The final Rolex practice session was on Saturday morning. I felt like we had about as much mechanical grip as we could get, so we focused on aerodynamics, which meant playing with the wing angle. I was out on really old tires and was still able to turn a 1:27.7. We tried stiffening the rear sway bar to compensate for the additional down force on the rear of the car, but this seemed to make the car oversteer excessively as the tires heated up so we took it back out. I felt like we had a good car for the race.

Unfortunately, after the session we found that we had a problem with the engine and it would need to be changed. This meant a lot of work for the Orbit crew prior to the race, and also that we would have to forfeit Jay's well earned starting spot and begin the race at the back of the field.

We had one last session in the BMW prior to qualifying. During the session we had a fuel pressure problem that caused a pretty significant loss of power. The data showed that we were about five mile per hour down on all the straights. On a more positive note, we had made another spring change and I thought the handling of the car was excellent.

Immediately after the session the Turner Motorsports crew got started on addressing the fuel pressure problem and they did a great job to get it resolved in time for qualifying. I shared the car with my former World Challenge teammate Tim Pappas. Tim did a great job qualifying us seventh in a crowded field of twenty-seven Sport Touring class cars. Our sister car grabbed the pole with Will Turner behind the wheel.