USRRC-LRP Friday Recap
29 May 1999
DYSON, MOSLER, PTG CARS FAST IN FIRST PRACTICE FOR DODGE DEALERS GRAND PRIX LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Picking up where they left off, the Dyson Racing team turned the fastest two practice laps on the first day of the Dodge Dealers Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park, Round Two of the USRRC Can-Am and GT Championships. Butch Leitzinger, of State College, Pa., turned a lap of 50.603 (108.84 mph) on the 1.54-mile circuit in the No. 20 Goodyear/Bosch/Hella Riley & Scott Mk. III Ford, edging teammate Andy Wallace, of England, in the No. 16 Goodyear/Bosch/Hella Riley & Scott Mk. III Ford. The No. 8 Support Net Riley & Scott Mk. III Ford, the No. 28 Banana Joes Lola Ford and the No. 36 Michelin/MOMO Ferrari 333 SP completed the day's top-five. "We've been to Lime Rock the last five years, we ought to be doing pretty well," said Leitzinger. "This team is great at being right on with the car out of the truck which really makes it easy on the driver. I can work on what I am doing as a driver, and not spend the practice diagnosing problems with the car. "This weekend's race will be as tough as the rest of them have been. This isn't a huge field, but there are a good number of quality cars that will make for good racing." Missing from the top of the practice sheets was the No. 27 Lista/Michelin/MOMO Ferrari 333 SP of Fredy Lienhard and Didier Theys, which blew an engine early in the first session. The car will be repaired by practice on Saturday. The No. 30 Mosler Automotive Mosler Intruder made its USRRC GT2 debut with drivers Stephane Roy, Loic Depailler and Joao Barbosa. The trio turned the fastest time of the GT2 field, with a lap of 0:55.968 (98.41 mph)–under the existing track record. The Prototype Technology Group BMW M3s swept the top-three spots in the GT3 class, with the No. 7 Yokohama/Flextronics/Level one entry of Johanes van Overbeek and Brian Cunningham setting the day's fastest time with a 0:57.504 (95.78 mph). "I think we have a good car," said Cunningham. "In two laps on fresh rubber this morning, we were faster than all these cars on fresh rubber and more time to work on their cars (in the afternoon). We (van Overbeek and Cunningham) are two new guys who haven't really been on this track a long time, so to come out with the fastest car of the day of these cars...I think it's pretty good." There was only one on-track incident on the day, when the No. 17 Courage Chevrolet Can-Am car of Michael A. Jacobs hit the guard rail in the chicane after the shift knob broke off in his hand. Jacobs was uninjured and the car will be repaired for Saturday. -30- LAKEVILLE, CONN. – Practice session one times for Monday's two-hour, 15-minute Dodge Dealers Grand Prix, Round Two of the 1999 USRRC Can-Am and GT Championships with position, car number in parenthesis, team, drivers with hometowns, class, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour. 1 (20), Dyson Racing Team Inc., Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Sherrils Ford, N.C., Butch Leitzinger, State College, Pa., CA, R&S Ford, 0:50.603, 108.847. 2 (16), Dyson Racing Team Inc., Andy Wallace, England, James Weaver, England, CA, R&S Ford, 0:50.869, 108.278. 3 (8), Supportnet Racing, Henry Camferdam, Indianapolis, Ind., Scott Schubot, W. Palm Beach, Fla., CA, R&S Ford, 0:51.986, 105.951. 4 (36), Doran Matthews Racing, Mauro Baldi, Italy, Jim Matthews, Warsaw, N.C., CA, Ferrari 333SP, 0:52.741, 104.434. 