RICHARD ANTINUCCI WILL START ROUND EIGHT OF THE FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS FROM ROW 2 TODAY AT THE GLEN
THE SAM SCHMIDT MOTORSPORTS DRIVER — WHO POSTED THE BEST TIME IN PRACTICE 1 — SLOTTED FOURTH ON THE GRID, AND TODAY WILL AIM AT CLOSING THE GAP FROM POINTS LEADER DILLON BATTISTINI, WHO QUALIFIED 17th FOR THE ROAD COURSE DOUBLEHEADER
Saturday, July 5, 2008
FRIDAY'S NOTES
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Richard Antinucci put in his best Friday afternoon effort since the Kansas round yesterday at the 11-turns, 3.4 miles Watkins Glen International road course in the rolling hills of upstate New York, in the European-style 35-minute qualifying that staged the whole 21-car field on track at the same time. Two early full-course cautions were made necessary to tow James Davison and Andrew Prendeville cars. Soon thereafter all drivers scrambled to put in more or less clean laps and Frenchman Franck Perera, Brazilian Raphael Matos and Antinucci himself jumped at the top of the charts for some time. In the end thanks to a late change of tyres and a stunning last-gasp effort the Frenchman took his maiden Firestone Indy Lights pole.
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FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS – Corning Duels Qualifying – Friday, July 4 2008: | ||
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1. |
Franck Perera - 1:37.8651 average speed 123.967 mph (199.505 kph) | |
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2. |
Raphael Matos |
+ 0.2560 |
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3. |
Jeff Simmons |
+ 0.4508 |
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4. |
Richard Antinucci |
+ 0.7093 |
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5. |
JR Hildebrand |
+ 0.8282 |
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6. |
Ana Beatriz |
+ 0.9730 |
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7. |
Jonny Reid |
+ 1.1414 |
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8. |
Pablo Donoso |
+ 1.2423 |
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9. |
Bobby Wilson |
+ 1.4888 |
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10. |
Logan Gomez |
+ 1.6186 |
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11. |
Mitch Cunningham |
+ 1.6478 |
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12. |
Arie Luyendyk Jr. |
+ 1.7417 |
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13. |
Sean Guthrie |
+ 2.1701 |
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14. |
Cyndie Allemann |
+ 2.2150 |
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15. |
Matt Lee |
+ 2.3566 |
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16. |
Daniel Herrington |
+ 2.5460 |
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17. |
Dillon Battistini |
+ 3.1549 |
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18. |
Brent Sherman |
+ 3.4489 |
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19. |
Mark Olson |
+ 9.9094 |
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20. |
Andrew Prendeville |
+ 18.6297 |
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21. |
James Davison |
no time |