BMW Team RLL Qualifies Seventh and Eighth for the BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach; DePhillippi P7, Krohn P8.
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Apr. 13, 2018… Today’s qualifying session for Saturday’s BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach saw Connor DePhillippi qualify the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE in the seventh starting position with a time of 1:18.153 minutes around the temporary Long Beach street circuit. DePhillippi will co-drive with Alexander Sims in tomorrow’s race. Jesse Krohn, co-driving with John Edwards tomorrow, posted a time of 1:18.224 minutes in the No. 24 M8 GTE to qualify eighth. The GTLM class pole position was won by the No. 66 Ford GT with a time of 1:16.869 minutes. The balance of the GTLM field qualified some seven-tenths of a second from Hand with the two BMWs one-half second farther in arrears.