Theys on pole for Daytona 24

[Raceboy]

Belgium's Didier Theys took the pace-setting Doran-Lista Racing Dallara to the pole position for the 40th anniversary Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona last night.

Theys, a sportscar veteran, turned the fastest lap of 125.576mph in the Italian prototype on the 3.56mile road course during the qualifying session, which set the first 35 positions for this weekend's race. Rounding out the top three were the #49 Ascari-Judd piloted by South African Werner Lupberger (125.454mph) and the Crawford-Judd of Jan Lammers (125.061mph).

"I took six laps and my first one was my best one, or I should say, the lap with no traffic," said Theys, who won the pole for the Rolex 24 in 1996 and captured his one win in 1998.

"Every lap after that I had traffic. I could have done much better than I did, but we get the pole. My last lap wasn't very good at all, as I lost quite a bit behind a slower car in the infield."

Lupberger, who shares driving duties at Ascari with Timothy Bell Jr and Harri Toivonen, was thrilled to qualify on the outside pole in the Ascari's first appearance at the Rolex.

"We've got good people who made the right choices and put us on second," he said, "We're also very happy to start our first American race in second place. I'm just hoping everything is going to go much better for us in the race."

Lammers, who shares driving duties with NASCAR icon Tony Stewart and British prototype convert Johnny Mowlem, claimed that the difference in weather conditions between Thursday's qualifying session and the three-day test session earlier this month threw a lot of the teams off course.

"It was different today, and it gave an opportunity for all of us to improvise," he said, "It was a lot hotter during the test and we all ran into a totally different situation from a handling point of view.

"I think the handling [of the Crawford] was as good as we could get it. Under the circumstances, we had a bit of traffic and I think the other guys had that too. But, overall, we're incredibly happy with the starting position - and we have 24 hours to catch the other guys."

Fourth place went to the Jim Matthews-run Riley&Scott shared by the owner, Briton Guy Smith and US legends Scott Sharp and Robby Gordon. The team was credited with the same time as the Dyson Racing R&S piloted by another couple of Britons - James Weaver and Oliver Gavin - along with Butch Leitzinger.

The Risi Competitizione Ferrari 333 SP of Crash.Net's David Brabham, Eric van de Poele, Stefan Johansson and Ralf Kelleners was next up, with the Champion Racing Lola-Porsche not far behind in eighth, split by the second Dyson entry. The top ten was completed by the Robinson Racing R&S and Jon Field's Intersport Lola.

Anthony Lazzaro drove the #8 Rand Racing/Risi Competizione Nissan-Lola to the top qualifying speed in the SportsRacing Prototype II class with a lap of 117.096mph, which earned the 17th starting spot. This left the open-top machine two places behind the top qualifier in the GTS class - the #3 Rocketsports Racing Jaguar of Paul Gentilozzi - whose speed of 118.363mph earned 15th position overall.

Top qualifier in the GT class was Joao Barbosa, who posted a speed of 112.433mph in the #24 Prospective Racing Mosler MT900R, while Irv Hoerr and the #29 Sky Blue Racing Mustang proved to be the top AGT qualifier, earning the 19th position with a speed of 115.504mph. Second fastest AGT qualifier was Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Harvick in the #90 RE/MAX Corvette fielded by Flis Motorsports. Harvick posted a lap of 114.904mph to earn the 22nd starting position for his team.

wiet er iemand iets meer over de andere Belgen ?

[Alain]

Didier Theys zal dit weekend vanop pole starten in de 24 u van Daytona. Hij deelt de wagen samen met Mauro Baldi, Max Papis en Fredy Lienhard. De enige Ferrari 333 met de sterren Van De Poele, Johansson, Brabham en Kelleners start vanop een schitterende zesde plaats.

Grid

1 Theys/Lienhard/Papis/Baldi Dallara-Judd SRP 1m42.058s
2 Lupberger/Bell jr/Toivonen Ascari-Judd SRP 1m42.157s
3 Lammers/Stewart/Mowlem Crawford-Judd SRP 1m42.478s
4 Smith/Matthews/Sharp/Gordon Riley & Scott-Elan SRP 1m42.538s
5 Weaver/Leitzinger/Gavin Riley & Scott-Ford SRP 1m42.856s
6 van de Poele/Brabham/Johansson/Kelleners Ferrari 333SP SRP 1m43.159s
7 Forbes-Robinson/R Dyson/Schroeder/C Dyson Riley & Scott-Ford SRP 1m43.915s
8 Wallace/Haywood/Maassen/Luhr Lola-Porsche SRP 1m44.231s
9 Baldwin/Robinson/Dallenbach jr/Simo Riley & Scott-Judd SRP 1m45.019s
10 Field/Durand/Dayton Lola-Judd SRP 1m45.079s

[Raceboy]

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[Werner333]

De officiele Grand-Am site ligt plat.
Weet er iemand waar ik ergens anders een live timing kan volgen?

