SCCA: Kleinubing cruises to Mosport Speedvision Tourig Car win
21 May 2000
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
CANADABrazilian Pierre Kleinubing kept his perfect Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car season in tact, winning the second round of the 10-race season at Mosport International Raceway in dominant fashion. Neal Sapp, of Elicott City, Md., and Taz Harvey, of Danville, Calif., completed the top-three.
Kleinubing, who started from the pole in the No. 42 BuySellorHold.com/RealTime Racing Acura Integra R, got the jump on the standing start and led every lap of the 28-lap, 68.85-mile event. Kleinubing averaged a record 92.715 mph to beat Sapp, driving the No. 2 ProPartsUSA.net BMW 328ci, by 8.251 seconds.
"I got a really good start, and they were battling behind me, which let me pull out to a lead," said Kleinubing, who also won Round One in Charlotte from the pole. "[Team Owner] P.D. [Cunningham] helps me out a lot. Last year, I lost the Championship because I threw it away a couple of times. I'm going to finish in the top-three all year this year."
Sapp, who started fourth in a new car, moved past second-quick qualifier Hugh Plumb on lap seven to take second, and held off charges from Don Salama and Harvey to come home second.
"This is a new car and the brakes aren't quite right yet, so I didn't want to try and out-brake Hugh," said Sapp. "I finally got a good run up the back straight and went by. I'm a little new to rear-wheel-drive, so it's going to take some time to get up to first."
Harvey had an exciting run in the No. 8 Dublin Honda/Tracy Honda Acura Integra R, starting fifth and being in the thick of the racing the entire time. Harvey's effort earned him the Borla Performance Award for the best drive of the day.
"I wish I had something for Neal [Sapp]," said Harvey. "We're always working on the careveryone makes fun of us for it, but today, we had a great car. Toward the end of the race, I had a fuel pickup problem, and I thought I was going to run out. My dad kept telling me I only had one lap to go!"
Will Turner, of Newburyport, Mass., finished fifth to move into second in points, with 47 points to Kleinubing's perfect 68. Alfred DuPont, of Kennett Square, Pa., finished fifth.
Mechanical problems ended Plumb's day. Ken Dobson, who started 39th, moved up to eighth by race's end, setting a new lap record in the process, with a time of 1:34.425 (93.750 mph).
CANADAResults from Saturday's 28-lap, 68.85-mile Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Championship Round Two Race, with finishing position, starting position in parenthesis, driver, hometown, car, laps complete, and reason out, if any.
1. (1), Pierre Kleinubing, Erexim, Brazil, Acura Integra R, 28.
2. (4), Neal Sapp(R), Elicott City, Md., BMW 328ci, 28.
3. (5), Taz Harvey, Danville, Calif., Acura Integra R, 28.
4. (9), Will Turner, Newburyport, Mass., BMW 328is, 28.
5. (8), Alfred DuPont, Kennett Square, Pa., BMW 328is, 28.
6. (10), Kevin Schrantz, Boulder, Colo., Acura Integra R, 28.
7. (7), Steve Pfeffer(R), Etna, N.H., BMW 328, 28.
8. (39), Ken Dobson(R), Carmel Valley, Calif., Pont Sunfire GT, 28.
9. (6), Don Salama(R), Avon, Conn., BMW 328is, 28.
10. (14), Shauna Marinus(R), Folsom, Calif., BMW 328ci, 28.
11. (16), Peter Schwartzott, Freeville, N.Y., Acura Integra R, 28.
12. (15), Jason Potter, Deltona, Fla., Honda Accord, 28.
13. (11), Bob Nagel(R), Tampa, Fla., Acura Integra R, 28.
14. (38), Paul Alderman(R), Newark, Del., BMW 328is, 28.
15. (20), Mark C. Reed, London, England, Acura Integra R, 28.
16. (17), Ed Schairbaum(R), Ft. Worth, Texas, Nissan 240 SX, 27, Mech.
17. (23), Walter Markes Jr., Bronx, N..Y., BMW 328is, 27.
18. (21), Terry McCarthy(R), Mountain View, Calif., BMW 328i, 27.
19. (24), Raymond Genao, Long Island, N.Y., BMW 328is, 27.
20. (40), Grant Lockwood, Cumming, Ga., Honda Prelude, 27.
21. (27), Graeme Peppler(R), Ottawa, Ontario, VW Golf, 27.
22. (34), John Sherk(R), Pickering, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 27.
23. (33), Jacques Belanger(R), Quebec, Canada, Honda Civic, 27.
24. (26), Peter Ackroyd(R), New Zeland, BMW 328is, 26, Mech.
25. (18), Drew Hagestad(R), Long Beach, Calif., VW Jetta, 26.
26. (35), Tony Salloum(R), Philadelphia, Pa., BMW 328ci, 26.
27. (31), Hugh Stewart, Massapequa, N.Y., VW Jetta, 26.
28. (30), Tom Baker(R), Wilmington, Del., BMW 328is, 26.
29. (36), Fred Meyer, Dallas, Texas, Acura Integra R, 26.
30. (29), Michael Sturm, Grafton, Wis., Honda Prelude, 24.
31. (32), Rich Ellinger, N. Potomac, Md., Mercedes C190, 24.
32. (22), Leo Capaldi(R), Lenox Twp., Mich., Mercury Cougar, 22, Mech.
33. (2), Hugh Plumb, Chadds Ford, Pa., Acura Integra R, 21, Mech.
34. (3), Mike Fitzgerald(R), Pheonix, Ariz., BMW 328ci, 19, Mech.
35. (13), Steve Lisa, Scottsdale, Ariz., Mazda 626, 16, Mech.
36. (25), Fred Pignataro, E. Northport, N.Y., BMW 328, 14, Susp.
37. (28), Stephane Trahan, Laval, QB, VW Jetta, 9, Mech.
38. (12), James Sofronas, Newport Beach, Calif., BMW 328is, 2, Mech.
39. (19), David Rosenblum, Longhorne, Pa., Mazda 626, 1, Mech.
40. (37), Mark Crellin(R), S. Charleston, Ohio, Nissan 200 SR, 0, DNS.
41. (41), David Schardt, Dayton, Ohio, Toyota Celica, 0, DNS.
Time of race: 44 minutes, 33.431 seconds.
Average speed: 92.715 miles-per-hour
Margin of victory: 8.2509 seconds
Lap leaders: Laps 1-28, Pierre Kleinubing
Fastest race lap: Ken Dobson(R), 1:34.425 (93.750 mph)
Fastest qualifier: Pierre Kleinubing, 1:33.367 (94.812 mph)
Cautions: None
Point Standings
1, Pierre Kleinubing, Acura Integra R, 68
2, Will Turner, BMW 328is, 47
3, Neal Sapp(R), BMW 328ci, 41
4, Don Salama(R), BMW 328is, 39
5, Jason Potter, Honda Accord, 32
6, Paul Alderman(R), BMW 328is, 31
7, Hugh Plumb, Acura Integra R, 29
8, Taz Harvey, Acura Integra R, 27
9, Bob Nagel(R), Acura Integra R, 27
10, Kevin Schrantz, Acura Integra R, 25
Text provided by Eric Prill
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