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SHORTENED GT QUALIFYING SESSION LIMITS PORSCHE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POLE POSITION; SASCHA MAASSEN AGAIN TOP PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS QUALIFIER

-Porsche driver Sascha Maassen put his Alex Job Racing McKenna
Porsche 911 GT3 RS in third position for tomorrow’s Laguna Seca
race; BMW breakdown limits qualifying-

MONTEREY, Calif – Sept 9, 2001 –  Sascha Maassen, from Aachen,
Germany, continued to nip at the heels of the factory BMW V8s by
putting his Alex Job Racing McKenna Porsche 911 GT3 RS third on
the GT grid for Sunday’s American Le Mans Series Monterey Sports Car
Championships at Laguna Seca Raceway.

Maassen, who grabbed the pole two weeks ago at Mid-Ohio, moved from
seventh to third place in the qualifying session, but the 20-minute
session was cut in half after the #6 BMW V8 caught fire and forced
a ten-minute yellow flag, limiting everyone’s opportunity to better
their times.

“Our cars were set up just right today, and we are pleased to be only
thousandths of a second from second position and a couple of tenths
from the pole,” said team owner Alex Job.  “After the practice sessions
yesterday, we were very discouraged and well off the pace, but hard
work by the McKenna Porsche crew overnight, and some hard driving by
Sascha gave us this position.  We hope to stay within striking distance
of the factory BMWs during the race, and be in position to win at
the end.”

The two PTG BMWs were fourth and fifth behind the Maassen/Luhr Porsche,
with the other team Alex Job Racing McKenna Porsche 911 GT3 RS racer of
Randy Pobst/Christian Menzel sixth.

The Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Porsche 911 GT3 RS,
co-driven by England’s Johnny Mowlem and Germany’s Timo Bernhard,
qualified seventh after Bernhard had run third through a good part
of the session.

Other Porsche 911 GT3 RS qualifiers included The Racers Group
entry of Kevin Buckler/Tyler McQuarrie (eighth); the Kyser Racing
Porsche of Kye Wankum/Joe Foster (ninth); the other Racers Group
Porsche of Robert Orcutt/Tony Colicchio (tenth); the Dick Barbour
Racing entry of Mark Neuhaus/Randy Wars (11th), and the
Canadian-based Seikel Motorsports car, with Tony Burgess/Andrew
Bagnall (12th).

The ALMS Monterey Sports Car Championships will be telecast live
on the NBC television network starting at 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight
Time on Sunday, September 9 (check local listings for the exact
time and channel in your area).  The race will also be broadcast
live on the American Le Mans Radio Network, which can be accessed
on the Web at www.americanlemans.com.  That same American Le Mans
Series Web site will also have live timing and scoring during
the race event.

The official Porsche Web site – www.porsche.com – has qualifying
information on the ALMS Monterey Sports Car Championships for all
the Porsches entered, and will file stories and photos during and
after the race.  Porsche Web site users should choose “North
America” on the home page when prompted to choose a country, then
choose “motorsports,” then “motorsport news” to find the ALMS updates.

Other Web sites that will follow the overall event include the
American Le Mans site mentioned above, TotalMotorsport
www.totalmotorsport.com); The Race Site (www.theRaceSite.com),
the Speedvision site (www.speedvision.com), Motorsport.com
(www.motorsport.com) and the CompuServe site
(www.motorsportsforum.com).

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ALMS MONTEREY SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS - GT QUALIFYING RESULTS

Car #, driver, hometown; co-driver, hometown, team, car, qualifying time

42, J.J         Lehto, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Jorg Muller, Monte Carlo, Monaco
      BMW Motorsport M3 V-8, 1:26.265

43, Fredrik Eckblom, Orebro, Sweden; Dirk Muller, Monte Carlo, Monaco
      BMW Motorsport M3 V-8, 1:26.402

23, Lucas Luhr, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Sascha Maassen, Aachen, Germany
      McKenna Porsche Alex Job Racing 911 GT3 RS, 1:26.444

10, Boris Said, Carlsbad, CA; Bill Auberlen, Hermosa Beach, CA
      PTG BMW M3 V-8, 1.26.705

 6, Hans Stuck, Ellmau, Austria; Niclas Jonsson, Aliso Viejo, CA,       PTG BMW M3 V-8
     1.26.951

22, Randy Pobst, Melbourne, FL; Christian Menzel, Kelberg, Germany,
      McKenna Porsche Alex Job Racing 911 GT3 RS, 1:27.003

30, Timo Bernhard, Miesau, Germany; Johnny Mowlem, London, England
      White Lightning/Petersen Motorsports Westward Ho! Porsche 911 GT3 RS
      1:27.451

66, Kevin Buckler, Sonoma, CA; Tyler McQuarrie, Walnut Creek, CA,
      The Racers Group Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 1:28.713

69, Kye Wankum, Toronto, Canada; Joe Foster, Atlanta, GA,
     Kyser Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 1:30.939

67, Robert Orcutt, Santa Cruz, CA; Tony Colicchio, Berkeley, CA,
      The Racers Group Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 1:31.247

15, Mark Neuhaus, Sun Valley, ID; Randy Wars, Mexico City, Mexico
      Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, 1:34.448

52, Tom Burgess, Toronto, Canada; Andrew Bagnall, Auckland, New Zealand,
      Seikel Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 1.46.502

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