Grant Storms to Road America IPC Pole

David Grant saved his best effort for when it counted on Friday, snatching the pole position in qualifications for Saturday’s IMSA Prototype Challenge race at Road America with a lap nearly two seconds better than he or teammate Keith Grant achieved in two earlier practices.

David Grant turned a best lap of 2:02.930 in the No. 40 Forty7 Motorsports Norma M30 Nissan to take qualifying honors by more than eight-tenths of a second over the competition.

The best lap during the two practice sessions for the No. 40 was 2:04.911, good only for 10th among the 13 entries in the Prototype Challenge field. That, though, was by design, according to the pole-sitter.

And, Grant warned, there may be more to come.

Naveen Rao qualified second in the No. 64 K2R Motorsports Norma with a lap of 2:03.750 around the 14-turn, 4.048-mile road course.

He and teammate Matthew Bell lead the Prototype Challenge standings after two races in which they’ve finished on the podium.

Saturday’s one-hour, 45-minute race starts at 11:35 a.m. ET and streams live on Trackpass on NBC Sports Gold.

RESULTS: Qualifying