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THE LEATHER CENTER GRAND
PRIX OF TEXAS
Saturday March 3, 2001 - PIT NOTES: Page 3
The Speedvision Network is televising Sunday's Leather Center Grand Prix
of Texas, as well as many other events this season on the ALMS. The live
broadcast begins at 1:30 p.m. (CST) with a pre-race preview show. For
this event, Greg Creamer will be the play-by-play announcer, with Jeremy
Dale providing color commentary. Pit reporters will be Calvin Fish and
Andrew Marriott. Speedvision will be providing live coverage of the
entire Superflo 12 Hours At Sebring and will rotate announcers during
the course of the event. Creamer and Bob Varsha will alternate
play-by-play duties, while joining them in the booth will be Dale, Derek
Daly and Derek Bell. Pit reporters for Sebring will be Marriott, Fish,
Dave Burns and Alain de Cadenet.
Qualifying records from the last ALMS event at TMS (September 2, 2000):
PROTOTYPE: #77 Allan McNish (Audi R8) 1:12.716 (115.053 mph)
GTS: #91 Olivier Beretta (Dodge Viper GTS-R) 1:20.421 (104.033 mph) *
GT: #51 Sascha Maassen (Porsche 911 GT3 R) 1:23.743 (99.906 mph)
* the fastest lap in the GTS class was turned during the race at
1:20.108 (104.439 mph) by #91 Olivier Beretta on lap 90.
George Trinkler (owner, #17-GT Chevrolet Corvette C5-R )
"We've been building this car for 2 years. We ran in the mid 24's
(1:24) at Road Atlanta during a short test. But this is the first time
on a track during a race weekend. We haven't had time to develop the car
and we're using a 5.7 liter engine which is an endurance engine. We know
we're low on horsepower. Our engine builder couldn't get the sprint
engine in time for this race. But we'll have it in Sebring. We're going
to try to do the best we can and we really need to finish. This
(the ALMS) is the most level playing field in racing today. Everybody is
treated equally whether they're big or small, and that's big in my mind.
This is where we want to be."
ALMS GTS and GT qualifying:
At 3:30, green flag.
At 3:35, #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS spun and continued between turns 1
and two.
At 3:39, # 3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R sets the fastest lap in class -
1:26.233.
At 3:39, # 4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R sets the fastest lap in class -
1:26.183.
At 3:42, #99-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS leads in the GT class with a
1:27.415.
At 3:44, #30-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS spun and continued at turn 4.
At 3:48, #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS sets the fastest lap in class -
1:25.653.
At 3:50, # 3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R sets the fastest lap in class -
1:23.963.
At 3:50, checkered flag.
Top three in class:
# 3-GTS (Fellows) Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - 1:23.963.
# 4-GTS (Pilgrim) Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - 1:24.106.
#45-GTS (Wessley) Dodge Viper GTS-R - 1:28.833.
#23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (Luhr) - 1:25.653
#22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (Pobst) - 1:26.259
#42-GT BMW E46 M3 (Lehto) - 1:26.441 |
