News Release


Audis Lead Wednesday Practice at Sebring
SEBRING, Fla. (March 14, 2001) -- In the final practice session prior to today's first round of qualifying for the Superflo 12 Hours At Sebring, Presented by Dodge, the four Audi R8 Prototypes in the American Le Mans Series field firmly established themselves as pole position favorites.

Provisional qualifying starts at 2:40 p.m. today with a 20-minute session for GTS/GT cars. A second session at 3:10 p.m. will be for Prototypes.

Leading the way Wednesday morning was the #2 factory car co-driven by Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Tom Kristensen, which blasted around the 3.7-mile Sebring International Raceway in 1:49.841 (121.266 mph). The same trio of drivers won last year's Sebring event.

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Andy Hall
Director of Media & Communications
American Le Mans Series
(317) 295-3500, ext. 31
(317) 298-8924 (fax)
andy@4pmg.com

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