Saini Fastest In Road America MX-5 Cup Practice by a Second
For Immediate Release Saini Fastest In Road America MX-5 Cup Practice by a Second ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Sept. 22, 2006) - Jason Saini, of Fort Worth, Texas, paced opening practice for Sunday's SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook season-ending race at Road America. Carlo Sparacio, of Federal Way, Wash., and Deborah Loth, of Fort Worth, Texas, completed the top three. Driving the No. 28 MER/specmiata.com/Autobarn Mazda MX-5, Saini ran a succession of laps that got faster and faster during the 30 minute session, finally settling on a 2:40.030 (91.063 mph) to lead the pack around the 4.048-mile circuit. "I used to live less than two hours from the track," Saini said. "I know the track. I love the track. The car was working great. We had two days since the test here and we changed everything. Usually, when you go and change everything you screw it up, but I think this time we nailed it." Driving the No. 8 TC Motorsports Mazda MX-5, Sparacio was in the top three for the majority of the session, setting his fastest lap on his final tour with a 2:41.162 (90.423 mph). Loth put her No. 23 Team MER/Loth Endodontics Mazda MX-5 third in the session with a quick time of 2:41.588 (90.185 mph). Payton Wilson, of Chantilly, Va., and Todd Buras, of Melbourne, Fla., put their BSI Racing entries fourth and fifth on the day, respectively. Final practice is scheduled for Saturday morning at 9:55 a.m. (CDT), with qualifying for Sunday afternoon's race slated for 4:45 p.m. To follow each SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook session via live timing and scoring, please visit www.mx-5cup.com <http://www.mx-5cup.com/> . -30- ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - Results from opening practice for Sunday's Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook from Road America with position, car number in parentheses, driver, hometown, fastest lap time, and speed in miles per hour. All cars are 2006 Mazda MX-5s. 1, (28), Jason Saini, Fort Worth, Texas, 2:40.030, 91.063. 2, (8), Carlo Sparacio, Federal Way, Wash., 2:41.162, 90.423. 3, (23), Deborah Loth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2:41.588, 90.185. 4, (59), Payton Wilson, Chantilly, Va., 2:42.121, 89.888. 5, (56), Todd Buras, Melbourne, Fla., 2:42.398, 89.735. 6, (88), Pratt Cole, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2:42.405, 89.731. 7, (11), Ara Malkhassian, Houston, Texas, 2:42.534, 89.660. 8, (39), Brad McAllister, Portland, Ore., 2:43.333, 89.221. 9, (09), John Kuitwaard, Wantagh, N.Y., 2:43.673, 89.036. 10, (76), Jim Daniels, Germantown, Tenn., 2:43.828, 88.951. 11, (43), Barry A. Fromberg, Plano, Texas, 2:44.732, 88.463. 12, (26), Tim Probert, Houston, Texas, 2:45.076, 88.279. 13, (53), Tim McQuiston, Hartford, Wis., 2:45.445, 88.082. 14, (55), Burt Levy, Westchester, Ill., 2:46.370, 87.592. 15, (57), Dale Alexander, Tampa, Fla., 2:46.559, 87.493. 16, (2), Drew Staveley, Walnut, Calif., 2:47.113, 87.203. 17, (10), Ben McCrackin, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2:47.670, 86.913. 18, (40), Ben Hohn, Easton, Conn., 2:47.673, 86.912. 19, (67), Randy Hale, Haddam, Conn., 2:48.043, 86.720. 20, (3), Mike Dalton, Evanston, Ill., 2:49.860, 85.793. 21, (96), Weldon Munsey, Huntington Beah, Calif., 2:51.872, 84.788. 22, (44), Steve Bottom, Newport Beach, Calif., 2:53.461, 84.012. 23, (19), Larry Webster, Ann Arbor, Mich., 3:03.487, 79.421. Attached: Image of Jason Saini, who paced practice at Road America on Friday. Credit: Juha Lievonen _______________________ Eric Prill Director of Marketing Communications Sports Car Club of America SCCA Pro Racing/SPEED World Challenge 785-357-7222, 785-232-7228 fax 800-770-2055 toll free 785-250-7920 mobile eprill@scca.com www.scca.com <http://www.scca.com> , www.world-challenge.com <http://www.world-challenge.com/>