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Lime Rock: Dyson Racing qualifying report

Lime Rocket LAKEVILLE, CT July 17, 2009 The BP Mazda Dyson Racing team had its closest qualifying session of the season in today's qualifying for the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock. Rain cut the session short as times for the two Dyson Mazda ...

Published: Oct 2, 2009, 4:40 PM

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LAKEVILLE, CT July 17, 2009 The BP Mazda Dyson Racing team had its closest qualifying session of the season in today's qualifying for the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock. Rain cut the session short as times for the two Dyson Mazda Lola Coupes were coming down. "It is a shame the rain came as we were gaining quite a bit," said Chris Dyson. Marino Franchiitti qualified the #20 car second in LMP2, only two tenths off pole and Chris Dyson qualified the sister #16 car third in class. Noted Franchitti, "it just shows the caliber of cars that the team is putting under us right off the truck: the car has never been here before and yet we were right on pace for qualifying."

The seven-turn, 1.5 mile Lime Rock track is the home track for the Dyson team with the shop less than an hour away. Chris Dyson took his Skip Barber Competition Course at Lime Rock in 1995. "It is a different track than it use to be. Now the technical corners are where the lap time is found whereas before it was more of a flowing, high- speed track where momentum and commitment mattered more," said Dyson. "It is still a great track, but the challenge is completely different."

Butch Leitzinger has raced at Lime Rock eighteen of the past twenty years including his fourteen with Dyson Racing. "Even after you have been here a 100 years like I have, it still takes a while to build up speed because every turn relies on the one before it," remarked Leitzinger. "You mess up turn one, and turn two is a problem, and it cascades down from there. For a shorter distance track, it is full of technical challenge."

The race starts at 2:05 p.m. EDT tomorrow. The race will air live on SPEED. ALMS Radio and live timing & scoring will be available at Racehub on americanlemans.com.

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