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Lap Time |
Lap Note |
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11:12:20am |
Welcome
back to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, site of today's Applied Computer
Solutions Monterey Sports Car Championships Presented by Bondurant. |
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11:13:01am |
Round
10 of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car
Championships Presented by Toyo Tires will begin at 9:30 a.m. (PDT). |
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11:13:43am |
Weather in Monterey, Calif., this morning is 52F with overcast/foggy skies. |
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11:15:02am |
The polesitter for today's race is No. 43 Kleinubing, who turned a 1:37.042 (83.023 mph) in qualifying. |
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11:16:15am |
No. 36 Clay will line up second. |
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11:16:29am |
No. 1 Cunningham and No. 44 Wittmer make up row two. |
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11:16:43am |
Your
current point leader, No. 74 Saini, will line up eighth on the grid. If
No. 42 wins today, leading the most laps from the pole, No. 74 will
need to finish fourth or higher to hold onto the Championship. |
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11:17:49am |
Mazda and Acura are currently tied at the top of the Manufacturer point standings. |
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11:18:18am |
No. 8 Hartanto will start from the back of the grid today after doing some engine work on the car overnight. |
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11:19:06am |
No. 08 Chen has withdrawn from the race. |
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11:19:19am |
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is an 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course. |
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11:19:57am |
Randy Pobst set the race lap record here in 2006, a 1:36.429 (83.551 mph), in a MAZDA6. |
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11:20:32am |
This will be a 26-lap or 50-minute race today, whichever occurs first. |
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11:20:57am |
Cars are on course for their presentation lap. |
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11:22:14am |
Cars have returned to the grid. |
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11:27:27am |
Three-minute warning is given. The grid is being cleared. |
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11:29:49am |
Command is given to start engines. |
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11:32:21am |
Cars are on the formation lap. |
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11:33:11am |
This is it - final World Challenge Touring Car race of 2009. Are you ready? |
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11:33:39am |
Cars are re-taking their positions on the grid, preparing for the standing start. |
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11:35:23am |
GREEN |
1 |
11:36:04am |
Poor start for No. 36. |
1 |
11:36:17am |
No. 42 leads No. 1 and No. 75. |
1 |
11:36:35am |
No. 36 back to fourth, No. 44 in fifth. |
1 |
11:36:57am |
Reports of smoke on No. 08 Chen. |
2 |
11:37:31am |
No. 08 pit lane. |
2 |
11:38:04am |
No. 74 is mired in a large pack of cars fighting for sixth through 12th. |
3 |
11:38:54am |
No. 42 with a 1.180-second lead over No. 1. now. |
3 |
11:39:46am |
No. 75, No. 36, No. 44 and No. 34 are in a train for third through sixth. |
3 |
11:40:15am |
No. 08 back on course. |
3 |
11:40:25am |
No. 42 continues to pull away from No. 1. |
3 |
11:40:54am |
No. 43 Marie off and on at Turn Eight. |
4 |
11:41:22am |
No. 36 is all over No. 75 for third-place, but it's allowing No. 44 to take some looks on No. 36. |
4 |
11:42:08am |
No. 42 with a 1.291-second lead on No. 1. |
5 |
11:42:26am |
No. 74 still in ninth. |
5 |
11:43:14am |
No. 75 and No. 36 swap places briefly from Turn Four to Turn Five. |
6 |
11:43:57am |
No. 42 with 1.875 seconds on No. 1 now. |
6 |
11:44:34am |
Leaders are catching No. 08. |
7 |
11:45:53am |
No. 74 still in ninth and has his hands full with No. 38 Thomas. |
7 |
11:46:34am |
No. 34 around No.44 out of Turn Five. |
7 |
11:47:22am |
No. 44 slow on course. No. 44 spins in Turn 10. |
8 |
11:47:46am |
