Alex Job Racing - Mosport advance

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Alex Job Racing returns to Mosport International Raceway ready to win.  With 
five GT class wins in six American Le Mans Series races this season, and two 
wins at Mosport in the last three years, the top of the victory podium is 
within reach.

The team staged a dramatic last-to-first GT win at Mosport in 1999 after a 
late-night thrash to rebuild a badly damaged race car.  "In the practice 
before qualifying, we were hit and rolled by a prototype car so we weren't 
able to qualify," team owner Alex Job explained.  "The gearbox was broken in 
half, every one of the corners was damaged, the roof was caved in, the tub 
was slightly bent - it took a total rebuild.  The crew did an amazing job in 
a span of 12 hours.  They completely rebuilt the car and had it ready to win 
the next day."

The team also dominated at Mosport in 2000, wining the GT class from the pole 
position.  2001 wasn't as bright, but Job hopes this year's Mosport race, 
scheduled for Aug. 18, will see a return to victory.  With three consecutive 
wins in the past month, "We're on a roll coming in," he said.  "We expect to 
win again."

Four German Porsche factory drivers represent Alex Job Racing on track.  
Lucas Luhr and ALMS GT points leader Sascha Maassen drive the No. 23 
Xybernaut McKenna Porsche.  Jörg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard share the No. 
22 Porsche.

Mosport moves

The 2.459-mile Mosport International Raceway road course is a favorite of 
Alex Job Racing, but it's not a track that offers easy victory.

"It's a very challenging race track in that it is very fast and very 
treacherous.  In many places where you go off, you're going to heavily damage 
the car," Alex Job noted.  "So the drivers need to drive a perfect race, the 
car needs to be prepared perfectly and handling is a major issue.  And you 
never know what kind of weather Mosport is going to throw at you - it could 
be very hot, it could be very cold, it could be sunny and it could be 
raining.  The weather can even change during the course of the race!"

Sascha Maassen noted passing is tricky.  "The prototypes overtake everywhere 
at Mosport because they are so much quicker through the quick corners.  You 
look in the mirror when you exit the last one and you don't see anybody, and 
before the next one they are by," he said.  "It's not so easy in GT.  If a 
car can get an advantage in engine performance, it can overtake easier on the 
straight.  But if you have a similar speed, you have to risk a little bit.  
Everything always happens at high speed, so it's not an easy thing."

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Sylvia Proudfoot
403 287 3945
spur07@cs.com