BARBERDODGE: Barber Dodge Pro Series-Round 8-Road America

17 August 1998

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 16)- Nilton Rossoni of Curitiba, Brazil started on the pole and finished atop the podium with a wire-to-wire victory in Round 8 of the Barber Dodge Pro Series at Road America Sunday morning.

Giovanni Anapoli of Montecchio, Italy followed Rossoni home to place second, while Todd Snyder of Sheffield, Mass. captured the third slot in the 40-minute timed race.

"I had a good start and during the race, I just had to do my job," said the 18-year old Rossoni, who also set a new track record for the Barber Dodge Pro Series at Road America with his lap 5 time of 2:13.418 at 109.227 mph. "I knew in the race Anapoli (drove) very well too, and was in back of me."

Rossoni used a strong start to open the race, and had opened a comfortable lead by the end of the first lap. But a yellow flag on lap 6 to remove the car of Matt Plumb from the gravel on turn 5 allowed Anapoli, who had qualified second, another opportunity to take a run at Rossoni.

The young Brazilian was not be denied his first American win, however, and used a slingshot start to pull away and take the checkered flag by a 3.932 second margin.

"I got a good start, which helped, but I couldn't do anything on the straight against him," Anapoli said.

Nicolas Rondet of Sao Paulo, Brazil finished fourth, and Jeff Simmons of East Granby, Conn. rounded out the top five. Anapoli's second-place showing allowed him to move up from sixth to fourth in the series points standings, which are led by Snyder with four races left in the season. Thomas Schie of Norway remained in second place in the title chase, while Simmons held onto the third-place slot. Gregg Borland of Elkhart Lake, Wisc. finished 13th, while Scott Mayer of Franklin, Wisc. placed 18th.

Results Sunday from the 40-minute Barber Dodge Pro Series race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin with finishing position, starting position, driver, hometown or country, laps, reason out if any, and prize money. All cars are identical Reynard Dodge V-6, open-wheel, single-seat race cars on Michelin racing tires.

 
 1 (1)  Nilton Rossoni/Curitiba, Brazil, 109.227 mph, 17, $12,000
 2 (2)  Giovanni Anapoli/Montecchio, Italy, 17, $8,000
 3 (8)  Todd Snyder/Sheffield, Mass., 17, $6,000
 4 (6)  Nicolas Rondet/Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17,$4,000
 5 (3)  Jeff Simmons/East Granby, Conn., 17, $2,500
 6 (14) Thomas Schie/Oslo, Norway, 17, $2,000
 7 (5)  Eric Tresslar/Denver, Colo., 17, $1,800
 8 (16) Samer Hindi/Los Angeles, Calif., 17, $1,700
 9 (13) Sepp Koster/The Netherlands, 17, $1,600
10 (10) Owen McAuley/Belfast, Ireland, 17,$1,500
11 (12) John McCaig/Victoria, B.C., Canada, 17, $1,400
12 (20) Jon Fogarty/Portola Valley, Calif., 17, $1,300
13 (15) Memo Rojas, Jr./Mexico City, Mexico, 17, $1,100
14 (17) Gregg Borland/Elkhart Lake, Wis., 17, $1,000
15 (22) Peter Boss/Narragansett, R.I., 17, $1,700
16 (21) Brian Pelke/Lansing, Ill., 17, $500
17 (19) Tom Woods/Rancho Cordova, Calif., 17, $500
18 (26) Scott Mayer/Franklin, Wis., 17, $500
19 (25) Charles Willis/Germantown, Tenn., 17, $500
20 (27) Jens Tjarnlund/Stockholm, Sweden, 16, $500 Puncture
21 (9)  Alex Gurney/Newport Beach, Calif., 15, $500 Suspension
22 (11) Will Langhorne/Warrenton, Va., 11, $500 Suspension
23 (18) Jeff Altenburg/Catonsville, Md., 10, $500 Electrical
24 (4)  Shane Donley/Las Vegas, Nev., 10, $500 Suspension
25 (23) Jamie Menninga/Pella, Iowa, 5, $500 Suspension
26 (24) Matt Plumb/Unionville, Pa., 5, $500 Suspension
27 (7)  Rocky Moran, Jr./Coto de Caza, Calif., 3, $500 Suspension

LENGTH OF RACE: 17 Laps of 4.048 Mile Circuit for 68.816 miles
TIME OF RACE: 40 Minutes, 57.902 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 100.836 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0 Minutes 3.932 Seconds
LAP LEADERS: Nilton Rossoni - All Laps
FASTEST RACE LAP: Nilton Rossoni 2:13.418 (109.227 mph) Lap 5 NEW RECORD

POINTS LEADERS AFTER 8 RACES:
1. Todd Snyder, 99
2. Thomas Schie, 92
3. Jeff Simmons, 89
4. Giovanni Anapoli, 79
5. William Langhorne 69
6. Nicolas Rondet, 67
7. Nilton Rossoni, 49
8. Shane Donley, 43
9. Jon Fogarty, 43
10. Sepp Koster, 43