Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Qualifying 1 Notes from Lime Rock

Friday Qualifying 1 Notes from Lime Rock

5:10 PM – Qualifying for Round Three of the 2003 season will be run under
overcast conditions, with a dry track.
5:12 PM – Qualifying will be 20-minutes on the demanding 1.53-mile road
course.
5:14 PM – The Zetec Championship last raced at Lime Rock Park in 1994.
5:16 PM – The qualifying lap record, set in a Pinto, is 0:50.157.
5:16 PM – The Zetec Championship cars are marginally the fastest cars racing
on the Mohegan Sun Presents the Lime Rock Grand Prix, posting times just
quicker than the 675 Horsepower Trans-Am cars.
5:18 PM – Cars roll on course to begin qualifying, with almost the entire
field on sticker tires.
5:20 PM – No. 8 Baltzer and No. 91 Kimball, who both crashed in practice
have not made it out for qualifying, as the team is continuing to repair the
cars.
5:22 PM – Early in the session, the top-five is No. 23 Bomarito, No. 6
McDonough, No. 25 A. Prendeville, No. 9 Kasemets and No. 97 Hodges.
5:23 PM – The top-five is changing every lap.
5:24 PM – No. 9 is running a low ride height, as he has sparks coming from
the car under breaking on the front straight.
5:24 PM – No. 2 Aschenbach becomes the first driver to post a time in the 50
second range.
5:26 PM – No. 8 and No. 91 have joined qualifying.
5:26 PM – The top-three have now all posted times in the 50-second range.
5:27 PM – Current top-five is No. 2, No. 25, No. 24 D. Prendeville, No. 3
and No. 9.
5:28 PM – the fastest ACC car is No. 37 Dona.
5:29 PM - No. 3 has posted the fastest time, 2 one thousands of a second
quicker than No. 2.
5:30 PM – No. 23 is now quickest with a lap of 0:50.205.
5:32 PM – No. 23 and No. 3 have broken the lap record.
5:32 PM – Top-five is No. 23, No. 3, No. 2, No. 6 and No. 9
5:34 PM – The fast lap is 0:50.005 (110.149 MPH).
5:36 PM – No. 23 sets a new fast lap of  0:49.810.
5:36 PM – The top-five is No. 23, No. 3, No. 9, No. 8 and No. 25.
5:37 PM – No. 2 jumps to second on the charts.
5:38 PM – CHECKERED.
5:38 PM – No. 23 Bomarito captures his second pole position of the season
with a new lap record of 0:49.810 (110.580 MPH). Completing the top-three is
No. 2 Aschenbach and No. 3 Barber. The top ACC qualifier is No. 37 Dona in
16th position overall.


Allan Craighead
Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship
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alcraighead@earthlink.net
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