Three Lap Records Set During AMLS Qualifying at Road America

It was an eventful afternoon at Road America. Driver Lucas Luhr was the fastest man on the track, setting a new lap record of 1:46.935 in his LP1 Audi R10 TDI, and he’ll take the overall poll for tomorrow’s race. In addition to his mad driving skills, Luhr also made a hilarious comment during the post-qualification chat with the press. Now, standard AMLS races run 2 hours and 45 minutes, but the Road America stop lasts four hours, and when asked what’s different about running a four hour race, Luhr totally deadpanned, "it’s longer." Maybe you had to be here, or maybe my brain is sunburned, but I thought that was great. Anyway, Luhr’s blistering trip around the course wasn’t the only record-breaking run—two other drivers also managed to make history. Franck Montagny—is his website crazy or what?—piloted his LP2 Acura ARX-01B around the circuit in 1:47.345, and Dirk Mueller covered the track’s four miles in 2:06.083 while behind the wheel of the gorgeous GT2 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta GT below. All this record-break portends great things for tomorrow’s race. I can’t wait!