{"id":1946,"date":"2010-07-24T11:44:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T16:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tertrerougetimes.com\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2010-07-24T11:47:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T16:47:34","slug":"rain-dampen-qualifying-efforts-lime-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/?p=1946","title":{"rendered":"Rain can&#8217;t dampen qualifying efforts at Lime Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SlidePress Gallery 1.4.7 [lime-rock-2] -->\n\n\n<div class=\"slidepress-gallery\">\n\t<div id=\"ssp_g_lime_rock_2\">\n\t\t<p>This SlideShowPro photo gallery requires the Flash Player plugin and a web browser with JavaScript enabled.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\nvar flashvars = { \n\tparamXMLPath: \"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidepress\/tools\/param.php?gid=lime-rock-2\",\n\tinitialURL: escape(document.location),\n\tuseExternalInterface: true\n};\n\nvar attributes = {};\n\n\n\nvar params = {\n\tquality: \"best\",\n\tbgcolor: \"#121212\",\n\twmode: \"transparent\",\n\tallowfullscreen: \"true\",\n\tallowScriptAccess: \"always\"\n};\n\n\nparams.base = \".\"; \nswfobject.embedSWF(\"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/slidepress\/flash\/slideshowpro.swf\", \"ssp_g_lime_rock_2\", \"725\", \"372\", \"9.0.0\", false, flashvars, params, attributes);\n\n\n<\/script>\n\n<!-- SlidePress Gallery ends -->\n<p>LAKEVIEW, Cn &#8212; While mother nature played havoc with the\u00a0racing surface\u00a0at Lime Rock park Friday afternoon, David Brabham was up to his old tricks as he captured Patr\u00f3n Highcroft Racing&#8217;s third pole position of the\u00a0ALMS season.<\/p>\n<p>With steady rain falling at Lime Rock throughout the day, Brabham and teammate Simon Pagenaud were second fastest in both practice sessions aboard the Honda Performance Development factory-backed ARX-01c.\u00a0 But when it came time to &#8220;dance in the rain&#8221;, Brabham was up to the challenge touring the course in 0:0:58.106 for a new quyalifying lap record at almost a 93 mph average.<\/p>\n<p>The times was not only good for the pole but more than a half-second faster than the number two Porsche RS Spyder and nearly two seconds ahead of the third fastest qualifier the Mazda Lola. In fourth place on the grid is the Drayson Lola Judd who were just a tick of the clock behind the Mazda.<\/p>\n<p>On a dry track on Saturday morning showed the fans just how fast the Honda is slicing eight seconds off his qualifying time with a 0:50.700 lap at 106 mph. However, Team Drayson driver Jonny Cocker\u00a0in the Lola Judd was a blink-of-the-eye behind, just\u00a00.035 seconds off the leader&#8217;s pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Long took the Porsche 911 RSR to front of the GT class with a best lap of\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: TTFF486F90t00; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: TTFF486F90t00; font-size: x-small;\">1:03.904\u00a0 or 84.502 mph. He was followed by another Porsche and the Ferarri of Jaimie Mello who clocked in nearly half a second off Long&#8217;s pace. Saturday morning, however, it was the BMWs of the Rahal-Letterman stable that led the practice session on the dry track while the pole setting Porsche was third, three tenths of a second off the time driven by Long.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TTFF486F90t00; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: TTFF486F90t00; font-size: x-small;\">Complete qualifying results can be found <a title=\"Qualifying results\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlemans.com\/files\/results\/2010\/ALMS%20Lime%20Rock%20Qualifying.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TTFF486F90t00; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: TTFF486F90t00; font-size: x-small;\">All photos by Dave R. 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