Petersen/ White Lightning to Grid Fourth in Canada

Petersen/ White Lightning to Grid Fourth in Canada

 

BOWMANVILLE, Ont., Can., Aug. 7, 2004 - Petersen Motorsports/ White
Lightning Racing's David Murry took advantage of his preference for the
American Le Mans Series' (ALMS) "enhanced" qualifying format to take
fourth on the GT grid for tomorrow's Toronto Grand Prix of Mosport.
Murry piloted the No. 31 Westward Ho Casino/ MMPIE/ PAWS/ Michelin
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to a lap of one minute, 19.378 second lap around the
Mosport International Raceway in the qualifying format that allowed each
driver four laps (an out-lap, two hot laps and an in-lap) on a clear
race track. As the team and Michelin engineers planned, the tires came
up to proper air pressure and temperature on the first of Murry's two
hot laps allowing the Cumming, Georgia resident to set the team's
fastest time of the weekend. He held the pole until late in the GT cars'
time on the track where he was bumped by three other Porsches on
Michelin tires.

 

Murry will start the Michael Petersen-owned Porsche in tomorrow's two
hour, 45-minute sprint race. As he did at the most recent ALMS race,
Long Beach, California's Craig Stanton will take-over driving chores
from Murry at, approximately, the race's midpoint. In the Portland
event, as it has three times this season, the Petersen/ White Lightning
Porsche came home with a third-place finish after an exhilarating battle
for the top three spots.

 

David Murry: "It went great. We kept working on the car and getting
faster and faster. It was the best lap we had done all weekend. It put
us forth, not good enough but the race is a different story. I think we
have a really good race car. We can do those laps all day long. I am
looking forward to tomorrow. Hopefully we can bring home a win for the
Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing Porsche."

 

Craig Stanton: "We are pretty optimistic about the race. It is going to
be pretty challenging, I believe. This is a very fast track. I think we
are going to be pleasantly surprised with how things turn out tomorrow.
Traffic is going to be a real issue. The prototypes seem to think they
have free run on every line out there. But, other than that we are
looking forward to a good race day on Sunday."

 

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