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SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING PIT NOTES: Page 29 PRESENTED BY DODGE SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2001 Correction: At 9:08, driver Tom Kristensen took over at the wheel of the #2-P Audi R8. At 9:25, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R drove into the side of the #09-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R, forcing the Porsche into the wall at turn 17, damaging both cars. Both cars continued. At 9:26, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits to replace a flat right front tire. At 9:33, car #69-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Joe Foster. At 9:35, car #26-GTS Saleen S7R (leader in class) into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Oliver Gavin. Retains the class lead, but the margin shrinks to 6.269 seconds. At 9:36, car #57-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Klaus Horn. At 9:37, car #37-P Lola B2K/10/Judd into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Duncan Dayton. At 9:38, car #42-GT BMW M3 GTR into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. At 9:39, at 11 hours, top three in class: #1-P (338 laps), #2-P (338 laps), #38-P (334 laps); #26-GTS (302 laps), #4-GTS (302 laps), #3-GTS (293 laps); #23-GT (298 laps), #22-GT (297 laps), #42-GT (295 laps); #11-P675 (105 laps) At 9:44, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, rear brake pads changed, no driver change. At 9:45, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. At 9:50, car #18-P Audi R8 into the pits. Fuel and tires, no driver change. At 9:50, car #36-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R into the pits. Fuel and tires, driver change: Jurgen Alzen. At 9:50, car #26-GTS Saleen S7R (leader in class) into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change. Car #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R takes the lead in class. At 9:52, car #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits (leader in class). Tires and fuel, driver change: Andy Pilgrim. Car #26-GTS Saleen S7R takes the lead in class. At 9:53, car #1-P Audi R8 (overall leader) into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. Car #2-P Audi R8 takes the overall lead. At 9:53, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits to change the right front tire only. At 9:55, car #57-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits, doing brake work. At 10:00, car #2-P Audi R8 (overall leader) into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change. Retains the lead. A stop and go penalty will be assessed for speeding in the pits, plus 10 kph (speed limit is 60 kph). At 10:00, car #38-P Audi R8 into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change. At 10:03, car #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (leader in class) into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change. Retains the class lead. At 10:04, car #2-P Audi R8 into the pits for the stop and go penalty, heads out after almost not stopping. Car #1-P Audi R8 takes the overall lead. At 10:08, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change. At 10:10, car #53-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Gabrio Rosa. At 10:15, car #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Chris Kneifel. At 10:32, car #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change. At 10:39, checkered flag, top three in class: #1-P, #2-P, #38-P; #26-GTS, #4-GTS, #3-GTS; #23-GT, #22-GT, #42-GT; #11-P675. Margin of victory: 0.482 seconds (closest ever at Sebring). This is the 8th ALMS win for Capello, and the 2nd ALMS win for Alboreto, and the first ALMS win and start for Aiello; the 10th straight ALMS win for Audi, and the second in a row at Sebring. For the Saleen team, this is their first ALMS win, and first for drivers Gavin, Borcheller, and Konrad. In the GT class, this is Maassen's 8th ALMS victory, Luhr's 6th and Collard's first win. For Porsche, this their 44th Sebring win, 23rd win in a 911-based car, and 2nd straight Sebring win for Luhr. |
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