5 (28), Intersport Racing, Jon Field, Dublin, Ohio, Nick Johnson, Newport Beach, Fla., CA, Lola Ford, 0:53.825, 102.331. 6 (27), Doran Lista Racing, Fredy Lienhard, Erlan Switzerland, Didier Theys, Scottsdale, Ariz., CA, Ferrari 333SP, 0:54.206, 101.612. 7 (63), Downing/Atlanta Inc, Jim Downing, Atlanta, Ga., Howard Katz, New York, N.Y., CA, Kudzu DLY Mazda, 0:55.448, 99.336. 8 (30), Mosler Racing, Loic Depailler, Chermont-Ferrand, FR, Stephane Roy, Quebec Canada, Joao Barbosa, Portugal, GT2, Mosler Chevy, 0:55.968, 98.413. 9 (29), Intersport Racing, Samual A. Brown, Fairfield, Conn., Andy Petery, Grenwich, Conn., CA, R&S Ford, 0:56.477, 97.526. 10 (7), Prototype Technology Grp, Brian Cunningham, Danville, Ky., Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, Calif., GT3, BMW M3, 0:57.504, 95.784. 11 (10), Prototype Technology Grp, Boris Said, Carlsbad, Calif., Hans Stuck, Austria, GT3, BMW M3, 0:57.633, 95.570. 12 (6), Prototype Technology Grp, Peter Cunningham, W. Bend, Wis., Mark Simo, Carlsbad, Calif., GT3, BMW M3, 0:58.102, 94.798. 13 (83), Ross Racing, Dr. Stephen Earle, San Atonio, Texas, Michael Schrom, Ghent, N.Y., GT2, Porsche GT2, 0:59.129, 93.152. 14 (51), Aspen Knolls Racing, Shane Lewis, Stewart, Fla., Bob Mazzuoccola, Statten Island, N.Y., GT3, BMW M3, 0:59.452, 92.646. 15 (64), Spencer Pumpelly Racing, Spencer Pumpelly, Baltimore, Md., Josh Rehn, Plymouth, Mass., GT3, Porsche 911, 1:00.323, 91.308. 16 (90), Millennium Motorsports, David Friedman, New York, N.Y., Cort Wagner, Los Angeles, Calif., GT3, Porsche 911 RSR, 1:00.635, 90.838. 17 (61), Paragon Motorsports, Scott Brunk, Federick, Md., Keith Fisher, Hamburg, N.Y., GT3, Porsche 964, 1:00.897, 90.447. 18 (57), Kryderacing, Reed Kryder, Canal Fulton, Ohio, John Steinmetz, New York, N.Y., GT3, Nissan 240 SX, 1:00.988, 90.312. 19 (01), Greycliff/Netts Racing, John Drew, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Mark Greenberg, Boston, Mass., GT3, Porsche 911, 1:01.855, 89.046. 20 (71), Dura Motorsports, Michael DeFontes, Baltimore, Md., Chris Thompson, Trumbull, Canada, Jerry Thompson, Manheim, Pa., GT3, Chevy Camaro, 1:02.926, 87.531. 21 (4), SSZ Motorcars, John Engel, Naples, Fla., Mark Knepper, Forest Lake, Minn., GT2, SSZ Stradale, 1:04.511, 85.380. 22 (80), Extreme Motor Racing, Dean K. Clark, Scarborough, Ma., Dave Gulpin, Nottingham, N.H., Glenn Seward, Brownsville, Vt., GT2, Chevy Corvette, 1:06.499, 82.828. 23 (08), G & W Motorsports, Danny Marshall, Danville, Va., Steve Marshall, Christiansburg, Va., GT3, Porsche 911, 1:13.109, 75.339. 24 (3), Toad Hall Motor Racing, Peter Kitchak, Excelsior, Minn., TBA, GT3, Porsche 911 RSR, no time, 0. 25 (17), Jacobs Motorsports Ltd., Frank Del Vecchio, Trumbull, Canada, Michael A. Jacobs, Stamford, N.Y., Jacek Mucha, Montreal Canada, CA, Courage C-41, no time, 0. 26 (43), A.F. Works Racing Inc, Alan Friedman, Hillsdale, N.Y., Todd Snyder, Sheffield, Mass., GT3, Porsche 911, no time, 0. 27 (92), Executive Auto Sport, Joaquin DeSoto, Miami, Fla., A.J. Smith, Vorhees, N.J., CA, Kudzu Buick, no time, 0. LAKEVILLE, CONN. – Practice session two times for Monday's two-hour, 15-minute Dodge Dealers Grand Prix, Round Two of the 1999 USRRC Can-Am and GT Championships with position, car number in parenthesis, team, drivers with hometowns, class, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour. 1 (16), Dyson Racing Team Inc., Andy Wallace, England, James Weaver, England, CA, R&S Ford, 0:51.582, 106.781. 