Sebastien Bourdais established a track record Friday to take the pole position for the final Chevrolet Sports Car Classic at Belle Isle Raceway in Detroit, making it two in a row and four in the past IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship events.

The Chip Ganassi Racing No. 01 Cadillac driver established a new lap record of 1 minute, 18.818 seconds on the 14-turn, 2.35-mile street course, besting Juan Pablo Montoya's (1:19.373) set in 2019.

Next year, the 100-minute event will move to a new downtown route, so it was the last chance to set a new record. Record set by Lo Montoya (1:19.373) in 2019. Next year, the 100-minute race will be transferred to a new downtown street course, so this was the last chance to break the record.

Bourdais, who crashed into the Turn 2 wall early in the session, remarked, "I couldn't leave the track record to Juan Pablo." "It's quite lovely." There are undoubtedly a couple of massive laps, but the Cadillac has been influential throughout the session, so I'm glad it's still running."

"In Turn 2, I took off and landed squarely against the walls." An unexpected tailwind caught me off guard in turns 1 and 2. This will be an exciting race for Cadillac. Around here, there's a lot of dedication, but it's also a lot of fun. It's the first time qualifying in Detroit that I've put everything together."

Despite winning from the pole at Long Beach, California, Bourdais and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Renger van der Zande, did not repeat the feat at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last month or at Sebring International Raceway in March.

With van der Zande and Kevin Magnussen, the No. 01 won the Detroit race last year, and Cadillacs have won three of the previous four DPi races.

Kirkwood's second career IMSA pole (qualified first for the 2021 Six Hours at the Glen) and Vasser Sullivan Racing's 10th pole.

Despite the long day, Kirkwood noted, "I enjoy driving race cars, and we will make the most of our time today." "We have a lot to balance today." I'm making sure I attend both teams' engineering meetings today. Everyone has gathered around and has been immensely helpful in ensuring that I get to all necessary locations.

" I'm starting to have a headache from all the running about, but it's been a lot of fun. Racing automobiles is my love, and I got to do a lot of it today."