Werner Audi On Sonoma Pole - Earnhardt Corvette 7th, 3rd in Class
Written by Josh Katinger · July 17, 2004
SONOMA, Calif. - Marco Werner won the pole position Saturday for Sunday’s American Le Mans Series Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma, setting a track record in the ADT Champion Racing Audi R8.
Motorsport.com: Werner nails new record for pole in Sonoma
SpeedTV.com: ALMS - Werner Tops Times, Earnhardt Turns Heads
Werner and JJ Lehto will co-drive in Sunday’s two-hour, 45-minute sports car race on the 2.53-mile circuit. Werner’s lap of 1:22.320 bested the previous track record of 1:22.615 that had been set in 2002 by Tom Kristensen, who was also driving for the Champion team at the time.
James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger qualified second in the Dyson Racing Lola EX257-AER/MG while their team car driven by Chris Dyson and Andy Wallace was third.
Other class pole winners were Oliver Gavin, GTS, in the Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R that he will share with Olivier Beretta; Clint Field, LMP2, in the Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40-Judd he will co-drive with Robin Liddell and Jon Field; and Romain Dumas, GT, in the Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR that he will share with Marc Lieb.
NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, making his debut in the ALMS, will start third in the GTS class in a Corvette he will share with Boris Said. Said qualified the car on Saturday.
Sunday’s race starts at 11 a.m. (PDT) and will be televised in North America by CBS Sports from 3-5 p.m. (EDT). MotorsTV will have full live TV coverage in Europe, and the American Le Mans Series Radio Web will have live coverage online at www.americanlemans.com.
Starting Lineup
Pos Car Class CPos Team Car Time Gap to 1st
1. 38 P1 1. ADT/Champion Racing Audi R8 1:22.320
2. 16 P1 2. Dyson Racing Team Lola EX257 AER 1:22.399 0.079 0.079
3. 20 P1 3. Dyson Racing Team Lola EX257 AER 1:25.712 3.313 3.392
4. 4 GTS 1. Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 1:28.042 2.330 5.722
5. 3 GTS 2. Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 1:28.234 0.192 5.914
6. 30 P2 1. Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd 1:28.952 0.718 6.632
7. 8 GTS 3. Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 1:29.554 0.602 7.234
8. 56 P2 2. Team Bucknum Racing Pilbeam MP91 Nissan 1:30.185 0.631 7.865
9. 63 GTS 4. ACEMCO Motorsports, LLC Saleen S7R 1:31.276 1.091 8.956
10. 71 GTS 5. Carsport America Dodge Viper 1:31.876 0.600 9.556
11. 5 GTS 6. Krohn Barbour Racing Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT 1:32.039 0.163 9.719
12. 10 P2 3. Miracle Motorsports Lola B2K/40 Nissan 1:32.088 0.049 9.768
13. 24 GT 1. Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:34.244 2.156 11.924
14. 23 GT 2. Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:34.520 0.276 12.200
15. 31 GT 3. White Lightning Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:34.710 0.190 12.390
16. 66 GT 4. New Century Mortgage/Race Porsche 911GT3 RSR 1:34.757 0.047 12.437
17. 44 GT 5. Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:34.914 0.157 12.594
18. 43 GT 6. BAM! Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:35.107 0.193 12.787
19. 45 GT 7. Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:35.160 0.053 12.840
20. 50 GT 8. Panoz Motor Sports Panoz Esperante eGTLM 1:35.811 0.651 13.491
21. 35 GT 9. Risi Competizione Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 1:35.860 0.049 13.540
22. 79 GT 10. J3 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:35.985 0.125 13.665
23. 60 GT 11. P.K. Sport Porsche 911 GT3 RS 1:37.027 1.042 14.707
24. 6 GTS 7. Krohn Barbour Racing Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT 1:40.997 3.970 18.677
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