Patrick Long Qualifies The Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team In Third Spot for Grand Prix of Mia
Patrick Long and the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche Crawford Daytona Prototype will take the green flag from the inside of row two following qualifying for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Linder Industrial Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami tomorrow afternoon.
With consistent improvement every time the Alex Job Racing-prepared Porsche Crawford took to the track, Long hit his stride on lap four of his seven-circuit qualifying stint to post a time of 1:14:449 (111.053 mph) and secure third-place among the 20-car Daytona Prototype field. This result greatly improves upon the team’s previous-best eighth place qualifying position at both Daytona and Mexico City earlier this season.
“I’m very happy with third-place, ” Long said of his qualifying run. “The team did an awesome job of staying persistent and improving the car every time we’ve gone onto the track. We actually focused on race set-up during practice, so to be this far forward in qualifying is a nice surprise - but hopefully we can make it last throughout the race and lock in a podium finish. ”
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