June
29, 2006
Immediate Release
Alex
Job Racing Heads to Lime Rock Park
Tavares, Florida
– Alex Job Racing heads to Lime Rock Park for round four of
the American Le Mans Series. Mike Rockenfeller and Klaus Graf will
be looking to bounce back from a tough Mid-Ohio weekend this Saturday.
At Mid-Ohio
a transmission linkage problem which appeared during the pace laps
precluded the team from running the race. The Alex Job crew has
not missed a race in more than nine years that they have entered.
A motivating factor for the upcoming race at Lime Rock. The team
will be looking for their second victory on the season, the first
coming at Houston in May.
Mike Rockenfeller
is looking forward to returning to Lime Rock. “The lap times
are very close in all of the classes, because the track is so short.
This is a good opportunity to separate driving talents, because
there are tenths to be made up on a short course. Lime Rock is tricky
and very difficult to overtake. You have to have good mechanical
grip in the first part of the track and good aero balance for the
last two turns, especially the down hill corner. The GT2 class has
the best competition in the field with the most cars. We need to
put together another win.”
Klaus Graf will
visit Lime Rock for the first time. “The good thing is Lime
Rock is a fairly short track. You don’t have to do a lot of
laps in practice to find your way around, so there should be enough
time to get familiar with the circuit. Even with the track being
short the layout looks pretty interesting. Obviously traffic will
be much more of an issue. For us in the GT2 class it may play an
important part of our strategy, because the overall leader can have
a big affect on our race once a caution comes out. Running up front
from the beginning should be more of an advantage at Lime Rock than
on other race tracks. We had a set back at Mid-Ohio, but we were
competitive in all the races this year and we just need a little
bit more race luck. We still have a shot at winning this championship.”
“Mid-Ohio
was disastrous,” said Alex Job. “We were able to win
Lime Rock last year, so we know our way around the short circuit.
The GT2 class has had a different winner every race and this helps
keep the points chase a little unsettled. The team will be looking
to bounce back and make a charge back to the front of the series
points chase.”
Rockenfeller
and Graf are currently sixth in drivers points, 26 out of the lead,
with Alex Job Racing is in fourth in the team standings.
Round four of
the American Le Mans Series will be run at Lime Rock Park on Saturday,
July 1st and will be televised on CBS, tape delayed, on Sunday,
July 2nd at 4:00 p.m. ET.
ALMS
GT2 Points Standings:
1. vanOverbeek
Porsche 58
2. Maxwell/Brabham
Panoz 48
3. Henzler
Porsche 44
4. Melo
Ferrari 38
5. Neiman
Porsche 37
6. Rockenfeller/Graf
AJR Porsche 32
7. Law
Porsche 29
8. Bourdais
Panoz 26
9. Bermeister
Porsche 24
Pechnick
Porsche
10. Fogarty/Lieb
Porsche 22
2006
Alex Job Racing GT2 Finishes
Race
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Drivers
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Qualifying
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Finish
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Sebring
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Rockenfeller,
Graf, Rahal |
4
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6
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Mid-Ohio
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Rockenfeller,
Graf |
7
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