SCCA: Kleinubing Earns Sebring Speedvision Touring Car Pole
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
March 16, 2001
SEBRING, Fla.- Pierre Kleinubing, of Erexim, Brazil, headed up the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Championship qualifying session to take the Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring Weekend Superchips Pole for Friday's second round race. Will Turner, of Newburyport, Mass., was second, followed by Steve Pfeffer, of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Driving the No. 1 RealTime Racing Acura Integra R, Kleinubing set a lap of 2:32.066 (87.593 mph) early in the qualifying session and held on to take his 18th-career pole, which ranks second all-time.
"The car pushed a little bit but it responded the way we expected," said Touring Car Defending Champion Kleinubing. "I think the rest of the field was sandbagging a little and not showing us what they really had. But the car is good, and I know because I've been in this seat for five years."
Turner, driving the No. 92 Turner Motorsport/H&R Springs BMW 328is, was just 0.588-second behind, with a lap of 2:32.654, followed by Round One winner Steve Pfeffer's No. 26 John Hancock/JJ's Snacks BMW 328is.
Neal Sapp, of Ellicott City, Md., and Alfred duPont, of Kennett Square, Pa., completed the top five.
SEBRING, Fla. - Starting lineup for Friday's SCCA Pro Racing Speedivison World Challenge Touring Car Round Two race, part of the Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring Weekend with position, car number in parenthesis, driver, hometown, car, fastest time and speed in miles-per-hour.
1. (1), Pierre Kleinubing, Erexim, Brazil, Acura Integra R, 2:32.066, 87.593.
2. (92), Will Turner, Newburyport, Mass., BMW 328is, 2:32.654, 87.256.
3. (26), Steve Pfeffer, Scottsdale, Ariz., BMW 328is, 2:32.745, 87.204.
4. (55), Neal Sapp, Ellicott City, Md., BMW 328is, 2:33.011, 87.052.
5. (51), Alfred duPont, Kennett Square, Pa., BMW 328is, 2:33.324, 86.874.
6. (43), Hugh Plumb, Chadds Ford, Pa., Acura Integra R, 2:33.467, 86.793.
7. (2), David Leslie(R), Scotland, Mazda 626, 2:33.529, 86.758.
8. (94), Don Salama, Avon, Conn., BMW 328is, 2:33.693, 86.666.
9. (45), Jeff Altenburg(R), Baltimore, Md., Acura Integra R, 2:34.055, 86.462.
10. (23), Terry McCarthy, Mountain View, Calif., BMW 328is, 2:34.334, 86.306.
11. (8), Taz Harvey, Danville, Calif., Acura Integra R, 2:34.454, 86.239.
12. (54), Rob Hines(R), Arlington, Va., BMW 328is, 2:34.525, 86.199.
13. (88), Roger Foo(R), Hayward, Calif., Honda Civic Si, 2:34.601, 86.157.
14. (44), Mike Fitzgerald, Phoenix, Ariz., Acura Integra R, 2:35.048, 85.908.
15. (95), Drew Hagestad, Irving, Texas, VW Jetta, 2:35.268, 85.787.
16. (40), Paul Bonaccorsi(R), Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Mazda Protege, 2:35.553, 85.629.
17. (46), Carlos Steyer(R), Chadds Ford, Pa., Acura Integra R, 2:35.892, 85.443.
18. (7), Ken Dobson, Carmel Valley, Calif., BMW 328Ci, 2:35.924, 85.426.
19. (07), Mike Buzzetti(R), Paso Robles, Calif., Acura Integra R, 2:36.556, 85.081.
20. (02), Walter Markes_Jr, Bronx, N.Y., BMW 328i, 2:36.623, 85.044.
21. (01), Ken Payson(R), Sun City Center, Fla., BMW 328is, 2:37.109, 84.781.
22. (17), Grant Lockwood, Cumming, Ga., Honda Prelude, 2:37.199, 84.733.
23. (4), Shauna Marinus, Folsom, Calif., Mazda Protege, 2:37.265, 84.697.
24. (04), David Wall(R), Carmel Valley, Calif., BMW 328i, 2:38.285, 84.152.
25. (3), Kevin Schrantz, Bolder, Colo., Mazda 626, 2:38.667, 83.949.
26. (62), Peter Bovenberg(R), Campbell, Calif., Honda Civic Si, 2:39.687, 83.413.
27. (10), Robert Mumm(R), Hales Corners, Wis., Mercury Cougar, 2:41.147, 82.657.
28. (15), Hugh Stewart, Massapequa, N.Y., VW Jetta, 2:41.984, 82.230.
29. (14), Stephane Trahan, Laval Quebec Canada, VW Jetta, 2:45.766, 80.354.
30. (33), Nick Vitucci(R), Bronx, N.Y., Acura Integra R, no time.
Text provided by Eric Prill
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