Pruett Fastest in Mosport Trans-Am Series Final Practice

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May 17, 2003

PRUETT FASTEST IN MOSPORT TRANS-AM SERIES FINAL PRACTICE

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario ‹ Scott Pruett continued his dominance at Mosport
International Raceway Saturday morning, and set the fastest time during the
third and final practice for Sunday¹s Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich®
Tires Cup race.

Pruett‹who is undefeated at Mosport, having won in all three of his previous
Series starts here‹turned a 1:18.611-minute lap (112.610 miles per hour), to
top the speed charts, after rain washed out both practices Friday. Pruett
was less than a second off the record 1:17.44 (113.866 mph) speed set by
Butch Leitzinger in last year¹s qualifying session.

Pruett¹s Rocketsports Racing teammates Tomy Drissi (No. 5 League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Movie Jaguar XKR), Johnny Miller (No. 64 Eaton
Cutler-Hammer Jaguar XKR), Paul Gentilozzi (No. 3 Jaguar R Performance XKR)
followed, ahead of Michael Lewis (No. 12 Trans-Am Tools by ProQuest Jaguar
XKR).

The Victoria Day Trans-Am race, Round 3 of the 2003 Trans-Am Series for the
BFGoodrich® Tires Cup championship, is scheduled for Sunday, May 18. The
race will air on a tape-delayed basis on SPEED May 25, at 2 p.m.

Lap by Lap Notes:
11:15    GREEN FLAG
11:19    Max Lagod (No. 19 Chevrolet Camaro) reported laying down fluid
11:23    Stu Hayner (No. 2 Chevrolet Corvette) suffers a deflated left rear
tire, comes into     pits, changes tire
11:22    Glenn Andrew (No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro) reports left-right wheel rub.
Andrew         given mechanical black flag
11:26    Hayner black flagged, given drive-through penalty for pit lane
blend-line violation
11:30    Charlie Webster (No. 95 Camaro) on track
11:31    John Baucom (No. 86 Jaguar XKR) slows on track, pulls off in turn
two. Baucom reports engine  failure.
    RED FLAG. 
    FULL BLACK FLAG‹All cars on pit lane.
11:40    GREEN FLAG
11:45    Tomy Drissi (No. 5 Jaguar XKR) pits. Michael Lewis (No. 12 Jaguar
XKR) pits, changes radiator hose.
11:46    The car of Simon Gregg (No. 59 Chevrolet Corvette) reported smoking
heavily, enters pits.
11:47    Gregg black flagged for pit-lane speed violation, receives
drive-through penalty.
11:50    Webster black flagged for a loose front bodywork, stops in pit box.
11:54    Pruett  sets fastest lap 1:18.611 (Lap 18)
11:55    CHECKERED FLAG

Notebook:
Local racer Charlie Webster has had a busy weekend. Webster, driver of the
No. 95 CJ Webster of Canada Ltd./Neil¹s Auto Body Chevrolet Camaro, crashed
hard during the promoter¹s test day on Thursday. He left Mosport that night,
went back his Burlington, Ontario shop and his crew worked feverishly to get
his car ready for final practice today.

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