now fastest with a 1:27.146, followed by No. 2, No. 11, No. 28 and No. 52 Oergel.

11:55, the top-five are now No. 24, No. 13, No. 51, No. 2 and No. 11.

11:56, No. 13 is now the fastest with a 1:27.053.

11:57, No. 96 Camirand now fastest with a 1:27.027, followed by No. 13, No. 24, No. 2 and No. 51.

11:58, No. 30 Garcia is now fastest with a 1:26.998.

11:59, No. 13 retakes the top spot with a 1:26.716, followed by No. 30, No. 96, No. 24 and No. 2.

12:01, No. 13 lowers his fastest lap to a 1:26.356.

12:02, No. 13 lowers his fastest lap to a 1:26.300.

12:03, the top-five are No. 13 with a 1:26.300, No. 24 with a 1:26.889, No. 96, No. 30 and No. 2.

12:08, No. 4 Dayton is off in turn one. No. 7 Hornish Jr. is now second with a 1:26.732, followed by No. 24, No. 96 and No. 30.

12:12, CHECKERER. No. 13 David Besnard sits on provisional pole with a 1:26.300, followed by No. 7 Hornish Jr. with a 1:26.732, No. 24, No. 96 and No. 30.