SRT Motorsports - ALMS Post-Qualifying Quotes - Petit Le Mans - Road Atlanta

October 18, 2013 , Braselton, Ga. -  Jonathan Bomarito led SRT Motorsports during today’s qualifying session for Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Bomarito will start second in the GT Class with a time of 1:18. 888 seconds, 115. 911 mph - just .027 seconds behind pole winner Matteo Malucelli.  Marc Goossens will start third in tomorrow’s race after posting a time of 1:19.017 in today’s session. 
 
Gary Johnson – SRT Motorsports Racing Manager
“It’s a little disappointing not to get the pole but all the guys did a great job. I think qualifying showed that the cars are going to be very strong for the race. I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
 
CONDITIONS FOR QUALIFYING TODAY FEATURED WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE. “I think the weather, if anything, helped. Times were a little faster in qualifying than in this morning’s practice. It’s all good and we’re very satisfied.”    
 
Jonathan Bomarito  – No. 93 Pennzoil Ultra SRT Viper GTS-R (Qualified 2nd)
“For a 10-hour race, we can’t be too upset with (qualifying) second and third with our SRT Vipers. It was an exciting session. The Ferrari went out and put down that 1:18.861 pretty quick. We saw them backing up so we knew that was the benchmark. We had two laps relatively close to that time; we ended up missing it (pole) by two-hundredths. I think more important than qualifying is we have two really good racecars, a great crew, great prep and everybody has the right mindset for a 10-hour race.” 
 
CAN YOU PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE HOW CLOSE QUALFYING IS TODAY? “It’s hard to measure. He’s probably quicker in some areas and it just comes down to being that close. Now you start to analyze your lap and figure out where you could have had that last half-tenth.”    
   
Marc Goossens – No. 91 SRT Viper GTS-R (Qualified 3rd)
“It’s pretty good, I think, to be second and third on the grid with the two Vipers for quite an important race. I think SRT Motorsports proved again that we have some speed here. I had a good run. I could have maybe extracted a very little bit more out of my lap time if I could have kept leaning on the tires but I had to back out and cool them. There was maybe a little left but I think we were close to a perfect lap time. Second and third for tomorrow’s race is a big deal. I think on top of that we have proven between Ryan (Dalziel), Dominik (Farnbacher) and myself, there isn’t much difference in lap times. So I think we are a strong team for tomorrow.”