LAKEVILLE, Conn., July 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Trent Hindman
took his Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo to his third IMSA
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole of the season this morning,
and will lead the GTD field to the green flag in today's Northeast
Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.
HIndman's lap record time of 51.456 seconds around the fast, but
short, Lime Rock Park road course bested an extremely tight
qualifying session, with just over seven-tenths of a second
covering the full GTD field.
Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo
No less than five
different drivers topped the GTD time sheets in this morning's
15-minute qualifying session, with Hindman finally claiming the
pole on his eighth lap. It is the third pole of the season for the
New Jersey native, who claims Lime
Rock as his "home" track, following GTD pole runs at Sebring and
Watkins Glen. Hindman and co-driver Mario Farnbacher currently hole a 19-point lead
in the GTD championship ahead of today's sixth race of the
season.
In the second MSR Acura, Christina
Nielsen qualified 11th in the Acura NSX GT3 Evo
she will share with co-driver Katherine
Legge in today's race, with her qualifying time of 52.059
seconds just six-tenths of a second slower than Hindman.
Acura Team Penske
As one of two races on the 2019
schedule to feature IMSA's GT classes (GTD and GTLM), the Prototype
category was not a part of the IMSA weekend at Lime Rock
Park. The Acura Team Penske ARX-05s will return to the
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the next race on the
schedule, August 2-3 at Road America
in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Where to Watch
Same-day US Network television coverage
from Lime Rock Park begins at 9:30 p.m.
EDT on the NBC Sports Network. Complete, flag-to-flag
race coverage also will be available on NBCSports.com and the
NBC Sports App with NBCSN authentication, starting at 3 p.m. EDT.
Quote
Trent
Hindman (#86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3) GTD
class pole qualifier, his third IMSA GTD pole of 2019: "Big
thanks to the Meyer Shank Racing guys. I kind of put them
through the wringer in the warmup [practice session prior to
qualifying], just trying to get every last ounce of performance out
of the car before qualifying. We got out of the warmup and
everything felt really good so it was like 'the pressure is on,
I've got to get it done, there's no excuse if we don't', so I'm
glad we pulled through! Again, this is all down to the work
of the Meyer Shank Racing crew, HPD and Acura. Everyone
helped me get this one done today, and I'm really appreciative of
want they did for me. I'm just grateful to be part of a great
team."
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