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| April 14, 2012 News |
| LMP Challenge: Rain Silences Qualifying at Long Beach |
 | CORE autosport will lead the LMP Challenge field to the green flag at Long Beach after rain halted qualifying
(Photo: American Le Mans Series) |
An unusual rainy day in southern California washed away qualifying for the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach. That left CORE autosport on the LMP Challenge pole position for Saturday's second round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón.
As a result of the inclement weather, championship points set the grid for the Saturday's two-hour race on the 1.968-mile Long Beach street circuit. Thanks to their LMP Challenge victory in the season-opener at Sebring, CORE autosport's Alex Popow and Ryan Dalziel are on the class pole. Popow, part of CORE's Sebring-winning trio, is racing at Long Beach for the first time.
"It is a strange feeling to be on pole without even racing on the track," said Popow, who turned four laps in Friday morning's wet session. "I'll have to get used to the track tomorrow and learn as I go."
"It's strange, I've been here for 10 years now and I've never seen rain," Dalziel said. "All credit to the organizers and stewards for making the decision. Having the GTCs in the front and prototypes in the back would have been dangerous. We have to do our homework and avoid some of the drivers who are fresh at the race."
The Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach is the second round of the 10-race ALMS championship. ESPN2 will air Saturday's race live from the world famous Long Beach street circuit just outside Los Angeles starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. The race will be carried simultaneously on ESPN3.
Viewers outside the U.S. can watch races live on ALMS.com. The Series' website offers additional content such as live in-car cameras, and timing and scoring for all users around the world.
The top-three will be posted following every session on the ESR Facebook page and ESR Twitter page. |
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