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American Le Mans
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ALMS at Mid-Ohio
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 2001
PIT NOTES: Page 6
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 2001
PIT NOTES: Page 6
Shane Lewis (#45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R)
(about his accident) "I’m really not sure right now what
happened. We’re looking at the data. As I got down into turn one, I
touched the brakes, but the car steered itself to the right, and when
it did that I knew we had a problem. There’s a good possibility the
brake balance bar got hung up. Hopefully we can get it fixed and make
the event." (about his condition, after a trip to the track
hospital) "I’m fine. Many people are concerned because of the
major surgery I had on my right leg, but I’m completely fine. I’m
more worried about the crew having to work their butts off getting
ready for the race."
JJ Lehto (#42-GT BMW M3 GTR) (about second
in qualifying) "Tomorrow, doing two hours and 45 minutes as fast
as we can is what matters. There was a big change in the track
temperatures from this morning until now. Everybody is learning at the
moment, nobody has had time to get into the detail work. For sure,
everybody learned a lot from qualifying and we will get it all sorted
out tonight."
Jörg Müller (#42-GT BMW M3 GTR)
"The three cars leading the championship are in the first three
positions, so that's good for the series. I'm happy and looking
forward to the race."
Fredrik Ekblom (#43-GT BMW M3 GTR)
"The track was very slippery this afternoon compared to this
morning and it took me by a bit of a surprise. It was not a
really perfect lap, but it was decent and we'll take it for what it
is. It's very close, just a couple of tenths [of a second], so
we're going to fight tomorrow. We'll do some work overnight, but
in general we have a good car for tomorrow."
Dirk Müller (#43-GT BMW M3 GTR)
"It's surprising to see the track was a lot slower than this
morning. I don't know what to say - it's the first time since
we've been in America that we're not on the pole. Fredrik did a
very good job, we worked really hard and we were really prepared for
it, so maybe it was a bit of bad luck. But we've won races from
the fourth position before, so I'm really looking forward to
tomorrow."