07-22-05
-- For Immediate Release
Alex Job Racing Looking
for Number Four at Portland
Tavares
, Florida - Alex Job Racing is headed
up Highway 101 to Portland for round six of the American Le Mans
Series to be run at Portland International Raceway on July 30 th
. The team will be going for their fourth win in as many races.
In 2004 the
infamous turn one at Portland resulted in damage to the number
23 AJR Porsche resulting in a fourth place finish. The team car
driven by Romain Dumas went on to win that day from the pole. "We had a tough day their last year with damage to our car
in turn one on the first lap, robbing us of some horsepower with
a bent header," said Timo Bernhard. "Romain won, so maybe we can
combine our luck and get our fourth win in a row. Turn one has
gone through some changes so I hope there won't be as much contact
there as in years past, especially to our car."
Bernhard and
Dumas driving their, number 23/Hyatt/Bell Microproducts/Alex
Job Racing/Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, remain second in the GT2 class
drivers points standings, just 11 out of first place. "Last year
I was on pole and won the race," said Dumas. "The fixes to turn
one should help a lot and make it a little faster through there
as well. We had a good car at Infineon; it was as perfect a weekend
as you can have in racing. At Portland we need to focus and make
no mistakes. We could also use a little bad luck to land on the
Petersen team to get us back into contention in the points."
Randy Pobst has decided to concentrate on winning the Speed World
Challenge Touring Series and will step down as teammate to Ian
Baas. Long time Porsche driver Darren Law will partner Baas in
the remaining races besides Petit Le Mans. Marc Lieb will rejoin
the team at Petit in September.
"Randy's first commitment is to the Mazda Touring program," said
Alex Job. "Randy is in the hunt for the Touring Series championship
and he wanted to focus all of his effort on that goal. Randy is
one of the best drivers I have ever had in my cars and I am sure
he will race again for me in the future."
"We were able to do some testing on Monday at Infineon after the
race," said Ian Baas. "We worked through a couple of setup options
on the car; we found one much more to my liking. We found a platform
closer to what I am used to, almost like open wheel. I was able
to turn some fast lap times and focus on speed as opposed to working
on setup. I drove at Portland last month in a 911. I like the track;
it is flat and not all that technical. I am looking forward to
working with Darren. Randy is a good friend and I know that he
is focused on winning the touring series, I wish him luck."
The Grand Prix of Portland will be televised live on the Speed
Channel starting at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 30 th.
ALMS GT2 Driver Points After Five Rounds :
1. Long/Bergmeister Porsche 87
2. Bernhard/Dumas AJR Porsche 76
3. van Overbeek/Fogarty Porsche 56
4. Sugden Porsche 49
5. Liddell Panoz 41
6. Jackson Porsche 33
7. Auberlen Panoz 31
8. Jonsson Porsche 28
9. Luhr Porsche 26
10. Rockenfeller Porsche 23
11. Pobst/Baas AJR Porsche 21
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 |
Le Mans 24 |
Rockenfeller, Lieb, Hindery |
1 |
1 |
Lime Rock |
Bernhard, Dumas
Pobst, Baas |
2
6 |
1
4 |
Infineon |
Bernhard, Dumas
Pobst, Baas |
1
6 |
1
8 |
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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