*spoiler* World Challenge Rd. Atl. qualifying
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*spoiler* World Challenge Rd. Atl. qualifying
was a good day foir the boys from Wisconsin; from theracesite.com :
10/16/2003 - The Preferred Line - Road racing news and commentary
Special Edition – World Challenge at Road Atlanta (October 16, 2003) Jim Bourn
Kleinubing rips off a record time to win the TC pole at Road Atlanta
With all of the talk about track conditions and hoping for a 1:38 flat to take the pole Pierre Kleinubing went out and on his 2nd pass knocked out a 1:37.499 to claim the pole for Friday’s Touring Car race. Pierre and his familiar red/orange and white RealTime Acura RSX was fast all week and proved to everyone that he would be a driver to deal with in Friday’s race.
Second fastest was the #1 Nissan SE-R out of TeamRTR of Peter Cunningham who clicked off a 1:37.552. The closeness of the margin wasn’t lost on Peter as he laughed and said, “Fifty three hundredths of a second!”
Cunningham then added with a big smile, “Boris (Said) told me, ‘If he (Kleinubing) worked for me I would fire him!’”
Right on their heels was the Tripoint Mazda Protégé of Jeff Altenburg and Bill Auberlen in the Turner Motorsports/H&R Springs BMW. But Auberlen was “way behind” Altenburg some 4 tenths. Ha! Actually by comparison that gap is rather large since the top three of Kleinubing, Cunningham and Altenburg were only 2.16 tenths of a second apart.
The gap from Auberlen (4th) back to Roger Foo (H&R Springs/Advance Clutch Mazda Protégé) was less than a second so the racing will be razor sharp once again tomorrow when the SPEED World Challenge Touring Cars take the track at 11:30 AM.
SPEED WCTC Qualifying Top Ten
1. Pierre Kleinubing (#42 RealTime Racing Acura RSX) 1:37.499
2. Peter Cunningham (#1 TeamRTR Nismo Nissan SE-R) 1:37.552
3. Jeff Altenburg (#40 Tripoint/MazdaSpeed Mazda Protégé) 1:37.615
4. Bill Auberlen (#93 Turner/H&R Springs BMW 325) 1:38.011
5. Bob Stretch (#99 Wheels America BMW 325) 1:38.118
6. Nic Jonsson (#27 LectricAir/Tecmark Autosport/GMG BMW 325) 1:38.259
7. Chuck Hemmingson (#19 ARC/TBPG Mazda Protégé) 1:38.265
8. Shauna Marinus (#4 Tripoint/MazdaSpeed Mazda Protégé) 1:38.309
9. Bob Endicott (#64 King Motorsports/Mugen Acura RSX) 1:38.482
10. Eric Curran (#2 TeamRTR Nismo Nissan SE-R) 1:38.641
11. Will Turner (#92 Turner/H&R Springs BMW 325) 1:38.648
12. Matt Plumb (#50 duPont Motorsports/ERT BMW 325) 1:38.717
Remember, the race is tomorrow, Friday, October 17 not Saturday.
cheers,
10/16/2003 - The Preferred Line - Road racing news and commentary
Special Edition – World Challenge at Road Atlanta (October 16, 2003) Jim Bourn
Kleinubing rips off a record time to win the TC pole at Road Atlanta
With all of the talk about track conditions and hoping for a 1:38 flat to take the pole Pierre Kleinubing went out and on his 2nd pass knocked out a 1:37.499 to claim the pole for Friday’s Touring Car race. Pierre and his familiar red/orange and white RealTime Acura RSX was fast all week and proved to everyone that he would be a driver to deal with in Friday’s race.
Second fastest was the #1 Nissan SE-R out of TeamRTR of Peter Cunningham who clicked off a 1:37.552. The closeness of the margin wasn’t lost on Peter as he laughed and said, “Fifty three hundredths of a second!”
Cunningham then added with a big smile, “Boris (Said) told me, ‘If he (Kleinubing) worked for me I would fire him!’”
Right on their heels was the Tripoint Mazda Protégé of Jeff Altenburg and Bill Auberlen in the Turner Motorsports/H&R Springs BMW. But Auberlen was “way behind” Altenburg some 4 tenths. Ha! Actually by comparison that gap is rather large since the top three of Kleinubing, Cunningham and Altenburg were only 2.16 tenths of a second apart.
The gap from Auberlen (4th) back to Roger Foo (H&R Springs/Advance Clutch Mazda Protégé) was less than a second so the racing will be razor sharp once again tomorrow when the SPEED World Challenge Touring Cars take the track at 11:30 AM.
SPEED WCTC Qualifying Top Ten
1. Pierre Kleinubing (#42 RealTime Racing Acura RSX) 1:37.499
2. Peter Cunningham (#1 TeamRTR Nismo Nissan SE-R) 1:37.552
3. Jeff Altenburg (#40 Tripoint/MazdaSpeed Mazda Protégé) 1:37.615
4. Bill Auberlen (#93 Turner/H&R Springs BMW 325) 1:38.011
5. Bob Stretch (#99 Wheels America BMW 325) 1:38.118
6. Nic Jonsson (#27 LectricAir/Tecmark Autosport/GMG BMW 325) 1:38.259
7. Chuck Hemmingson (#19 ARC/TBPG Mazda Protégé) 1:38.265
8. Shauna Marinus (#4 Tripoint/MazdaSpeed Mazda Protégé) 1:38.309
9. Bob Endicott (#64 King Motorsports/Mugen Acura RSX) 1:38.482
10. Eric Curran (#2 TeamRTR Nismo Nissan SE-R) 1:38.641
11. Will Turner (#92 Turner/H&R Springs BMW 325) 1:38.648
12. Matt Plumb (#50 duPont Motorsports/ERT BMW 325) 1:38.717
Remember, the race is tomorrow, Friday, October 17 not Saturday.
cheers,
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