6 Sept - Randy Pobst scored his second and Champion Racing's third pole-position of the season when he comfortably set the fastest time in today's qualifying session.

Pobst, who lies third in the title race, stopped the clock at 1:32.662, an average speed of 86.948mph.  Randy's time was over two-tenth's of a second quicker then team-mate Michael Galati (1:33.143) who made it an all-Audi front row for the third time this season.

Michael Galati:

“It’s fantastic for both Audis to be on the front row of grid but the race will be another story.  Laguna is a very technical track with many elevation changes which, over a 50-minute race duration, will work the Audi’s brakes very hard due the weight of the RS 6.  Although I’ve won the Speed GT title for the past two years, I’ve never won here for Audi in three attempts.  I started from the front row in 2000 while my best finish was a fourth last year - despite leading both of those races in the Audi S4 Competition.  Perhaps this is the year when Audi breaks its Laguna duck.”

Randy Pobst:

“I’m thrilled at taking pole-position - I like being No.1 - and I’m hoping I can repeat last year’s Laguna Seca Speed GT victory I scored.  Champion Racing has made real progress with the RS 6’s handling and front end grip due to on-going shock development and a new front aero package.  The Audi RS 6 Competition invariably qualifies well - this is my sixth front row start of the season.  But I’m under no illusion that the race is going to be very tough especially when our main rivals will have to show what they are really capable of as opposed to their sudden, mysterious lack of speed in qualifying.”