MONTEREY, Calif. (Oct. 10, 2009) 聙聯 Boris Said, of Carlsbad, Calif., did everything his team could have hoped for in a cameo appearance for Sunday聙聶s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship Presented by Toyo Tires season finale, winning the pole position and then losing the coin toss to invert the top five and put teammate Brandon Davis in the first starting position at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Davis hopes to clinch the series Championship in the Applied Computer Solutions Monterey Sports Car Championship Presented by Bondurant race.Making just his second appearance in World Challenge competition this year in the No. 3 Applied Computer Solutions Ford Mustang Cobra, Said went out late in the 20-minute qualifying session on the 2.238-mile, 11-turn circuit and turned just one lap, a 1:29.580 (89.939 mph), which put him to the top of the charts. It was his second-career World Challenge pole in 58 starts.聙聹The car felt really good,聙聺 Said commented. 聙聹I didn聙聶t think we had enough for the pole. We聙聶d been struggling all weekend but we found out that we had three-year old tires on the car. Once we fixed that [with fresh tires], we had a really good car.聙聺Said聙聶s role this weekend is one of supporter for teammate Davis, who leads the Championship in the No. 10 Applied Computer Solutions/Sun Microsystems Ford Mustang GT. Said聙聶s pole-winning time not only put him at the top of the grid, but it knocked Davis聙聶 chief title rival Tony Rivera back to second, taking three valuable points away.聙聹I聙聶m really here in support of Brandon ,聙聺 Said added. 聙聹I raced with his dad for a lot of years and he聙聶s a great guy, one of the greatest guys I聙聶ve ever raced for. It聙聶s fun to come back here and race these cars and hopefully help pay him back for all the wins that he聙聶s given me. I聙聶m going to feel proud watching Brandon win the Championship this weekend. 聙聹When I met Brandon, he was 14 years-old. I never thought he was going to become the racecar driver he is. I聙聶m pleasantly surprised with how good he is. He聙聶s a good, young, up-and-coming driver. I hope that winning this Championship can help him further his career.聙聹I聙聶m going to race the other guys as hard as I聙聶ve ever raced before. This track favors the Porsche. With the rear engine, it聙聶s kind of a Porsche track. I don聙聶t know how long we can run that pace. It was a pretty crazy, wide-open, sliding lap. I聙聶m not here for points. I聙聶m here for fun and to try to help Brandon. I聙聶m going to have a blast whether I win or wreck. I聙聶m just gonna have fun this weekend.聙聺Rivera, of Missouri City, Texas, put his No. 97 Tax Masters/Brass Monkey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 to the top of the charts on his first lap, with a 1:29.611 (89.908 mph). Looking good to secure his first-ever series pole, Rivera immediately reported to the pits and waited to see if anyone could mount a challenge. Said, who left the pits just after Rivera completed his lap, bettered Rivera聙聶s time by just 0.031-second.Dino Crescentini, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., was third fastest in his No. 4 Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3 with a best lap time of 1:29.773 (89.746 mph).While the pole held drama for its championship implications, James Sofronas, of Newport Beach, Calif., had drama of his own in qualifying. Not satisfied with his initial lap in the No. 14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 that placed him fourth at the time, Sofronas went back to the paddock to add fuel for another run, forfeiting his times up to that point. With approximately five minutes remaining, he returned to the track. On his initial lap, he caught a slower car, but on his second lap, he was able to turn a 1:29.891 (89.628 mph)聙聰good enough for fourth and faster than his previous best.Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., turned the fifth fastest time, with a 1:30.081 (89.439 mph), just 0.025-second faster than sixth place Randy Pobst. The fifth place effort put him in a position to start first, if Said were to lose the coin toss, inverting the top five.Said called tails, and the coin came up heads.聙聹I absolutely wanted to lose the coin toss today,聙聺 Said recalled. 聙聹The team all decided what I聙聶d pick. Normally, I聙聶d have picked 聙聵heads,聙聶 but they said 聙聵tails always loses聙聶 and I picked tails and it actually worked.聙聺聙聹The two times that I lost the coin toss, I called tails,聙聺 Davis said. 聙聹This is big for us to be able to start first. We know we need to basically not make any mistakes to win this Championship. I think that if we can get a good start and lead a lap, it聙聶ll give us five bonus points, and help us. I don聙聶t know that we have the pace to stay up there, but we聙聶ll try the best we can. The Championship is the ultimate goal, though.聙聺The coin toss put Davis and Sofronas on row one for Sunday聙聶s standing start. Crescentini and Rivera make up the second row, with Said and Pobst聙聶s Volvo S60 in row three.San Jose resident Kip Olson (Acura NSX) qualified seventh in his series debut, followed by Eric Curran (Chevrolet Corvette), Sonny Whelen (Chevrolet Corvette) and Jeff Courtney (Dodge Viper).Rivera closed Davis聙聶 62-point lead down to 53 points. At just 23 years-old, Davis can clinch his first professional Championship Sunday by finishing in the top eight, regardless of Rivera聙聶s performance. Rivera needs to get to the front and hope for Daivs to encounter bad luck to win his first title.Said聙聶s pole also gave Ford one point toward the Manufacturers聙聶 Championship presented by RACER Magazine. Ford now trails Porsche by eight points entering the finale. Porsche can clinch the Championship by having at least one of its cars finish in the top six positions.Sunday聙聶s Applied Computer Solutions Monterey Sports Car Championship Presented by Bondurant race, the season finale for the SPEED World Challenge GT Championship Presented by Toyo Tires, will make its standing start at 2:45 p.m. (PDT). Live timing and scoring, lap notes and streaming audio are available at race will be broadcast Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific on SPEED.Follow World Challenge on Twitter @SPEEDWC.MONTEREY, Calif. - Starting lineup for Sunday's SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship Presented by Toyo Tires season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with position, car number in parentheses, driver,hometown, car, fastest lap time, and speed in miles per hour. Note 聙聯 Top five inversion reflected after post-qualifying coin toss.1, (10), Brandon Davis, Huntington Beach, Calif., Ford Mustang GT, 1:30.081, 89.439.2, (14), James Sofronas, Newport Beach, Calif., Porsche 911 GT3, 1:29.891, 89.628.3, (4), Dino Crescentini, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Porsche 911 GT3, 1:29.773, 89.746.4, (97), Tony Rivera, Missouri City, Texas, Porsche 911 GT3, 1:29.611, 89.908.5, (3), Boris Said, Carlsbad, Calif., Ford Mustang Cobra, 1:29.580, 89.939.6, (1), Randy Pobst, Gainesville, Ga., Volvo S60, 1:30.106, 89.414.7, (49), Kip Olson(R), Sacramento, Calif., Acura NSX, 1:30.211, 89.310.8, (30), Eric Curran, Easthampton, Mass., Chevrolet Corvette, 1:30.320, 89.202.9, (31), Sonny Whelen, Old Saybrook, Conn., Chevrolet Corvette, 1:30.460, 89.064.10, (99), Jeff Courtney, Slinger, Wis., Dodge Viper, 1:30.490, 89.035.11, (8), Andy Pilgrim, Boca Raton, Fla., Volvo S60, 1:30.492, 89.033.12, (9), Gunter Schaldach, Aspen, Colo., Porsche 911 GT3, 1:30.521, 89.004.13, (13), Charles Putman, Mills, Wyo., Dodge Viper, 1:30.991, 88.545.14, (47), Rob Morgan, Costa Mesa, Calif., Porsche 911 GT3, 1:31.201, 88.341.15, (34), Tony Gaples, Libertyville, Ill., Chevrolet Corvette, 1:31.284, 88.260.16, (11), Mike Davis, Huntington Beach,