Petersen/ White Lightning Qualifies Fourth in GT for ALMS Finale

Petersen/ White Lightning Qualifies Fourth in GT for ALMS Finale

 

MONTEREY, Calif. October 15, 2004 - Petersen Motorsports/ White
Lightning Racing will start fourth in GT class for tomorrow's American
Le Mans Series (ALMS) finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Craig Stanton
(Long Beach, Calif.) qualified the No. 31 Westward Ho Casino/ MMPIE/
PAWS/ Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with a time of one minute, 26.796
seconds, his fastest lap of the weekend just two-tenths of a second from
third. The Michael Petersen-owned team will be chasing its
fifth-straight podium finish in the four hour Audi Sports Car
Championships. In the balance of the first-ever night race here at Mazda
Raceway will be three season-long championship chases for the Las
Vegas-based team. Stanton and co-driver David Murry (Cumming, Ga.) are
currently ranked fourth in driver points with six podium finishes,
including two second-places, while the team is ranked third in team
points and second in the privateer-only IMSA Cup. In the two team chases
the White Lightning-prepared Porsche can mathematically move as high as
second in the team championship and can win the IMSA Cup in their first
full season of ALMS competition. 

 

The race marks the ninth round of the ALMS season and the first
four-hour event of the series this season. In other GT class endurance
events- races four hours of longer- this season, the Petersen/ White
Lightning Porsche has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished third at
the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and third at the most recent race,
the Petit Le Mans. The race will get the green flag at 4 pm (PT) and
will race into the dark. A one day delayed TV broadcast can be seen on
NBC at noon (ET). Live radio coverage and timing and scoring can be
found at the American Le Mans Radio Web via
<http://www.americanlemans.com/> www.americanlemans.com. 

 

quotes. 

Craig Stanton: "I dug down deep for that one. It wasn't quite where we
wanted to be but it was a pretty good lap. Fourth will be a good place
for us to start tomorrow. I think we have a really good race car with
the Petersen/ White Lightning Porsche. The nighttime is going to be
interesting to say the least. Depending on how we do our stints, if you
get in last and it is already dark, it's going to be real interesting.
It's kind of like playing a racing video game, putting it on pause and
going to eat a sandwich and watch TV. When you come back you just sit
down and start right where you left off in the middle of a lap. You'll
be throwing it around a lot trying to get control over the situation."

 

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