---

NTB Trans Am: The Speedvision NTB Trans-Am Grand Prix Preview

8 July 1998

NTB Trans-Am Series Round Seven
The Speedvision NTB Trans-Am Grand Prix
Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by Star Bank
Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio July 10-11, 1998

Race Date:
Saturday, July 11, 1998

Green Flag:
5:30 p.m. (EDT)

Television:
Speedvision, same-day delay, 8:00 p.m.(EDT).
Rebroadcast on The Fox Sports Net, Saturday, July 25, at 12:00 p.m.(EDT).

Circuit:
Burke Lakefront Airport Temporary Circuit, 2.106-mile, 10-turns

Race Length:
42 laps, 88.452 miles

Circuit Records:
Qualifying: 105.196 mph, 1:12.071, Dorsey Schroeder, 1997
Race Lap: 103.920 mph, 1:12.956, Dorsey Schroeder, 1997
Winner's Speed: 100.783 mph, 0:52:39.548, Tom Kendall, 1996
Narrowest Margin of Victory: 0.719 sec., Tom Kendall over Dorsey Schroeder, 1997
Widest Margin of Victory: 11.330 sec., Tom Kendall over Greg Pickett, 1996
Margin of Victory Last Race: 0.719 sec., Tom Kendall over Dorsey Schroeder, 1997

Also of Note:

NTB Trans-Am Series competitors from across the country are flocking to race in America's "Muscle Car Road Racing Series," elevating field counts to near-records numbers, including 38 entries for this weekend?s Speedvision NTB Trans-Am Grand Prix. Also, four Ohio drivers are "coming home" to race this weekend, including Ross Thompson (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Bob Ruman (Munroe Falls, Ohio), Dan Osterholt (St. Henry, Ohio) and Dick Greer (Columbus, Ohio).