PSR Heads West to Laguna Seca
22 October 1997
Laguna Seca, CA-The Professional SportsCar Racing (PSR) and FIA GT Series arrives tomorrow to this beautiful Northern California venue. The teams have been traveling west since early Sunday morning following the week-end of racing at Sebring, Florida. With a promotional stop-over in Los Angeles to build some excitement, the word has spread ,like the proverbial wild-fire, that the FIA GT cars are really and truly coming to race. Two weeks ago, when a large amount of doubt was building over the actual arrival of the FIA GT cars in the US, you could have booked a room in nearby Monterey. Now you are lucky to find one in Salinas. The week-end of racing will entail three races. On Saturday the Exxon Supreme GT Series GTS-1, GTS-2 and GTS-3 will take the green flag at 12:30 pm PST for a 1 Hour and 45 Minute Race. On Sunday, the FIA GT cars will kick-off the racing with a three-hour race. The race time is scheduled for 12:00 PM PST. The WSC cars will follow at 3:30 PM PST. The GTS1,2 and 3 race will be carried live by Fox Sports Net at 12:30 PM PST. For all of the participants in the PSR series, except the GTS1 drivers, each race will be a deciding championship race. The WSC Driver's Championship could be won by three drivers. The WSC Manufacturer's battle will boil down to a Ford v.Ferrari battle. The two manufacturer's are separated by 2 points with Ford holding the current upper-hand. The GTS-1 Driver's Championship has been clinched by Andy Pilgrim. Porsche clinched the manufacturer's championship at Sebring. The GTS-2 Driver's Championship is a battle between Larry Schumacher and Franz Konrad. Schumacher carries a nine point lead into the last race. Porsche has already clinched the GTS-2 manufacturer's championship. The GTS-3 Driver's Championship is a three-way battle between Bill Auberlein, Javier Quiros and David Murry. Auberlein, in search of his first-ever professional driving championship, can clinch with a seventh place finish. BMW broke the Porsche strangle-hold on the GT Series' Manufacturer's Championships by winning the Manufacturer's Championship. The FIA GT Series Championship's for both Driver's and Manufacturer's is also a close battle. It should be a great week-end of racing! David Treffer-The AutoChannel