Westphal Leads BMW Front Row Lockout at Mid-Ohio

CarBahn With Peregrine BMW Takes Pole For Mid-Ohio 4H

Jeff Westphal doesn’t qualify frequently in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge competition, so it came as no surprise that it’d been quite a while since he achieved his most recent Motul Pole Award. When told it was 15 years ago at Watkins Glen International, just past 15 years to the day, 2 June 2011, in a Street Tuner class BMW 328i, Westphal summed it up succinctly: “The old dog has still got it!” he laughed. The now 39-year-old drove, fittingly, …

Westphal Leads BMW Front Row Lockout at Mid-Ohio

Photo: Tony DiZinno Jeff Westphal has scored pole for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 4 Hours of Mid-Ohio, leading a front row lockout for BMW M4 GT4 EVO machinery for the second IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge endurance race of the season. Westphal, in the No. 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing BMW, recorded a chart-topping 1:25.216 in the 15-minute GS qualifying session to edge out the No. 27 AutoTechnic Racing machine of Stevan McAleer by 0.375 seco…