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Pre-race festivities on the starting
grid... |
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The starting field
heads away from the pre-grid to start the warmup laps |
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The green flag flies
at Road Atlanta... |
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JJ Lehto follows
Marco Werner and James Weaver (briefly) as the trio head toward turn
one at the start |
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Lehto pulls off a
stunning outside pass on Werner entering turn one... |
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...and then sets off
after the pole-sitting Dyson MG |
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Lap six, and Lehto
takes the race lead from Weaver...the ADT/Champion Audi R8 would
lead all remaining laps - but one - in the 2-hour, 45-minute race |
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JJ Lehto - man on a
mission... |
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Multi-class racing means Lehto must
carve through slower traffic with great care |
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At the first pit
stop, Lehto takes fuel only |
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Johnny Herbert watches the monitors
as Lehto builds a 40+ second lead |
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Second pit stop, this
time Lehto hands over to Herbert, who gets a full fuel load and four
fresh Michelins... |
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...less than an hour
to run for Herbert... |
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Johnny Herbert takes
the checkered flag - and ADT/Champion Racing's first race win - at
Road Atlanta |
