09-30-05
-- For Immediate Release
Alex Job Racing on Pole
in GT2 at Petit
Braselton,
Georgia - Alex Job Racing driver Timo Bernhard
drove his number 23/Alex Job Racing/Hyatt/Bell Microproducts/Porsche
911 RSR to the pole position in GT2 for the American Le Mans Series
10-hour Petit Le Mans race to be run tomorrow. Together with co-driver
Romain Dumas, Bernhard will start the race from the front of the
GT2 field. Teammate Emmanuel Collard posted the best qualifying
effort of the year for the number 24 car to start in fourth.
Bernhard took only four laps to put up the time to beat in GT2
today. The young German Porsche factory pilot posted a time of
1.21.932 and speed of 112 mph to take top honors in GT2 qualifying.
"I did a near perfect lap," said Bernhard. "The
tires came in at just the right time, no traffic; I hit my braking
points and ran a fast time. I really did not expect to go that
fast, but the car was good and the track conditions were perfect.
We made some changes before qualifying and they were right-on.
We have focused on doing some long runs and getting a good handling
car on tires with 30-laps on them. We will have a good car for
the race and Romain and I are motivated to win."
In the companion number 24/Alex Job Racing/Bell Microproducts/Pro
Vest/Porsche 911 RSR factory shoe Emmanuel Collard drove to a time
of 1:22.739 for a second row starting position in GT2.
"The car felt a little nervous in the rear," said Collard. "This
morning the car was good on old tires, so we thought it would be
better on new ones, not really the case. We will have a consistent
car for the race and we are towards the front of the GT2 field
and 10-hours is a long day. Marcel and I have gotten on well with
Ian and we are looking to have a good race tomorrow."
"Timo put up a fast number," said Alex Job. "We
were fighting a little electrical Gremlin last night and that
took some focus away of what we thought would be an easy evening.
The team came together and did the work in this morning's session
to get the car ready for qualifying and Timo did the rest. Both
he and Romain have been fast all week. Emmanuel did a great job
in the 24 car. We have them up at the front where we have felt
the 24 should be all year. The team still carries the sting from
our tough start at Sebring, so nothing will be left to chance
tomorrow. We need to win with the number 23 and get the 24 on
the podium as well."
The Petit Le Mans from Road Atlanta will start at 11:20 a.m. EST
and will be televised live on the Speed Channel throughout the
day.
Petit
Le Mans GT2 Starting Grid:
1. Bernhard/Dumas
AJR Porsche 1:21.932
2.
Henzler/Rockenfeller Porsche 1:22.212
3. Lon
g/Bergmeister/Stanton Porsche 1:22.515
4.
Baas/Collard/Tiemann AJR Porsche 1:22.739
5.
van Overbeek/Fogarty/Law Porsche 1:22.829
6.
Auberlen/Liddell/Maxwell Panoz 1
:22.876
7.
Pechnik/Neiman/Murry Porsche 1:23.046
8.
Jackson/Sugden/Jonsson Porsche 1:23.382
9.
Franchitti/Sellers/Jeanette Panoz 1:23.484
10.
Keen/Cawley/Burgess Porsche 1:26.251
AJR 2005 Results
Track |
Drivers |
Qualify |
Finish |
Sebring |
Bernhard,
Dumas, Maassen
Pobst,
Baas, Cunningham |
3
6 |
13
14 |
Road Atlanta |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Pobst,
Baas |
6
9 |
2
5 |
Mid-Ohio |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Pobst,
Baas |
1
5 |
1
9 |
Le Mans 24 |
Rockenfeller, Lieb, Hindery |
1 |
1 |
Lime Rock |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Pobst,
Baas |
2
6 |
1
4 |
Infineon |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Pobst,
Baas |
1
6 |
1
6 |
Portland |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Baas,
Law |
1
6 |
1
9 |
Road America |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Baas,
Law |
1
7 |
2
6 |
Mosport |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Baas,
Law |
1
7 |
6
2 |
Petit Le Mans |
Bernhard,
Dumas
Baas,
Tieman, Collar |
1
4 |
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AJR thanks team sponsors Hyatt, Bell Microproducts, ProVest and
partners Mobil 1, Michelin, Puma and ZF Sachs.
To view the Alex Job Racing press kit or for additional information,
please refer to www.alexjobracing.com or contact Kyle Chura at chura@aol.com or
(248) 821-0468.
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