The grid is set for the TUDOR United Sportscar Championship (TUSC) race that’s the Saturday feature event of the 40th Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend.  I know the IndyCar main event is Sunday, but Saturday is actually my favorite day – a relaxed atmosphere, open paddocks, IndyCar qualification, and the TUSC race to cap the day’s events.

Because of the pit constraints and a relatively small track at Long Beach, only the two main classes are running the this TUSC event: the Prototype and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes.  Scott Pruett put the No. 01 Telcel/Chip Ganassi Racing Ford EcoBoost/Riley DP on pole with a time of 1:15.325.

In the tightly contested GTLM field, Jan Magnussen took pole in his No. 3 Corvette C7.R with a time of 1:17.939, just ahead of Bill Auberlen in the No. 55 Crowne Plaza BMW Z4 GTE.

Should be a fantastic and competitive race today. See you at the Beach!