LEXINGTON, Ohio — Audi driver Frank Biela, two weeks after winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third straight year, set a track record while taking the pole Saturday for the American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

        The German, who will co-drive in Sundays sports car race with Emanuele Pirro of Italy, toured the 2.258-mile circuit at 109.598 mph, beating the record lap of 109.057 set last year by Tom Kristensen.

        The Audi R8 Prototype that Biela and Pirro are using is the same car that won Le Mans.

        “We had a great weekend at Le Mans, but that was two weeks ago and its almost history now,” Biela said. “Were back in America now and were focused on winning more races and making up for the bad luck we had earlier this year in the series.”

        Jan Magnussen and David Brabham, the winner of last years ALMS race at Mid-Ohio as well as the most recent series event at California's Sears Point Raceway, qualified second in a Panoz LMP-1. The Panoz team car driven by Bryan Herta and Bill Auberlen was third, followed by the Audi of Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson, and that of Rinaldo Capello and Tom Kristensen.

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