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Pole for Acura at Road Atlanta

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  • Helio Castroneves claims pole in qualifying for Saturday's TireRack.com Grand Prix
  • Second consecutive WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole for #acura Team Penske
  • Meyer Shank #racing #acura NSX GT3 Evos qualify fourth, sixth in GTD

Helio Castroneves claimed the second consecutive WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole for #acura Team Penske Saturday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta; while Shinya Michimi and Misha Goikhberg qualified their Meyer Shank #racing #acura NSX GT3 Evo's fourth and six, respectively in the production-based GTD class.

Acura Team Penske
Castroneves took his #7 #acura ARX-05 to the pole in a hard fought 15-minute session, edging the #31 Cadillac prototype of Felipe Nasr by less than a tenth of a second. The pole is the second of the season for Castroneves, and the second consecutive pole for the #7 #acura Team Penske duo of Castroneves and co-driver Ricky Taylor, fastest qualifier last month at Road America.

Defending series champion Dane Cameron took his #6 #acura ARX-05 to third in qualifying, in the car he will share tomorrow with co-driver and fellow defending champion Juan Pablo Montoya.

Meyer Shank #racing #acura NSX GT3
Shinya Michimi, third driver for Meyer Shank #racing in the long-distance rounds of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, will start fourth in the GTD category, less than three-tenths of a second off the pole time around the challenging 2.54-mile Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta circuit. He will share his #86 #acura in tomorrow six-hour race with full-season drivers Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry.

In the #57 Heinricher #racing with MSR #acura, Misha Goikberg qualified sixth, less than four-tenths of a a second off his teammate, in the NSX GT3 Evo he shares with fellow full-season driver Alvaro Parente and endurance-race driver Trent Hindman.

Where to Watch
Live network television coverage from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta begins at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, September 5, for one hour on the NBC Sports Network. Coverage will resume on NBCSN from 2:30 p.m. EDT to the finish. Live flag-to-flag race coverage also will be available on the NBC Sports App and NBC Gold with NBCSN Trackpass authentication.

Quotes
Helio Castroneves (#7 #acura Team Penske ARX-05) pole qualifier, his second pole this season and fifth career IMSA pole, third pole of 2020 for #acura Team Penske: "It's all on the line [in qualifying]. You've got great competitors, and you've got to push it to the limit. Every time we go out there [for qualifying], for me, it's great. And every time we achieve something great, doing something that you love, it's just fun. Tomorrow's six hours of #racing, but again, this is something I love to do."