Blomqvist wins first GTP pole in a Roar Before the 24 session that lived up to the hype.
Tom Blomqvist turned the best lap of the entire three days of Roar Before the Rolex 24 on-track activity.
Most attention was focused on the hybrid-powered prototypes making up the reborn Grand Touring Prototype class, and the qualifying session lived up to the hype. “Thankfully that was just enough time for one lap,” Blomqvist said. “I don’t really know how I did it, but my lap was made easier because the car has been quick all weekend and I know what I had underneath me.”
Two LMP2s spun with the help of breezy conditions and a “green track” after Saturday’s rain showers washed the rubber off the track surface. “I expected it to be tricky, but it’s never quite real until you get out there and start doing it,” Keating said. “I had quite a few ‘moments’ in the car at the Bus Stop and I was not surprised to see a car go off there.”
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