Andy Lally and Henri Richard will start the 2010 Long Beach Grand Prix from pole position for the GTC class tomorrow in their #63 TRG Future Electronics Porsche. The race will be live on SPEED Channel at 8pm EST.

Lally turned a lap good enough for 2nd place in qualfying but then later found out that the pole sitting #54 Porsche was disqualified for an unapproved fuel. This moved Lally up to the Pole Position in his debut at Long Beach. "This is wild" said Lally,"On Monday I was not even expecting to be coming to California. I got a late call from Kevin to find a ticket to come help Henri and Mark out with the car set up and give some pointers for both of their first appearances on a street circuit. Then yesterday, just before I left for the airport I got a call that said make sure to bring your gear! Mark was stuck in England because of the volcanic ash and wont be able to make the race, we ran well in practice and then decided to have me qualify. The car that these guys put together at TRG was excellent. I knew it would be close for pole because of how well we were handling and this is such an important place to handle well. I feel bad for the #54 team because Im sure this was unintentional on their part but I have to say it is nice to grab a pole position, especially at a place like the Long Beach Grand Prix".

Henri and Andy enter the weekend 6th in points after the season opener in Sebring last month. This is the second of nine events of the American Le Mans Series and Lally hopes to be around for all of them. "Henri has been driving great and Im very happy with his pace, especially considering that this is his first ever attempt at a street circuit, he was very aggressive this morning in practice and he actually worried me a bit because he came up to speed so fast. It would be great if we could do the full season here and go for a Championship".