BRASELTON, Ga.—Richard Westbrook drove through steady rain on a soaking track to win the Prototype class pole for Saturday’s Tudor United Sports Car Championship Petit Le Mans. It was the first pole of the season for the points-leading #90 VisitFlorida.com Coyote-Corvette Westbrook co-drives with Michael Valiante (and also Mike Rockenfeller for the ten-hour endurance event.)
Westbrook turned in a lap of 1:27.860 at 104.075 mph, 1.72 seconds quicker and 1.66 mph faster than the second place qualifier—a huge gap for the highly competitive Tudor series which could say more about qualifying versus racing set-up than about the outright speed of car and driver.
Chritian Fittipaldi chases Richard Westbrook during qualifying. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times
