Patrick Long: Claims GTD Pole at Lime Rock Park

Long stormed to the pole in GT Daytona for Saturday's Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park, in a new track qualifying record. The Porsche factory driver reeled off a 51.491-second lap time in the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R to edge out the pair of 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3s, sportscar365.com reports.

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Long led the No. 58 Wright Motorsports team to the first class pole of the season for Porsche. He will share driving duties Saturday afternoon with Christina Nielsen in this 2 hour and 40 minute race. They will challenge for their first podium finish of the season at Lime Rock Park.