Dion von Moltke captured his third GT Daytona (GTD) TOTAL Pole Award this season in the Oak Tree Grand Prix qualifying session at VIRginia International Raceway.

Von Moltke, driving for Paul Miller Racing, posted a best lap of 1:49.255 (107.748 mph) in the No. 48 Castrol EDGE Audi R8 LMS he shares with Christopher Haase. Haase was quickest in the final practice on Saturday, pacing the GTD field with a lap of 1:47.450 (109.558 mph).

Second-place qualifying driver Patrick Lindsey narrowly missed posting the fastest time of the session with a lap of 1:49.265 (107.738 mph), just 0.010 seconds behind von Moltke. Lindsey claimed the TOTAL Pole Award at the most recent event, the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America two weeks ago. Lindsey’s co-driver Spencer Pumpelly was fastest in Friday’s second practice session in the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America.

Scuderia Corsa driver Bill Sweedler qualified third at the 3.27-mile, 17-turn circuit in the No. 63 Royal Purple/Robert Graham Ferrari 458 Italia with a time of 1:49.512 (107.495 mph). Sweedler will co-drive Sunday’s race with Townsend Bell.

NOTES:

– GT Daytona points leader Christina Nielsen ended her qualifying session early after going off course in Turn 3 and making contact with the barrier in the No. 007 TRG-AMR Royal Purple/Orion Energy/LaSalle Solutions/PassTime USA/Mellow Mushroom Aston Martin Vantage. Nielsen qualified fifth for Sunday’s race.

QUOTES:

Dion von Moltke, Driver – No. 48 Castrol EDGE Audi R8 LMS

“I think [all of my poles] have all added up to less than a tenth of a second. The last time we drove the track temp was over 10 degrees cooler and over two seconds faster for us. As a driver, and as you’re pushing; the predictor keeps going up and up, you feel man, I’m slow. We were just trying to hang on to the car, it was really greasy out there. The car was a really good package thanks to the Paul Miller Racing team. It’s going to be a great battle tomorrow.”

“We have a few races to go, and we want to win really bad. We go into each race weekend focusing on winning the event. The team will make a choice to fight for the win or go for championship points, but right now we’re really just focused on what we have to do for the win tomorrow.”

Sunday’s on-track activity opens with a 20-minute warm-up session beginning at 8:35 a.m. ET.