BRASELTON, Ga. -- Frenchman Olivier Pla took the pole Friday for the 10-hour Petit Le Mans endurance race Sunday, the season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.Pla had a fast lap at 1 minute, 13.061 seconds at 2.54-mile Road Atlanta in Michael Shank Racings Honda-powered Liger prototype. He will co-drive with Brazils Oswaldo Negri.The car has been fantastic and the crew just kept improving it, Pla said.Tristan Nunez was second in the Prototype class, the fastest of the four classes competing at Road Atlanta, with a 1:13.520 in a Mazda,In the Prototype Challenge class, Robert Alon was quickest with a lap of 1:16.411 in his PR1/Mathiasen Chevrolet-powered Oreca. In GT Le Mans, the Ford Chip Ganassi Ford GT, driven by Richard Westbrook, led the class with a best lap of 1:18.131. And in GT Daytona, a class based on production cars, Jeroen Bleekemolen put his Dodge Viper GT3-R on the pole at 1:21.305. Marcus Stroman Jersey . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. George Bell Jersey . - Blake Griffin had 30 points and 12 rebounds, J. http://www.bluejaysonline.com/blue-jays-dave-winfield-jersey/ . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. Paul Molitor Jersey . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Roger Clemens Jersey . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. SAO PAULO -- Williams veteran driver Felipe Massa failed to finish his last race in front of his home crowd at Interlagos on Sunday, but he still earned a warm and emotional goodbye.In a Brazilian Grand Prix deeply impacted by rain, Massa crashed out in the 48th of 71 laps when he was in 14th position.In tears, the 35-year-old driver walked through the pit lane wrapped in a Brazilian flag and was greeted by his wife Anna Raffaela, his son Felipinho, a rowdy local crowd and members of all teams.I am leaving with my head up and my heart still aching, Massa told reporters by the pit lane. I apologize to this crowd, this is not the result that I expected here. I can only thank them for the love, for all the emotions that I felt.The Brazilian driver also said he expects to be part of a different racing series next year, without providing further details.Massa has 11 Grand Prix career wins, including two in Brazil. Two weeks from now, he will make his final appearance in a Formula 1 car at the season-finisher in Abu Dhabi, after reaching his 250th start.Massas F1 career beegan in 2002 as a member of Sauber.dddddddddddd He shone at Ferrari, the team that gave him his best chance at the title race in 2008. At a Brazilian GP that he won, Massa lost the crown to Lewis Hamilton after the British driver made a key overtake on the very last lap.One year later Massas life was put at serious risk after he was struck on the head by a wheel at the Hungarian Grand Prix. He stayed in the hospital for days.Massa joined Williams in 2014. In the current season he is 11th with 51 points.With his retirement and the difficulties for Felipe Nasr of Sauber to renew his contract, there is a chance that no Brazilian drivers will be on the grid in 2017. That would be the first time in 48 years.There are no other Brazilian drivers in Europe being considered for a place at the moment.Sundays race was won by three-time series champion Hamilton, forcing a showdown for the season title with Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in Abu Dhabi. ' ' '
