PR--Aurora/Lemans

Subj:  PR--Aurora/LeMans 1 Hr.		Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  All				Saturday, June 15, 1996 7:30:20 AM
From:  Rick Voegelin, 72467,3005	#819411

Saturday, June 15, 1996; 4:00 p.m.

                FIRST HOUR NOTES

     ONE DOWN, 23 TO GO.  The Doyle Racing Oldsmobile Riley & Scott Mk-III completed an 
uneventful first hour in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Lead driver WAYNE TAYLOR quickly settled into 
a comfortable and conservative race pace, turning laps between 3:55 and 3:57.

     The track temperature today is significantly warmer than the conditions during qualifying and 
practice (qualifying sessions began at 7:00 p.m., as compared to the 3:00 p.m. race start). The 
crew is monitoring the tires closely, but has elected not to change tires through the first and 
second stops.

     Taylor was running in eleventh place until he made his first scheduled pit stop at 3:33 p.m.  
The Riley & Scott crew was refueled, a larger air restrictor was fitted to the radiator inlet, and the 
Pirelli tires were inspected but not replaced.

     The second routine stop for fuel came at 4:12 p.m.  Taylor remained in the car, which was 
running 19th and remained on the lead lap.

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