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Grand-Am: Novena posición de García en los libres
Este fin de semana se disputará la tercera carrera de 2010 del campeonato norteamericano Grand-Am, la denominada Porsche 250 que tendrá lugar en el Barber Motorsports Park de Alabama.
Antonio García será una vez más de la partida con el Coyote-Porsche de Spirit of Daytona Racing que comparte con Buddy Rice, y tras las evoluciones y trabajos llevados a cabo por el equipo de Troy Flis en el vehículo, se espera una competitividad todavía mayor que la vista en Miami donde ya estuvieron en las primeras posiciones. En la primera sesión de libres, disputada durante la noche española, García y Rice terminaban en la novena posición en la primera toma de contacto con el trazado de Birminghan.
El español comentaba que " nuestro coche prefiere los circuitos convencionales y no los óvalos. Todo el trabajo que hicimos desde Homestead y Daytona parece que está dando su recompensa, y el coche es ahora más competitivo y fácil de pilotar. Esperamos ser competitivos, y el coche ha sido bastante bueno en la primera toma de contacto que tuve con él".
La referencia en los libres fueron Jon Fogarty y Alex Gurney que, con el Riley-Chevrolet de Bob Stallings Racing hicieron el mejor tiempo de la jornada. Con un tiempo de 1:20.018 superaban por medio segundo a sus grandes rivales por el título Scott Pruett y Memo Rojas, con el Riley-BMW de Chip Ganassi Racing. Los Sorprendentes Memo Gidley y Dion von Moltke fueron terceros con el Dallara-Ford de Doran Racing, completando los cinco primeros Michael Shank Racing y Starworks Motorsport.
Entre los GT el mejor tiempo correspondía a Racers Edge Motorsports, con el Mazda RX-8 pilotado por Jordan Taylor, siendo segundo Paul Edwards con el Chevrolet Corvette de Banner Racing.
Hoy Viernes se disputarán otras dos sesiones de libres además de la calificación que decidirá la parrilla de 250 millas para mañana Sábado.
Clasificación entrenamientos libres:
1. DP J.Fogarty, A.Gurney Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing Chevrolet Riley 1:20.018
2. DP S.Pruett, M.Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing w/F.Sabates BMW Riley 1:20.466 0.448
3. DP M.Gidley, D.von Moltke Doran Racing Ford Dallara 1:20.904 0.886
4. DP O.Negri Jr, J.Pew Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley 1:20.973 0.955
5. DP R.Dalziel, M.Forest Starworks Motorsport BMW Riley 1:21.021 1.003
6. DP D.Donohue, D.Law Brumos Racing Porsche Riley 1:21.035 1.017
7. DP M.Angelelli, R.Taylor SunTrust Racing Ford Dallara 1:21.275 1.257
8. DP Br.Frisselle, M.Valiante Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley 1:21.378 1.360
9. DP A.Garcia, B.Rice Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche Coyote 1:21.446 1.428
10. DP Bu.Frisselle, M.Wilkins AIM Autosport Ford Riley 1:21.739 1.721
11. DP N.Jonsson, T.Krohn Krohn Racing Ford Lola 1:22.067 2.049
12. DP T.Borcheller, J.Barbosa Action Express Racing Porsche Riley 1:23.364 3.346
13. DP K.Andersen, B.Lester Starworks Motorsport BMW Riley 1:23.603 3.585
14. GT T.Lamb, J.Taylor Racers Edge Motorsports Mazda RX-8 1:27.327 7.309
15. GT P.Edwards, S.Russell Banner Racing Corvette 1:27.717 7.699
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De paso tambien les dejo los comentarios de algunos pilotos, pero eso si en ingles jeje, de la categoria DP:
SCOTT PRUETT: "We kind of expected faster times. These are cooler conditions, the track's going to have more grip, and you're going to see even more grip tomorrow. We haven't been here in the past where the conditions have been this cool continually. The cars are more efficient, so they have more downforce; the engines are more efficient, so they have more horsepower. It's the best of both worlds, so we're seeing not only the DP cars quicker, but the GT cars as well. It's good to be up near the front. More importantly, our goal is to finish on the podium in every race. There's a championship that we're going after again, and all points are needed. We have a great car here and if we can come home with a victory, it would be great. If we can't do that, we'll try to bring it home second. If we can't do that, we'll try to bring it home third."
DARREN LAW: "The carrolled off the truck fairly quick. We're trying to get better. Our biggest problem is we're fighting a lot of pick up, a lot of debris on track, more than I can recall here over the last few years."
ANTONIO GARCIA: "This car likes the normal race tracks, not the ovals. All the work we have done since Homestead and Daytona seems to be paying off, and the car is more drivable and more competitive. We are expecting to be competitive, and the car felt pretty good when I started this morning."
RYAN DALZIEL: "It's going really well today. We were disappointed leaving Homestead, we definitely should have been a podium car and it didn't go that way for us. We came in here with a fast car. We knew it was going to be fast - it was fast at Homestead, and so far things are looking pretty good here. I haven't driven a DP here since 2006, so I'm a little rusty."
MEMO GIDLEY: "Everything's looking good. It's nice to come back to a track for the third year. We've had the car to win here the last two years, we just made some mistakes, lost a few laps and couldn't get them back. We've got the package again, and Dion is running well. I think we're going to have a real good weekend for McDonald's.
JON FOGARTY: "I got out there with the DP onlys and did simulated qualifying with a sticker set towards the end of the fuel load. I think I got the most out of it. I don't think the other guys were on our schedule and did that, so it's hard to tell. We're happy that we topped the sheets. It was a huge, huge jump from where we were running on our old set of tires, and we're scratching our heads a little bit. We usually don't see that drastic of a gain. Tires seem to be worth a tremendous amount. Hopefully, that's not going to be the case for everybody else, but I think it might be. You don't want to count your chickens before they're hatched. We're moving forward. We want to start up front. It's a good place to be, track position-wise. Hopefully we can start out there, pull out the right strategy, have a good pit stop and send Alex out in the same position. That's our goal."