June
30, 2006
Immediate Release
Alex
Job Racing Qualifies Sixth at Lime Rock Park
Lime Rock, Connecticut
– Alex Job Racing qualified sixth today for round four of
the American Le Mans Series to be run at Lime Rock Park. Klaus Graf’s
qualifying time will see he and Mike Rockenfeller starting the number
23/Alex Job Racing/Bell Microproducts/Porsche from the third row
on the GT2 grid for tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-five-minute
race.
The 1.54-mile
Lime Rock circuit consists of eight right hand turns and one left
hand corner. The track is short and very bumpy in critical areas.
Klaus Graf was able to post a qualifying time of 54.127 seconds
with an average speed of 102 mph.
Klaus Graf is
coming to grips with his first visit to Lime Rock. “The track
is like an oval with one left hand kink. I had some understeer in
the qualifying session and then it went to snap oversteer and I
spun. The bumps on the track really make it difficult to push in
crucial areas like the braking zone into turn one and the exit of
the chicane at the top of the hill. We will make some adjustments
in the warm-up and be ready to run a competitive race tomorrow afternoon.”
Mike Rockenfeller
is ready to add a second win on the season. “The track is
really bumpy. The team that can keep soft tires under the car and
tune the best for the rough surface will have a good result tomorrow,
hopefully that will be us. We are a little ways back at the start,
but this is a track that rewards a driver that is confident in traffic,
I think we can be up front at the end. The traffic with the faster
cars will be an issue as they are really fast here. We need a good
run to bounce back in the points from our poor showing at Mid-Ohio.”
“Lime
Rock is a tough little circuit,” said Alex Job. “Whenever
we bring a new driver here their first reaction is complaints about
the bumpy surface. There are different combinations of shocks and
tires out there, so that makes the engineers and crews work that
much more important this weekend. Also strategy will be key, as
the prototype cars are running 46-second lap times. The team is
poised to make up for Mid-Ohio and is looking forward to a strong
to the front tomorrow.”
Rockenfeller
and Graf are currently sixth in drivers points, 26 out of the lead,
with Alex Job Racing fourth in the team standings.
Round four of
the American Le Mans Series from Lime Rock Park will be run on Saturday,
July 1st and will be televised on CBS, tape delayed, on Sunday,
July 2nd at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Lime
Rock Top GT2 Qualifiers:
1.
Vilander/Kelleners Ferrari 53.322
2. Henzler/van
Overbeek Porsche 53.660
3. Hand/Auberlen
BMW 53.713
4. Pechnick/Neiman
Porsche 53.886
5. Long/Bergmeister
Porsche 53.920
6. Rockenfeller/Graf
AJR Porsche 54.127
7. Milner/Jeanette
Panoz 54.138
8. Maxwell/Brabham
Panoz 54.286
9. Marks/Sellers
Panoz 54.486
2006
Alex Job Racing GT2 Finishes
Race
|
Drivers
|
Qualifying
|
Finish
|
Sebring
|
Rockenfeller,
Graf, Rahal |
4
|
6
|
Mid-Ohio
|
Rockenfeller,
Graf |
7
|
dns
|
| Lime
Rock |
Rockenfeller,
Graf |
6
|
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Bell Microproducts
is an industry-leading international, value-added provider of a
wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services.
As one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors,
the company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms,
peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop,
high-end computer and storage subsystems, Fibre Channel connectivity
products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems and back-up products.
AJR thanks team
sponsors Bell Microproducts, hirewise, ProVest and partners DHL
Global Mail, Mobil 1, Michelin, adidas and ZF Sachs.
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Alex Job Racing press kit or for additional information, please
refer to www.alexjobracing.com or contact Kyle Chura at chura@aol.com
or (248) 821-0468.
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