2 (28), Intersport Racing, Jon Field, Dublin, Ohio, Nick Johnson, Newport Beach, Fla., CA, Lola Ford, 0:51.999, 105.925. 3 (36), Doran Matthews Racing, Mauro Baldi, Italy, Jim Matthews, Warsaw, N.C., CA, Ferrari 333SP, 0:52.161, 105.596. 4 (20), Dyson Racing Team Inc., Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Sherrils Ford, N.C., Butch Leitzinger, State College, Pa., CA, R&S Ford, 0:52.706, 104.504. 5 (8), Supportnet Racing, Henry Camferdam, Indianapolis, Ind., Scott Schubot, W. Palm Beach, Fla., CA, R&S Ford, 0:54.061, 101.884. 6 (63), Downing/Atlanta Inc, Jim Downing, Atlanta, Ga., Howard Katz, New York, N.Y., CA, Kudzu DLY Mazda, 0:55.008, 100.130. 7 (30), Mosler Racing, Loic Depailler, Chermont-Ferrand, FR, Stephane Roy, Quebec Canada, Joao Barbosa, Portugal, GT2, Mosler Chevy, 0:56.515, 97.460. 8 (10), Prototype Technology Grp, Boris Said, Carlsbad, Calif., Hans Stuck, Austria, GT3, BMW M3, 0:57.585, 95.649. 9 (6), Prototype Technology Grp, Peter Cunningham, W. Bend, Wis., Mark Simo, Carlsbad, Calif., GT3, BMW M3, 0:57.720, 95.426. 10 (92), Executive Auto Sport, Joaquin DeSoto, Miami, Fla., A.J. Smith, Vorhees, N.J., CA, Kudzu, 0:58.470, 94.202. 11 (7), Prototype Technology Grp, Brian Cunningham, Danville, Ky., Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, Calif., GT3, BMW M3, 0:58.471, 94.200. 12 (51), Aspen Knolls Racing, Shane Lewis, Stewart, Fla., Bob Mazzuoccola, Statten Island, N.Y., GT3, BMW M3, 0:59.436, 92.671. 13 (83), Ross Racing, Dr. Stephen Earle, San Atonio, Texas, Michael Schrom, Ghent, N.Y., GT2, Porsche GT2, 0:59.886, 91.974. 14 (64), Spencer Pumpelly Racing, Spencer Pumpelly, Baltimore, Md., Josh Rehm, Plymouth, Mass., GT3, Porsche 911, 0:59.921, 91.921. 15 (61), Paragon Motorsports, Scott Brunk, Federick, Md., Keith Fisher, Hamburg, N.Y., GT3, Porsche 964, 1:00.581, 90.919. 16 (90), Millennium Motorsports, David Friedman, New York, N.Y., Cort Wagner, Los Angeles, Calif., GT3, Porsche 911 RSR, 1:00.602, 90.888. 17 (71), Dura Motorsports, Michael DeFontes, Baltimore, Md., Chris Thompson, Trumbull, Canada, Jerry Thompson, Manheim, Pa., GT3, Chevy Camaro, 1:01.980, 88.867. 18 (29), Intersport Racing, Samual A. Brown, Fairfield, Conn., Andy Petery, Grenwich, Conn., CA, R&S Ford, 1:02.000, 88.838. 19 (01), Greycliff/Netts Racing, John Drew, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Mark Greenberg, Boston, Mass., GT3, Porsche 911, 1:02.106, 88.687. 20 (3), Toad Hall Motor Racing, Peter Kitchak, Excelsior, Minn., TBA, GT3, Porsche 911 RSR, 1:02.567, 88.033. 21 (80), Extreme Motor Racing, Dean K. Clark, Scarborough, Ma., Dave Gulpin, Nottingham, N.H., Glenn Seward, Brownsville, Vt., GT2, Chevrolet Corvette, 1:05.879, 83.607. 22 (4), SSZ Motorcars, John Engel, Naples, Fla., Mark Knepper, Forest Lake, Minn., GT2, SSZ Stradale, 1:06.638, 82.655. 23 (08), G & W Motorsports, Danny Marshall, Danville, Va., Steve Marshall, Christiansburg, Va., GT3, Porsche 911, 1:09.005, 79.820. 24 (17), Jacobs Motorsports Ltd., Frank Del Vecchio, Trumbull, Canada, Michael A. Jacobs, Stamford, N.Y., Jacek Mucha, Montreal, Canada, CA, Courage C-41, 3:05.959, 29.619. 25 (27), Doran Lista Racing, Fredy Lienhard, Erlan, Switzerland, Didier Theys, Scottsdale, Ariz., CA, Ferrari 333SP, no time, 0. 26 (43), A.F. Works Racing Inc, Alan Friedman, Hillsdale, N.Y., Todd Snyder, Sheffield, Mass., GT3, Porsche 911, no time, 0. 27 (57), Kryderacing, Reed Kryder, Canal Fulton, Ohio, John Steinmetz, New York, N.Y., GT3, Nissan 240 SX, no time, 0.