[Raceboy]

werner hij is terug online

[Raceboy]

Kumpen start 36ste als snelste uit de 2de qualifying.

[Werner333]

Na 1 uur racen:
Overall & SRP - #27 Dallara, #20 R&S, #36 R&S
SRPII - #8 Lola, #22 Lola, #21 Lola
GTS - #00 Porsche; #83 Saleen, #3 Jaguar
GT - #57 Porsche, #72 Porsche, #79 Porsche
AGT - #29 Mustang; #09 Corvette; #90 Corvette

[Raceboy]

en de ferrari ? Werner waar liggen u prioriteiten man

[Raceboy]

na 3 uur de ferrari 333sp aan kop

[Raceboy]

fotoke van de start

[Werner333]

Oud zeer voor de Ferrari 333SP. Versnellingsbak problemen.
Top 15 na 16 uur racen:
1. (37) SRP, Intersport Racing, Judd Lola, 476 laps.
2. (27) SRP, Doran Lista Racing, Judd Dallara, 467 laps.
3. (36) SRP, Jim Matthews Racing, Elan R&S, 457 laps.
4. (8) SRPII, Rand Racing / Risi Competizione, Nissan Lola, 456 laps.
5. (00) GTS, Bytzek Motorsports, Porsche GT1, 456 laps.
6. (3) GTS, Rocketsports Racing, Jaguar, 447 laps.
7. (38) SRP, Champion Racing, Porsche Lola, 447 laps.
8. (66) GT, The Racers Group, Porsche GT3 R, 444 laps.
9. (68) GT, The Racers Group, Porsche GT3 R, 439 laps.
10. (77) GTS, Larbre Competition, Viper, 438 laps.
11. (44) GT, Orbit Racing, Porsche GT3 R, 436 laps.
12. (22) SRPII, Archangel Motorsport Services, Nissan Lola, 434 laps.
13. (13) SRP, Risi Competizione, Ferrari 333SP, 433 laps.
14. (43) GT, Orbit Racing, Porsche GT3 R, 431 laps.
15. (86) GT, Freisinger Motorsport, Porsche GT3 R, 431 laps.

[Werner333]

Poetry in motion.

Bron en copyright: http://www.dailysportscar.com

[Werner333]

Het sprookje is voorbij.

The Ferrari 333 disappeared from its only race in a severely ragged state. David Brabham went off at Turn 6, crumpling both ends. He admitted to Pete Lyons that he went off on cold tyres, a situation that caused him a fair degree of annoyance to say the least.
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De stand na 18 uur:
1. (37) SRP, Intersport Racing, Judd Lola, 536 laps.
2. (27) SRP, Doran Lista Racing, Judd Dallara, 527 laps.
3. (36) SRP, Jim Matthews Racing, Elan R&S, 516 laps.
4. (8) SRPII, Rand Racing / Risi Competizione, Nissan Lola, 515 laps.
5. (38) SRP, Champion Racing, Porsche Lola, 507 laps.
6. (3) GTS, Rocketsports Racing, Jaguar, 505 laps.
7. (66) GT, The Racers Group, Porsche GT3 R, 500 laps.
8. (00) GTS, Bytzek Motorsports, Porsche GT1, 499 laps.
9. (77) GTS, Larbre Competition, Viper, 493 laps.
10. (44) GT, Orbit Racing, Porsche GT3 R, 492 laps.
11. (22) SRPII, Archangel Motorsport Services, Nissan Lola, 492 laps.
12. (68) GT, The Racers Group, Porsche GT3 R, 489 laps.
13. (43) GT, Orbit Racing, Porsche GT3 R, 488 laps.
14. (86) GT, Freisinger Motorsport, Porsche GT3 R, 485 laps.
15. (24) GT, Perspective Racing, Mosler MT900R, 482 laps.
Bron: http://www.grand-am.com

[Raceboy]

de doran komt el terug het gaat nog spannend worden.