Media Release: Road America dire straights
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Click here http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=0015BXpFNMtZm1BI_5f0_kzj5LzIfpGDq218w7Z1Owv_zyVd-PPEvOB8EWvwSiYFSPD8GvD6Pex9OUI9AD-NF35QGo1vbE7w1xZbI3YECeSAcwVdVJG4-WQoiAYp_WNm0fadBqANek5WmE%3D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROAD AMERICA STRAIGHTS PUSH PATRÓN HIGHCROFT BACK TO FIFTH IN QUALIFYING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click above to view the Highcroft Racing Video qualifying report on YouTube Road America [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103630831833&s=1707&e=001Y39Zmjm2Vh-XxvQOstabO9X7njI57HjT0Dr3klBbxzMM94SFkfcrj6vf2okzKUx48BKXGFLBhMG3Lw89BlxskDfaPGfmRH3aRMzKPWzNW4an04JlubIoMqOC8IC-M__j-tmPFvU76LgMwyR4aPU2njpxkFD8mWDjyPmFLgsTA5U=] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Road America [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103630831833&s=1707&e=001Y39Zmjm2Vh-v4rM6EjXo_gOUZgORmLPKCZljgrFWrQoVOYRJWNXPclmxKY1QeHseIuKFMHwzfUrTV9Xk2xL9x1OuaHf6Czt1Fp2NpTNT-VsObLfZj36vUg==]DANBURY, CT, Saturday, August 21, 2010: Patrón Highcroft Racing's challenge with overall straight-line speed was highlighted in qualifying at Road America today with David Brabham only managing to put the #1 HPD ARX-01c in fifth place on the grid for tomorrow's race. While the Highcroft team moved to its low downforce Le Mans bodywork to improve its straight-line speed, the wide expanses of Road America provided the faster LMP1 cars with a massive advantage. The LMP1 and LMP2 classes have been combined for 2010 under a plan to provide performance balancing between the more powerful LMP1 cars and the lighter LMP2 entries. However, after six races Patrón Highcroft Racing has not been afforded any performance gains, nor the LMP1 cars slowed down in any way. In fact, the team's chief championship rival - the Porsche RS Spyder - has been given a 25 kg weight break despite having a similar engine and performance package to the HPD. In qualifying, Brabham strung together a series of quick laps - eventually stopping the clocks at 1:52.148 seconds. Click above to download high res images from our photo library at: www.phrmedia.com user: highcroft password: media Road America [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103630831833&s=1707&e=001Y39Zmjm2Vh-v4rM6EjXo_gOUZgORmLPKCZljgrFWrQoVOYRJWNXPclmxKY1QeHseIuKFMHwzfUrTV9Xk2xL9x1OuaHf6Czt1Fp2NpTNT-VsObLfZj36vUg==] However, this time was a massive 2.5 seconds off the pole time set by Drayson Racing's Johnny Cocker. While the team currently holds a 23 point gap at the head of the championship, Brabham and Simon Pagenaud will have to dig deep tomorrow to continue the outstanding Road America record. Highcroft has finished 4th, 3rd, 1st and 1st in class over the past four years - including an overall win last year - at the picturesque Wisconsin circuit. Following tomorrow's seventh round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón, Brabham and Pagenaud will then head across the border into Canada for the eighth round at Mosport International Raceway the following weekend. The American Le Mans Series powered by eStar race will go green tomorrow at 2:05pm. The race will be broadcast live in the US on SPEED. DAVID BRABHAM "Yesterday the car wasn't very strong and we had some concerns going into today. The Patrón Highcroft Racing guys gave me a fantastic car today and we have got it as good as we would like around here. "It is a little bit frustrating with our competitors having an advantage from the rules. It does get under your skin a little and this is a track that really highlights the issues. "Tomorrow we'll probably have to execute the perfect strategy and the perfect race to even get on the podium. "I have a lot of confidence in this team and with the changes that we made leading up to qualifying we certainly made a lot of progress on from what we learned with Simon in the morning. "We got some great pointers from the first session and from a race