8-07-04
-- For Immediate Release
Alex Job Racing Qualifies Second and Third In GT at Mosport
Bowmanville,
Canada -- Alex Job Racing qualified second and third in GT for round
six of the American Le Mans Series race to be run at Mosport Raceway
on Sunday. The team's streak of consecutive pole positions ends
at 22, equal to nearly three complete ALMS seasons.
The
ALMS qualifying session was four total laps with two flying laps,
similar to Sears Point two races ago. Marc Lieb, who is partnering
with Romain Dumas in the number 24/ McKenna/mail2web.com/Xybernaut/
Alex Job Racing/Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, qualified in second position
with a time of 1:18.564 and a speed of 113 mph. "The car was
very good. We had a good setup yesterday and then it wasn't that
great this morning. We worked to get the handling back just before
qualifying and I had a good first lap. On the second lap I made
a small mistake and then the tires had lost their edge and I had
to settle for second. The number 44 car put in a great lap."
Jorg
Bergmeister, who co-drives with Timo Bernhard, qualified the number
23 AJR Porsche in third position with a time of 1:18.579. "The
fist lap was good and I was getting set to really put in a great
second lap when the passenger side window came loose and broke my
concentration. I had maybe a couple of tenths improvement left,
but not enough for the pole. The Lizard car did an unbelievable
lap. Our car is handling good and we can definitely race from third
on the grid in GT."
"Well
our pole streak ended at 22, that was a nice run for the team. It
shows the quality of drivers and team that we have," said Alex
Job, team owner. "Marc did a nice job to qualify in second
and Jorg was just a couple tenths back. We can see the front from
where we are at on the grid. The 44 did a remarkable lap, how they
found more than a second from their best practice time is quite
a feat. Once again this shows the competitiveness of the GT field."
Round
six of the American Le Mans Series will be run on Sunday and televised
live on CBS starting at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time.
ALMS
GT Top Ten Qualifiers at Mosport:
1. Pechnik/Neiman Porsche 1:18.365
2. Lieb/Dumas AJR Porsche 1:18.564
3. Bernhard/Bergmeister AJR Porsche 1:18.579
4. Stanton/Murry Porsche 1:19.378
5. van overbeek/Law Porsche 1:19.477
6. Jeannette/Saelens Panoz 1:19.539
7. Hindery/Maassen Porsche 1:19.634
8. Kelleners/Lazzaro Ferrari 1:19.932
9. Jackson/Sugden Porsche 1:19.988
10. Masarati/Burgess Porsche 1:20.763
AJR
thanks team sponsor McKenna Porsche and associate sponsors mail2web.com
and Xybernaut as well as partners Mobil 1, Michelin, Puma and ZF
Sachs.
For
more information or photos, please contact Kyle Chura at chura@aol.com
or (248) 821-0468.
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