No. 34 takes both No. 75 and No. 36 in Turn Two. |
8 |
11:48:22am |
FULL COURSE YELLOW |
8 |
11:48:34am |
Need to retrieve the No. 44 out of Turn 10. |
9 |
11:49:24am |
Under yellow, your top five are: No. 42, No. 1, No. 34, No. 75 and No. 36. |
9 |
11:49:46am |
No. 74 still in ninth. |
9 |
11:50:09am |
Report is No. 44 lost a wheel. |
10 |
11:51:15am |
No. 45 pit lane. |
10 |
11:52:42am |
No. 45 back on course. |
10 |
11:53:52am |
It takes awhile to move a car stuck in the sand that is missing a wheel - we're still under yellow. |
11 |
11:54:36am |
No. 44 is under tow. |
12 |
11:58:05am |
We will go green next time by. |
12 |
11:58:37am |
Your top five are: No. 42, No. 1, No. 34, No. 75 and No. 36. |
12 |
11:59:08am |
No. 74 is currently ninth. He needs to finish fourth or better to stop No. 42 from taking the Championship. |
12 |
11:59:48am |
Lights out on the safety car. |
13 |
12:00:36pm |
GREEN |
13 |
12:01:06pm |
No. 75 to the outside of No. 34 in Turn Two, but No. 34 holds the spot. |
14 |
12:01:38pm |
No. 42 still leads No. 1, No. 34, No. 75 and No. 36. |
14 |
12:03:25pm |
Timing predicts we will remain a 26-lap race without further yellows. |
14 |
12:03:42pm |
Top five are beginning to gap the rest of the field. |
15 |
12:04:12pm |
No. 23 Gillis and No. 18 Webb make contact in Turn 10. No. 18 spins and continues. No. 23 in pit lane. |
15 |
12:05:08pm |
No. 36 around No. 75 in Turn Five. |
16 |
12:05:33pm |
No. 36 all over his teammate No. 34 now entering Turn Two. |
16 |
12:06:21pm |
No. 23 retires with a broken axle. |
16 |
12:06:40pm |
No. 42 leads No. 1 by 0.925-second now. Then a gap to No. 34 and No. 36. |
17 |
12:07:11pm |
No. 42 with 1.240 seconds on No. 1 now. |
17 |
12:08:04pm |
Top five is: No. 42, No. 1, No. 34, No. 36 and No. 75. |
17 |
12:08:23pm |
No. 74 is still ninth. |
17 |
12:08:43pm |
No. 36 around No. 34. |
18 |
12:09:04pm |
No. 38 is all over No. 73 Espenlaub for sixth place. |
19 |
12:10:10pm |
No. 38 to the inside of No. 73 in Turn Two, but can't make it stick. |
19 |
12:11:58pm |
Battle between No. 75, No. 73, No. 38 and No. 57 is pretty tight. |
20 |
12:12:15pm |
No. 42 with a 1.167-second lead on No. 1. |
20 |
12:12:50pm |
No. 38 all over No. 73 again heading out of Turn Four. Their side-by-side going up the hill out of Turn Five. |
20 |
12:13:44pm |
No. 36 sets fastest race lap, a 1:38.112, will he catch the Acuras? |
20 |
12:14:07pm |
No. 73 holds the spot on No. 38. |
21 |
12:14:20pm |
Leaders are catching No. 08. |
21 |
12:14:43pm |
No. 38 and No. 73 battling again in Turn Four - but No. 57 takes advantage and two spots! |
21 |
12:15:31pm |
Some shuffling between the three in Turn 11! |
22 |
12:16:17pm |
No. 38 gets wide in Turn Two, No. 75 leads them out, followed by No. 57 and No. 38. |
23 |
12:16:51pm |
No. 42 leads No. 1 by 1.346 seconds, but the best battle on the track is No. 73, No. 57 and No. 38. |
23 |
12:18:49pm |
Lots of shuffling around through Turn Four and Five for that group. |
24 |
12:19:16pm |
No. 36 has caught No. 1. |
24 |
12:19:39pm |
No. 74 is up to seventh with the battling going on between No. 73, No. 57 and No. 38. |
25 |
12:20:15pm |
Leaders are catching No. 08. |
25 |
12:21:10pm |
No. 74 and No. 38 are nose-to-tail heading out of Turn Five. |
26 |
12:22:07pm |
WHITE FLAG |
26 |
12:22:27pm |
No. 38 all over No. 73 out of Turn Four, pulls alongside in Turn Five, but can't make the pass. |
26 |
12:23:44pm |
CHECKERED FLAG |
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12:24:09pm |
Top five are: No. 42, No. 1, No. 36, No. 34 and No. 75. |
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12:25:08pm |
Kleinubing claims his fifth World Challenge Championship. |
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12:25:30pm |
Acura is the World Challenge Touring Car Manufacturers' Champion Presented by RACER Magazine. |
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12:25:54pm |
No. 7 Downey is the Sunoco Hard Charger, advancing four positions in the race. |
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12:27:04pm |
No. 36 wins the Debaufre Fastest Lap of the Race. |
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12:27:28pm |
The AutoWeek Move of the Race is No. 57's pass for sixth on lap 21. |
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12:27:54pm |
Thanks everyone for a great 2009 World Challenge Touring Car season. See you later at 2:45 p.m. (PDT) for the GT race. |
