MILLVILLE, N.J. (May 1, 2009) 聙聯 Canadian Kuno Wittmer won the pole for Saturday聙聶s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Round Three race at New Jersey Motorsports Park聙聶s Thunderbolt Raceway. However, after a post-qualifying coin flip, the top-five qualifiers were inverted. This means Wittmer will start fifth, while his teammate and fifth-place qualifier Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., will start first.Driving the No. 44 Acura/RealTime/Red Line Oil Acura TSX, Wittmer turned the fastest qualifying lap with a 1:31.991 (88.052 mph). Despite starting fifth on the grid, Wittmer will be credited with his second-career pole.聙聹Coming from Sebring, I didn聙聶t have a top-10 starting position in qualifying, so we opted to stay in pit lane until about 30 seconds after the last car left to get a clear track,聙聺 Wittmer said his qualifying effort. 聙聹It panned out perfectly. The tires warmed up well and that first flier was the magic lap. Everything came together perfectly. Every brake marker, everything was just a little bit better than in practice on those tires. Everything felt just great.聙聹I still have a very good car. It聙聶s very consistent. We聙聶re able to run multiple laps back-to-back within a half a tenth so everything is just bang on. I聙聶m super confident even starting fifth. 聙聹 is something you cannot control. It聙聶s a gamble. It聙聶s 50-50. I completely understand the rule. I was for it from the beginning because it makes things exciting, but hey, that聙聶s the game.聙聺Cunningham, the beneficiary of the coin flip, qualified his No. 1 Acura/RealTime/Red Line Oil Acura TSX fifth with a time of 1:32.383 (87.687 mph), but will start first. The defending series champion hopes his start from the pole will net him his 32nd 聙聯career World Challenge victory. 聙聹On the cool-off lap, I told Kuno, 聙聵no pressure on the coin flip, but it聙聶s up to you to make a good decision or you聙聶ll be walking to the track at Round Three,聙聶聙聺 Cunningham said jokingly. 聙聹That was the deal and now I聙聶m starting first. I聙聶ll try to keep my Acura TSX up there, but I聙聶m sure that Kuno would like to come back up and show how good his car is too.聙聺Sebring winner Seth Thomas, of Cumming, Ga., turned the second fastest qualifying lap (1:32.040, 88.005 mph) in his No. 38 BimmerWorld/GearWrench BMW 328i and will start fourth on the grid. Thomas looks for his second win in as many races.Ft. Worth, Texas resident, Jason Saini, who finished third at Sebring, will start third. He piloted his No. 74 MAZDASPEED/Stoptech/Racinghart MAZDA6 to a quick time of 1:32.104 (87.944 mph) around the 2.25-mile, 12-turn road course.Saini聙聶s teammate Charles Espenlaub, of Lutz, Fla., will start on the outside of the front row after turning the fourth quickest time of 1:32.110 (87.938 mph) in his No. 73 MAZDASPEED/Stoptech/Racinghart MAZDA6.Qualifying positions six through 10 remain just how they qualified. This means that Pierre Kleinubing (Acura TSX) will start sixth, followed by James Clay (BMW 328i), Andrew Aquilante (Subaru WRX), Nick Esayian (BMW 328i), and Eric Foss (Mazda 6), respectively.Round Two of the SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championships is set for 10:30 a.m. (EDT) Saturday, May 2. Streaming audio, live timing and lap notes for both sessions are available at 30 -Attached image: Kuno Wittmer聙聶s No. 44 Acura/RealTime/Red Line Oil Acura TSXMILLVILLE, NJ - Starting lineup for Saturday's SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship Round Two race, part of the Verizon 250 Weekend at Thunderbolt Raceway, with position, car number in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, fastest lap time, and speed in miles per hour. Note: Top five qualifying positions inverted for start after coin flip.1, (1), Peter Cunningham, Milwaukee, Wis., Acura TSX, 1:32.262, 87.793.2, (73), Charles Espenlaub, Lutz, Fla., MAZDA6, 1:32.110, 87.938.3, (74), Jason Saini, Ft. Worth, Texas, MAZDA6, 1:32.104, 87.944.4, (38), Seth Thomas, Cumming, Ga., BMW 328i, 1:32.040, 88.005.5, (44), Kuno Wittmer, Montreal, Quebec, Acura TSX, 1:31.991, 88.052.6, (42), Pierre Kleinubing, Coconut Creek, Fla., Acura TSX, 1:32.383, 87.678.7, (36), James Clay, Blacksburg, Va., BMW 328i, 1:32.419, 87.644.8, (35), Andrew Aquilante, Phoenixville, Pa., Subaru WRX, 1:32.587, 87.485.9, (34), Nick Esayian, San Diego, Calif., BMW 328i, 1:32.659, 87.417.10, (75), Eric Foss(R), Fort Worth, Texas, MAZDA6, 1:32.755, 87.326.11, (43), Toby Grahovec, Chicago, Ill., Acura TSX, 1:33.152, 86.954.12, (99), Matt Lang(R), Bedminster, N.J., Dodge SRT 4, 1:36.308, 84.105.13, (49), Carl Hober, Cape May, N.J., Acura TSX, 1:39.358, 81.523.14, (26), VJ Mizayan(R), Fresno, Calif., BMW 325, no time.15, (62), Alex Ratcliffe(R), Berryville, Va., Lexus IS300, no time.