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Garcia fastest for Corvette in GT Le Mans

Antonio Garcia captured his first pole of the season for Corvette Racing with a lap of 1m40.799s in the No. 3 Corvette C7.R.

“I’m really happy for Chevrolet,” Garcia said. “Finally, we’ve got something that is good, so hopefully it’s something for turning around tomorrow and starting to win races again.”

Garcia credited the team, which changed engines on Friday after missing the opening practice session.

“It was very tough to lose all of first practice, but that’s why we have the other car,” Garcia said. “The No. 4 car did a fantastic job, so we took what they did and just put it on our car. Everything seems to be working, as you saw. It’s always a team effort. I am very happy with the way the car behaved today, so I’m excited for the start tomorrow.”

The Corvette Racing entries sandwiched the Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs. Richard Westbrook was second in the No. 67, 1m41.116, followed by Tom Milner in the No. 4 Corvette, 1m41.291s.

Joey Hand was originally third, but lost his best lap in the No. 66 Ford GT due to a track limits violation. That demoted Hand to fifth, while promoting the BMW Team RLL No. 24 BMW M8 GTLM of John Edwards to the outside of the front row. Hand’s was one of several penalties for violating the limits in Turns 1 and 8 that were assessed during the session.