AASCO Motorsports Grabs SGS Pole Position For Food City 250

AASCO Motorsports Grabs SGS Pole Position for Food City 250

  

AVONDALE, Az., April 9, 2004 - Craig Stanton took the SGS class pole
position for tomorrow's Grand American Rolex Series' Food City 250 today
at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). The Long Beach,
California-resident turned a lap of one minute, 3.555 seconds in the No.
16 AASCO Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry in late afternoon
qualifying for tomorrow's evening into night race. Stanton will start
the Dennis Aase-owned Porsche before handing over driving duties to
teammate David Murry of Cumming, Ga. The two will be looking to defend
their victory at the most recent Rolex Series' event at Homestead-Miami
Speedway (HMS). Demonstrating the team's strong car setup and driver
skill, AASCO has been quick throughout the weekend and set the fastest
time in Thursday's night practice as well as qualifying in the heat of
the day today.  

 

The 1.51-mile road course through the heart of the famous PIR oval will
play host to the two-hour, 45-minute endurance event starting at 6 pm
(PT). The race can be seen live on the SPEED Channel at 9 pm (ET) on
Saturday night. AASCO Motorsports will carry three in-car cameras to
highlight all of the action.

 

Craig Stanton (about qualifying): "The team's pulling together really
well this weekend. We feel like we need to vindicate ourselves a little
bit here. We had a really good test at Willow Springs last week where we
approached it like a race weekend. We got a very good handle on the 16
Porsche. We figure we saved a day here at Phoenix with that test. It
really paid off. We were first out to qualify. It took about a half a
lap to get the tire temps up. So, I wanted to get a good run for the
team. That was a good lap. I'm pretty pleased with that lap. David and I
are working so well together right now, the whole team is. It is really,
really a pleasure to get to drive with someone like David because we
truly work as a team."

 

David Murry (about the race): "I'm looking forward to tomorrow's race as
Craig and I will have changed roles. He will start and I'll finish. It's
going to be a very tough race. There's a half dozen cars within a half
second depending on who's running new tires at the time. I'm hopeful
that Thomas Blam [AASCO pit strategist] can get us some good pit
strategy because that's what it's going to take to win in this
competitive class. It's a night race so hopefully the heat won't be a
factor. The cars, particularly the tires, like it better at night. It's
more difficult in traffic because of the inability to see whose behind
you so we'll be using spotters to help us with that at night."