set-up perspective I am a lot happier than earlier. "For us it will all be about the championship so we have to concentrate on collecting as many points as we possibly can in the race tomorrow." SIMON PAGENAUD "It is a bit of a challenge for us trying do to as well as we can but the regulations are not in our favor at the moment. "Here at Road America it is such a long circuit with very high speeds and the differences between the cars is far more apparent. "We had to take off some downforce to be competitive in a straight line but in our current configuration we just can't squeeze any speed out of it. "We will have to concentrate on keeping it on the island tomorrow and trying to get as many points as we can. "We'll be working hard on keeping pace with the Porsche RS Spyder because they are our rivals in the championship, but the LMP1 cars are really in their own separate class. "For the race tomorrow the car is really good in traffic and we now have better straight line speed. We have to remain positive and we know we can rely on the guys in the pits doing a great job. "In the race it should be a different story but it will be a big challenge." MALARIA NO MORE While the team continues the race to retain its ALMS title crown in 2010, the team will also continue its race to defeat an even bigger rival - malaria deaths in Africa. Patrón Highcroft Racing has again teamed up with Malaria No More to raise funds and awareness for this disease which kills a child every 30 seconds in Africa. The team also ran a special Malaria No More livery at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to promote the cause. 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ROAD AMERICA TIMETABLE Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:25 am - 9:45 am Warm Up - ALMS (All Classes) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ALMS Autograph Session 2:05 pm - 4:50 pm ALMS - powered by eStar (Round 7) - 2 Hours 45 Minutes HIGHCROFT RACING AT ROAD AMERICA 2009 Acura ARX-02a Brabham/Sharp Qual: 2nd 1:49.039 Race: 1st 71 laps 2008 Acura ARX-01b Brabham/Sharp Qual: 6th 1:47.774 Race: 3rd (1st in P2) 102 laps 2007 Acura ARX-01a Brabham/Johansson Qual: 5th 1:49.767 Race: 5th (3rd in P2) 94 laps 2006 Lola EX257/AER Dayton/Wallace Qual: 5th 1:51.315 Race: 6th (4th in P1) 76 laps ROAD AMERICA TRACK FACTS Track Distance: 6.51 km / 4.045 miles Pole Time: 108.22 seconds Average Speed: 217 km/h / 135 mph Fastest Corner: Turn 11 Max Corner Speed: 270 km/h / 168 mph Max Lat G's: 3.0 G Max Lat G's Corner: Turn 10 Slowest Corner: Turn 5 Min Corner Speed: 95 km/h / 59 mph Top Speed (ARX-02a): 295 km/h / 183 mph Top Speed (ARX-01c Est): 285 km/h / 177 mph Full Throttle: 75% Max Braking G's: 3.3 G No. of Braking Zones: 7 Gear Changes: 34 Left Turns: 5 Right Turns: 9 No. of Turns: 14 - Longest track on the ALMS schedule - Third fastest track but with the fastest corner speed - Circuit where drivers face the most G's under braking - Also where the drivers make the most number of gear changes per lap - Ranked second in number of right turns and third for total number of turns - Tied for second for number of braking zones - With Mosport is second in Full Throttle percentage column HIGHCROFT DRIVER FACTS DAVID BRABHAM Starts: 98 Wins: 23 Top 3: 57 Top 5: 74 Top 10: 95 Poles: 13 Fastest Lap: 7 SIMON PAGENAUD Starts: 24 Wins: 8 Top 3: 17 Top 5: 18 Top 10: 23 Poles: 4 Fastest Lap: 9 ALMS LMP POINTS STANDINGS 123 - David Brabham 123 - Simon Pagenaud 100 - Klaus Graf 80 - Chris Dyson 79 - Greg Pickett 74 - Guy Smith 54 - Jonny Cocker 51 - Sascha Maassen 51 - Marino Franchitti 46 - Emanuele Pirro 41 - Andy Meyrick 39 - Clint Field 38 - Paul Drayson 29 - Jon Field 23 - Tommy Drissi ROAD AMERICA ON TV SPEED TV [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103630831833&s=1707&e=001Y39Zmjm2Vh_t9T4mbxRK-gLGyui1VfFE_q1sHkwzKQEDz72dUSofTKI2pVCC-1-rj6cmNg13cidoic0AQOwlGezR5bwg7EYQrJjJsvl6bJdpS3gsfxkV7w==]USA SPEED Sunday, August 22 3:00pm- 6:00pm (eastern) - 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