06-27-05
-- For Immediate Release
Alex Job Racing Looking
For Two In A Row At Lime Rock
Tavares
, Florida - Alex Job Racing will be
going of their second consecutive GT2 win when the American Le
Mans Series visits Lime Rock Park for round four on July 4 th .
The team is carrying momentum from last their last ALMS win at
Mid-Ohio as well as a GT2 class victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours
two weeks ago.
With the victory at Mid-Ohio, Lime Rock remains the only track
on the ALMS schedule that the team has yet to post a victory. The
short 1.54-mile, eight-turn layout has conspired against the team
in past years.
Timo Bernhard
and Romain Dumas, driving the number 23/Hyatt/Alex Job Racing/Porsche
911 GT3 RSR, are hard at work making up for a poor start at Sebring
in March. The duo won the teams first ever Mid-Ohio race and
hope to duplicate that effort at Lime Rock. "The
goal is always to win. Now that we have the first one behind us
at Mid-Ohio we are really focused on the points battle. Lime Rock
is a tricky little track with all right hand turns and one left.
There are asphalt changes and a lot bumps that can upset the car
so we have to be on our game."
Bernhard's
teammate and current qualifying and race lap record holder at
Lime Rock, Romain Dumas, is looking forward to returning to the
Connecticut track. "We had some bad luck last year when
the rain came. The track is fun to drive, it is very busy and traffic
is very thick. You have to pay attention, there is no time to rest.
I hope we get a victory at another track that Alex has yet to conquer."
Randy Pobst
and teammate Ian Boss are looking to rebound from a DNF in Mid-Ohio. "I haven't raced a Porsche at Lime Rock in a
long time," said Pobst. "We need to keep working on the handling
and really get Ian and I comfortable in the car. We have the right
components we just need some quality track time to get the car
handling the way we want."
"I have been to Lime Rock once before, two years ago," said Baas. "I
have never run there with the chicane, so that will be a new challenge.
It is a short track and that will mean a lot of traffic. I will
have to be conscious of the speed differential to the GT1 and prototype
cars. We will be running around one-minute lap times so there is
no time to relax."
"The crew is coming
off a great performance at Le Mans , I hope the enthusiasm will carry
us through the rest of the ALMS calander," said
Alex Job. "Lime Rock is another track that has conspired against
us in the win column. Randy and Ian are ready to make-up for their
performance at Mid-Ohio and Romain and Timo are in a position where
every point counts." The Lime Rock will be televised live on the Speed Channel starting
at 3:00 p.m. EST on Monday, July 4 th.
ALMS
GT2 Driver Points After Three Rounds :
1.
Long/Bergmeister Porsche 55
2. Bernhard/Dumas
AJR Porsche 36
3.
Sugden Porsche 35
4.
van Overbeek/Fogarty Porsche 33
5.
Liddell Panoz 30
6.
Jonsson Porsche 28
7.
Luhr Porsche 26
8.
Auberlen Panoz 20
9.
Law Porsche 19
9.
Jackson Porsche 19
10.
Cawley Porsche 17
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16.
Pobst/Baas AJR Porsche 8
AJR 2005 Results
Track |
Drivers |
Qualify |
Finish |
Sebring |
Bernhard, Dumas, Maassen
Pobst, Baas, Cunningham |
3
6 |
13
14 |
Road Atlanta |
Bernhard, Dumas
Pobst, Baas |
6
9 |
2
5 |
Mid-Ohio |
Bernhard, Dumas
Pobst, Baas |
1
5 |
1
9 |
AJR thanks team sponsors Hyatt, Bell Microproducts, ProVest and
partners Mobil 1, Michelin, Puma and ZF Sachs.
To view the 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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