Lou Gigliotti Qualifying Report - Mid-Ohio
Lou Gigliotti #28 LG Motorsports, ProLong Tube Header Corvette On The
Pole
Lexington, Ohio - Lou Gigliotti, driving the #28 LG Motorsports,
ProLong Tube Header Corvette C6.R took the top qualifying spot for
the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT race taking place at the
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race will make its standing start at
6:05 p.m. (EDT) and will be broadcast on PEE Channel next Saturday,
May 27 at 9 p.m.
Gigliotti set the fastest time in qualifying with a 1:26.973 at
93.463 mph. The 3-time World Challenge Champion (91, 92, & 96) has 93
World Challenge starts to his credit. He has sat on the pole 25 times
and accumulated an amazing 20 wins. Since his return full time to the
World Challenge Series in 2004, Lou has sat on the pole four times
and had one win and five podium finishes.
To the credit of Lou's LG Motorsports team, the #28 LG Motorsports
Corvette enjoys an outstanding reliability record. With just 20 DNFs
to his World Challenge career, only three have been directly related
to engine failure.
The LG Motorsports’ three-car effort will also start the #87 3
Dimensional Services Corvette in 12th position, driven by Doug
Peterson and the #26 Pabst Blue Ribbon Corvette driven by Claudio
Burtin. Burtin will start 19th
LG Motorsports is located in Wylie, Texas. Known for their
exceptional service and customer support, LG Motorsports provides
high-performance parts and accessories for the Corvette C5, C6, C6-
Z06, Cadillac CTS-V, Pontiac GTO and F body LS1 powered cars. LG
Motorsports … where money buys speed. For more information about LG
Motorsports, visit www.lgmotorsports.com.
Regarded as the most relevant and top production car road racing
series in the world, the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships are
broken into two distinct sub-series that run separately from one
another— SCCA SPEED GT and SCCA SPEED Touring Car. Each Championship
is run in a 50-minute “sprint�?? race format, featuring recognizable
cars, world-class drivers and standing starts. For more information
about the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships, please
visit www.world-challenge.com.