B-K Motorsports Qualifies 11th

While qualifying, teams have twenty minutes to run as many laps as they want, and the fastest one dictates their starting position. To prevent teams from a sending car out on super-sticky tires only designed to last a few laps, AMLS rules state that cars must begin the race with three of the same tires used during qualifying. The stipulation makes sense—thought it’s bad news for drivers who wind up in the gravel and mangle their rubber. During this morning’s practice laps, the engine in the B-K MotorsportsLola B07 Mazda was running hot, and there wasn’t time to swap it beforethe afternoon’s qualifying session. Since not qualifyingmeans starting from the back of the grid, driver Ben Devlin just tookthe car out, ran a few respectable laps, and then brought it in so theteam could start on the engine swap. There are two more pics after the jump—check out how the alternator is actually mounted on the transmission!