USRRC: Mid Ohio Race Weekend Facts
4 June 1999
USRRC Can-Am and GT Championships • Round Three • June 4-6, 1999 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course • Lexington, Ohio Weekend Dates: June 4-6, 1999 Race Date: Sunday, June 6, 1999 Green Flag: 2:30 p.m. EDT Race Television: The Speedvision Network, same day delay, flag-to-flag coverage, 4:00 p.m. EDT Circuit: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, 2.25-mile, 13-turn traditional road course (no chicane) Race Length: Two hours, 15 minutes 1998 Winners: Can-Am: Elliott Forbes-Robinson/Dorsey Schroeder, Riley & Scott Ford GT2: Larry Schumacher/Andy Pilgrim, Porsche 911 GT2 GT3: Bill Auberlen/Boris Said, BMW M3 Circuit Records: Qualifying Lap: Can-Am: James Weaver, Riley & Scott Ford, 1:18.200 (103.580 mph), 1998 GT2: Andy Pilgrim, Porsche 911 GT2, 1:28.234 (91.801 mph), 1998 GT3: Bill Auberlen, BMW M3, 1:28.689 (91.330 mph), 1998 Race Lap: Can-Am: Dorsey Schroeder, Riley & Scott Ford, 1:18.292 (103.820 mph), 1998 GT2: Andy Pilgrim, Porsche 911 GT2, 1:27.909 (92.140 mph), 1998 GT3: Bill Auberlen, BMW M3, 1:28.982 (91.029 mph), 1998 Media Notes: Race Results are available on the AP SportsWire, via e-mail or direct filing, on the internet (http://www.usrrc-series.com) and on CompuServe’s Racing Information Systems (GO RACEB) Forum. What to Watch: • 1998 Champion Dyson Racing looks to get back on track at Mid-Ohio after losing last week’s Lime Rock contest in the last two minutes. • After a strong run at Lime Rock, including 21 laps led, Scott Schubot and Henry Camferdam look for a career-best finish at Mid-Ohio in Can-Am. The duo drove the No. 8 Support Net Riley & Scott Ford to a third at Lime Rock despite significant body damage. • Dublin resident Jon Field will turn the Lola Can-Am chassis’ first laps at Mid-Ohio in the No. 28 Banana Joe’s Lola Ford. If Lime Rock is any indication of the car’s potential, look for Field and co-driver Ryan Jones to be at the front. Field was part of a fierce four-car battle for the lead in the first 45 minutes at Lime Rock. Last year, Field’s Intersport team campaigned a Riley & Scott. • Toledo resident Tom Volk makes his home track debut with his No. 95 Supreme Exhaust Systems Riley & Scott Chevrolet. Last year, Volk campaigned a Kudzu. Teammate Jeret Schroeder comes off his rookie run at the Indy 500. • Robinson Racing, initially set to debut a twin-turbo derivative of the CART Cosworth motor, returns with Chevrolet power in its No. 74 Hunting Ranch Riley & Scott Ford. • Cincinnati, Ohio’s Larry Schumacher looks for his second win at Mid-Ohio in GT2. Last year, he and Andy Pilgrim teamed for the win. This year, fellow Cincinnatian John O’Steen shares the driving duties. The duo will have their hands full with the new Mosler Intruder of Loic Depailler, son of the late F1 star Patrick Depailler, Stephane Roy and Joao Barbosa, who re-wrote the Lime Rock lap record book last weekend. • Porsche will again battle BMW in GT3, with this weekend’s top BMW M3 entry coming from Aspen Knolls Racing and top Porsches from the Reiser/Callas Rennsport and G&W Motorsports. At Lime Rock last week, Shane Lewis drove the Aspen Knolls entry to a fourth behind three factory BMWs despite leading much of the race in the No. 51 entry.
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