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Chase Pelletier fails post qualifying inspection

LEXINGTON, Ohio – The Touring Car B-Spec pole-winning Garrett Racing/Drive4Diabetes entry, the No. 12 ADA/Lilly Diabetes/American Honda Honda Fit driven by Chase Pelletier, of Brampton, Ontario, was found out of compliance following post-qualifying technical inspection before Round 9 of the Pirelli World Challenge season at Mid-Ohio.

As the No. 12 car will be sent to the rear of the field, John Heinricy of Clarkston, Mich. will inherit the pole position in the No. 35 Matick Chevrolet Chevrolet Sonic. Heinricy originally qualified second with a time of 1:48.02.

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PWC Qualifying for TC TCB
71 TC Michael DiMeo(R) Compass360 RacingHonda Civic Si 1st in Class
72 TC Ron Yarab(R) Compass360 RacingHonda Civic Si 8th in Class
12 TCB Chase Pelletier Garrett Racing/Drive4DiabetesHonda Fit 1st in Class
57 TCB Andrei Kisel(R) Racing.caMini Cooper 4th in Class
58 TCB Glenn Nixon (R) Racing.caMiniCooper 6th in Class
66 TCB PJ Groenke Shea RacingHonda Fit 5th in Class
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DiMeo and Pelletier take poles at Mid-Ohio PWC

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Michael DiMeo, of Toronto, Shea Holbrook, of Groveland, Fla., and Chase Pelletier, of Brampton, Ontario have captured the TC, TCA and TCB pole positions for the Pirelli World Challenge Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge Presented by StopTech, Round 9 of the season.
DiMeo, driving the No. 71 Grand Alarms Honda Civic Si, snatched the pole near the end of the 12-minute session with a lap of 1:34.810. The pole is DiMeo’s sixth this season in Touring Car.

Second was Round 8 winner Adam Poland, of Mt. Vernon, Texas, in the No. 11 Texas Track Works/Eastex Motorsports Mazda MX-5 at 1:34.936. Third was Round 7 winner Steven Doherty, of Plainfield, Ill., in the No. 94 Nissan/GT Academy/Skullcandy Nissan Altima Coupe at 1:35.692.

In TCA, Holbrook, in the No. 67 TRUECar/Lucas Oil/Radium Honda Civic Si, secured a pivotal fifth pole of the season at 1:38.093. She looks to take the championship lead this weekend.

Second was Ernie Francis Jr., of Dania, Fla., in the No. 98 Breathless Performance Mazda MX-5 at 1:38.235. Third was Jason Cherry, of Gambrills, Md., in the No. 13 Autism Society of America/Avpro/Purposeful Architecture Mazda MX-5 at 1:39.143. Points leader and local driver Jason Wolfe, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in the No. 36 Wolfe Trucking Kia Forte Koup, will have to come from fourth after qualifying at 1:39.452.

Pelletier has taken his first career TCB pole position in the Garrett Racing/Drive4Diabetes entry, the No. 12 ADA/Lilly Diabetes/American Honda Honda Fit.

With a lap of 1:47.987, Pelletier set a new track record by nearly four full tenths of a second over the previous mark set last year by Francis Jr. (1:48.380).

Track veteran John Heinricy of Clarkston, Mich. clocked in second in the No. 35 Matick Chevrolet Chevrolet Sonic (1:48.028), in both his and the car’s first Pirelli World Challenge start of 2014. Brian Price, of Middletown, Va., was third in the No. 51 Unlimited Racing/RP Performance Honda Fit at 1:48.419.

Of note, Road America race winners Glenn Nixon and Paul Holton qualified sixth and seventh, with Leo Parente clocking in at a 1:52.144 in the charity No. 00 FIAT 500.

Tonight’s first TC, TCA and TCB race of the weekend, Round 9 of the season, will begin with live streaming on www.world-challengetv.com at 5:05 p.m. ET. The lights will go out from a standing start at 5:15 p.m. for a 40-minute race.

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World Challenge at Mid-Ohio Entry List
61 GT AnthonyLazzaro R.Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia
70 GTS Ray Mason Compass360 RacingSubaru WRX STi
38 GTS Mark Wilkins Kia Racing/KineticMotorsportsKia Optima
89 GT-A Fred Roberts RPM Canada/Roberts RacingDodge/SRT Viper
71 TC Michael DiMeo(R) Compass360 RacingHonda Civic Si
72 TC Ron Yarab(R) Compass360 RacingHonda Civic Si
12 TCB Chase Pelletier Garrett Racing/Drive4DiabetesHonda Fit
57 TCB Andrei Kisel(R) Racing.caMini Cooper
58 TCB Glenn Nixon (R) Racing.caMiniCooper
66 TCB PJ Groenke Shea RacingHonda Fit
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Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Weekend Schedule

Weekend schedule (all times Eastern):

Friday, Aug. 1 – 8:30-9 a.m. USF2000 practice
9:15-9:45 a.m. Pro Mazda practice
10-10:45 a.m. Verizon IndyCar Series practice *
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. USF2000 qualifying
1:05-1:45 p.m. Indy Lights practice
2-2:45 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series practice *
4 p.m. USF2000 Race 1
* streaming video on www.IndyCar.com

Saturday, Aug. 2 – 9 a.m. Indy Lights qualifications
10-10:45 a.m. Verizon IndyCar Series practice *
1:05 p.m. USF2000 Race 2
2 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series qualifications
3:25 p.m. Indy Lights Race 1
5:35 p.m. Pro Mazda Race 1

Sunday, Aug. 3 – 9:05 a.m. USF2000 Race 3
10-10:30 a.m. Verizon IndyCar Series warm-up
10:45 a.m. Pro Mazda Race 2
11:55 a.m. Indy Lights Race 2
3 p.m. NBCSN on air, Verizon Indy Car Series race