The Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 led four of the five sessions across Friday and Saturday, with Blomqvist new full-time teammate Colin Braun and endurance teammate Helio Castroneves all taking turns at the top.
But the battle between Acura and Porsche closed up throughout the sessions, and the Penske-run Porsche 963s were firmly in the pole battle, as the two Acura teams adopted different tactics for qualifying. Ricky Taylor in the Wayne Taylor Racing entry went out on fresh tires and whittled his time down to 1min34.198sec, while Blomqvist went out on scrubbed Michelins and returned to the pits for new ones.
