Randy Pobst and Andy Pilgrim continued their assault on Road Atlanta during SPEED World Challenge GT qualifying today. Driving a pair of Volvo S60s, Pobst and Pilgrim claimed the top two spots respectively. Driving the No. 1 K-PAX Racing Volvo S60, Pobst grabbed the pole in his first flying lap with a 1:26.521 (105.685 mph).

“It is a sign of the Volvo’s stability with the [Weismann] all-wheel drive,” Pobst said after qualifying. “I’ve never driven a car that was so good in Turn 12. I’ve always said there are two keys to Road Atlanta. One is being fast in Turn 12 and dropping into the Esses and that comes from stability. And, the other, I am not going to say because that is my own deep dark secret. But, the guys who run here all the time - they know [it]. I’ve never entered a corner [Turn 12] so fast in my life and made it.

 

Pobst's excitement was short-lived following the post-qualifying coin flip as Pobst called heads and lost. Pilgrim’s best time was a 1:27.052 (105.040 mph) in the No. 8 K-PAX Racing Volvo S60. Under normal circumstances he would start second, but, as a result of the coin flip, he will start fourth.