ELKHART LAKE, Wi — It was Jonny Cocker in the Team Drayson Judd-powered Lola handily taking the team’s second straight pole at the 4.048 mile 14-turn course in the picturesque heartland of America, becoming the first driver this year to win two poles for his team and doing so by an amazing 1.321 seconds over the second place Lola Mazda team.

The challenge for Team Drayson now is to finish the race in the same position as they start — something that it has had extreme difficulty in pulling off during the 2010 season. This will put pressure on team owner Paul Drayson who will drive the first stint in the race Sunday and who had a shunt in a similar position at the last race at Mid Ohio two weeks ago.

Not surprising was the one-twp qualifying effort by the Corvette team in the course that features long straights and fast turns. The ZR1 Vette of  Olivier Gavin posted the top time in the qualifying session for the GT class. The top six GT cars were within one second of each other.

All Photos by Dave R. Johnson.