Spencer Pumpelly put the TRG No. 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car on the pole in GTC class at this week’s American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by a whisker – or less. Pumpelly edged Leh Keen by twelve one-thousandth of a second, turning a fastest lap of 126.602 to Keen’s 126.614.

“The track was really dirty for qualifying with everyone dipping a wheel off in order to get the fastest time,” said Pumpelly. “We didn’t think we had a shot at the pole, and wanted to work on the race set-up but everyone was slower than practice, so we had a chance. It’s going to be another dogfight tomorrow.”

Pumpelly and teammate Duncan Ende pilot TRG’s Racer’s Roast/Fox River Coffee Porsche, while Dion von Moltke and Marc Bunting will drive TRG’s No. 68 PR Newswire/South African Airways car in Saturday’s race. Von Moltke and Bunting qualified fifth in class.

TRG is coming off back-to-back one-two finishes at Lime Rock Park and Mosport. It holds a one-point lead in the GTC team championship. Ende, Pumpelly, and von Moltke are deadlocked in second place in the drivers championship behind Black Swan’s Tim Pappas.

Source : TRG