Alex Job Racing - Washington qualifying 1-2

Washington, DC
qualifying, July 20, 2002

hot 1-2 

Alex Job Racing will start the inaugural American Le Mans Series race in 
Washington from first and second on the GT grid.  Sascha Maassen took just 
two laps to qualify the No. 23 McKenna Xybernaut Porsche on the class pole, 
covering the 1.661-mile course (note new track length) in one minute 12.893 
seconds.  Timo Bernhard qualified the No. 22 Porsche right behind for second 
in GT (1:13.479), also in two laps.  Maassen will drive with Lucas Luhr in 
Sunday's race; Bernhard will share driving with Jörg Bergmeister.

High temperatures again affected the drivers and cars.

"It was getting hot in the car so I decided to come in early," Maassen joked 
of his two-lap qualifying run.  "Our car was really good.  We had a little 
less grip than this morning - I think the track temperature came up.  In the 
first lap, I had some mistakes because I was pushing too hard and the grip 
was not there.  So on the second lap, I didn't attack the entrance [to the 
turns] so much and I got very good exits, and that was a good lap time."

Bernhard is hoping to go the distance on Sunday.  "One-two in qualifying is 
good for the team," he said.  "We'll see tomorrow for the race what will 
happen.  I hope that we can finish the race and be on the podium.  That would 
be great.  It's big heat here, so just finishing will be great."

yes I can

Alex Job Racing, Porsche North America and team sponsor Xybernaut are working 
with the Council for Exceptional Children to raise funds for the Yes I Can 
with Technology program to help children with disabilities.  Starting this 
week, the No. 22 and 23 Porsches will carry the  toll-free number for 
donations to the program (877 YES I CAN).

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Sylvia Proudfoot
403 287 3945
spur07@cs.com