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SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING PIT NOTES: Page 12 PRESENTED BY DODGE FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2001 ALMS Combined practice session #3 (1 hour): At 9:45, green flag. At 9:50, #52-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS spun at turn 17, stopped at the entrance to the pits, waited for a break in traffic, and continued. At 9:52, car #34-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS spun and continued at turn 7. At 9:56, car #1-P Audi R8 (Alboreto) has pulled off to the driver's right in turn one and stopped. Corner workers pushed the car back into the pits at pit exit. The team reports starter problems on the car. At 9:57, car #37-P Lola B2K/10/Judd spun and continued at turn 7. At 10:10, car #57-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the run-off at turn 10 and continued. At 10:14, car #00-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS spun and continued at turn 5. At 10:16, car #2-P Audi R8 is reporting slowing on course at turn 10. At 10:16, car #57-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS reported dragging loose bodywork at turn 8. At 10:18, car #07-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R spun and continued at turn 15. At 10:22, car #10-GT BMW M3 reported smoking from the exhaust, returns to pits. At 10:24, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R spun and continued at turn 13. At 10:32, car #15-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R spun, stopped, then continued at turn 13. At 10:36, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R spun and continued at turn 5. At 10:43, car #53-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS spun and continued at turn 13. At 10:43, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R spun and continued at turn 5 leaving oil on the track after light contact with the tire wall. At 10:45, checkered flag. A total of 34 out of the 40 cars appeared on the track. Cars not practicing this session: #12-GT Callaway C-12R, #17-GT Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS, #35-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS, #36-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R, #99-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R. Top three times by class: #1-P Audi R8 - 1:50.590, #38-P Audi R8 - 1:50.719, #18-P Audi R8 - 1:51.073; #26-GTS Saleen S7R - 2:00.521, #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - 2:01.537, #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - 2:01.946; #11-P675 Lola B2K/40/Nissan - 2:02.091; #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS - 2:07.344, #42-GT BMW M3 GTR - 2:07.853, #10-GT BMW M3 - 2:08.674. Dorsey Schroeder (#38-P Audi R8) "We've been pleased all week. Both qualifying sessions and this morning we've run on the hard tires. The other three Audis have been running the soft compound. In our opinion they will fall off on time during the race. Of course we could be in trouble tomorrow if it rains. This session is the best we've had the car. We made some changes last night and got it dialed in. It's very neutral. You can attack the corners and the brake zones and be aggressive in overtaking. It's physically easy to drive this car, it doesn't beat you up like other cars I've been in. It's such a pleasure to drive. There so much more in this car than any car I've driven in my 30 years of road racing." (race day strategy) "We will do double stints both with tires and drivers. Andy (Wallace) will start, then I'll take over, and then Ralf (Kelleners) will then go. And then we have to have luck too. This is my best chance at winning again. As you know, Sebring is very hard on cars and drivers. That's its nature." (about his experience here) "I won once in '89 with Wally Dallenbach in the GTO class. I probably put on a million laps here since I started racing in the early 70's. I've run every configuration, five different ones." (does the experience come into play in a 12 hour race) "Absolutely. I get an immediate comfort level on the first lap since I know the track so well." |
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