Alex Job Racing - Petit Le Mans test

Oct. 9, 2002
Alex Job Racing topped the GT times during testing for Saturday's Petit Le 
Mans at Road Atlanta, final race in the 2002 American Le Mans Series.  Lucas 
Luhr was quickest with a lap time of one minute 23.467 seconds in the No. 23 
McKenna Xybernaut Porshe he drives with Sascha Maassen.  Their teammates Jörg 
Bergmeister, Timo Bernhard and Marc Lieb were close behind in the No. 22 
Porsche (1:24.822).

What does it take to be fast on the 1.54-mile road course?  "To go quick it's 
pretty easy - it takes a heavy right foot!" Luhr said.  "Today I had a 
problem that our car was rolling a bit, so we need to work on the setup.  To 
go quick you need to be constant and that's why we need to work a bit on our 
car.  But for the first session, the car was pretty good."

ouch

Marc Lieb had a difficult start to the race week, when an LMP675 prototype 
car hit his No. 22 Porsche.  The car sustained damage to the right-rear 
suspension, exhaust headers and bodywork, but it will be repaired in time for 
the first Thursday practice session.

"I was just braking through a normal corner and suddenly I saw there was an 
LMP coming," Lieb said.  "He obviously had a braking problem, so he couldn't 
stop and crashed into me.  He told me after, 'Sorry, I couldn't stop, I had 
some braking problems.'  It's really bad luck."

champion addition

Marc Lieb, who drove with Alex Job Racing at the ALMS season opener in 
Sebring, Fla., returns to the team after a strong season in Europe.  He 
recently won the Porsche Carrera Cup driver championship with four race wins 
and three pole positions.  He has also collected two victories in the FIA GT 
series with Freisinger Porsche.

Porsche power

Timo Bernhard and Sascha Maassen entertained the staff of Porsche Cars North 
America on Wednesday, giving them an inside glimpse of life in the fast lane. 
 The company's North American headquarters are in north Atlanta.