Edwards is now nine points behind championship leader Simona De Silvestro
Needing every point he can get if he is to vault himself from third to first in the championship following Sunday’s race, John Edwards gained a valuable bonus point in a cool morning qualifying session by taking the pole positions for the 2009 Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.






American racer Jonathan Summerton took sole possession of the lead in one important statistical category in the 2009 Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda today, taking his fifth pole position of the season in qualifying for Friday’s race at Road Atlanta. 
Kissimmee, Fla. resident Jonathan Summerton earned the first championship point and prize money of the 2009 Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda as his quickest time from yesterday’s provisional qualifying session held up through the final qualifying session today.