TRG’s Spencer Pumpelly headed the team’s four cars in qualifying for the Grand-Am Rolex Series Porsche 250 presented by Legacy Credit Union to be run at Barber Motorsports Park tomorrow with an eighth place qualifying effort.
Pumpelly ran a time of 1:29.194 around the 2.3-mile, 16-turn picturesque road course this afternoon. In unseasonably cool weather Pumpelly and the team were focused on the race setup of the No. 66 AXA/Wealth Management Strategies/TRG Porsche GT3. Pumpelly will share the seat with John Potter.
“Qualifying was OK, we were really concentrating on our race setup,” Pumpelly said. “I am pretty happy with the way the car is handling for the race. The tires really go away after the first few laps. It is pretty much like a skating rink. We just hope to be the ones that are skating the least during the race.”
Justin Marks will start the No. 67 Construct Corps/Kartel Motorsports/No Fear Energy Drinks/Voodoo Ride/K1 Speed/Gemstone Winery/TRG Porsche GT3 from the fifth row based on his qualifying time of 1:30.293. Marks shares the No. 67 with Andy Lally.
“I am struggling a little this weekend, but it is getting better every session,” Marks said. “We were tight in qualifying which is what we expected. Everyone is planning on having the rear tires burning off and the car going looser, but we have a plan for the race…Â Details