Road America Qualifying Report

(Including photos from Saturday practice and qualifying)
 

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (August 21, 2004) - JJ Lehto and Marco Werner, who have won four of the six ALMS races this season, will start third in the Champion Racing Audi R8. The two Dyson Racing Lolas will start the race from the front row.

"Well, the car is obviously not working the way we want it to," said Lehto, who teamed with Johnny Herbert to win last year's ALMS event at Road America for Champion. "We have been trying a lot of things and still can't seem to get it just right.
We struggled at Mosport and we are struggling here. We'll just have to strip the car and start again from a clean sheet (Sunday). That's all. That's racing."

"We are a little too slow this weekend and we're not sure why," said Werner. "The car has a little bit of understeer right now as well as a bounce where you touch the ground. That is a bit of a problem on the braking points as you are locking wheels."

Results from Saturday's ALMS Qualifying:

1. James Weaver, England; Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA; Lola B01/60-AER (LMP1), 1:51.893, 130.239.

2. Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Andy Wallace, England; Lola B01/60-AER (LMP1), 1:52.524, 129.508.

3. Marco Werner, Germany; JJ Lehto, Finland; Audi R8 (LMP1), 1:53.251, 128.677.

4. Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Duncan Dayton, North Salem, NY; Lola B01/60-Judd
(LMP1), 1:55.456, 126.220.

5. Ian James, England; James Gue, Athens, GA; Courage C65-AER (LMP2), 1:58.847, 122.618.