TEAM VIPER OFF TO STRONG START AT MID-OHIO
PRESS RELEASE June 26, 2004 PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACT: Misha E. Geisert 317-432-4110 Cellular MoparPR@aol.com TEAM VIPER TO START STRONG IN SPEED WORLD CHALLENGE GT EVENT AT MID-OHIO Auburn Hills, Mich. - With three cars starting in the Top-10 of Sunday's Speed World Challenge GT Series event at the Mid-0hio Sports Car Course, Team Viper will look to capture their first victory of the 2004 season. Mike McCann, Tommy Archer and Bob Woodhouse will start from the sixth, seventh and eighth positions, while McCann was also noted as the highest qualifying "Rookie of the Year" contender. Over 1/3 of the field will be under Dodge power for the event, as 12 of the 34 entries will compete with Dodge Viper Competition Coupes or Dodge Viper GTS machines. Competing with the only Viper GTS coupe, rookie driver Mike Hartley qualified his machine in the 28th starting position. Complete Team Viper qualifying results are as follows: Name Qual. Car No. Sponsor/Car Speed Mike McCann 6 No. 82 McCann Plastics/VCC 91.605 mph Tommy Archer 7 No. 22 3R-Racing/VCC 91.435 mph Bob Woodhouse 8 No. 13 Woodhouse Auto Fam./VCC 91.347 mph Jim McCann 13 No. 83 McCann Plastics/VCC 90.792 mph Stan Wilson 18 No. 92 Carbotech/VCC 90.111 mph Rich Marziale 20 No. 56 Dodge/VCC 89.669 mph Tim Wiens 21 No. 33 3R-Racing/VCC 89.644 mph Sonny Whelen 23 No. 81 Whelen Eng./Dodge Viper 89.275 mph Lenny Diller 27 No. 51 King Cole Audio Vis./VCC 87.857 mph Mike Hartley 28 No. 53 Dezigns, Inc./VCC 87.478 mph Warren Diller 31 No. 03 King Cole Audio Vis./VCC 86.901 mph Adel Elsayed 33 No. 02 Automoblox/VCC 85.950 mph VCC = Viper Competition Coupe The third round of SCCA Speed GT Challenge competition from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will air on Speed Channel June 27 at 1:00 PM EST. For more information regarding Dodge Motorsports or Team Viper, log on to www.dodgemotorsports.com or www.vipercompetitioncoupe.com. Complete event results are available at www.world-challenge.com. --30--