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Hometown Hero Michael Galati Takes Podium at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, OH. (June 26, 2004) - Local Ohio resident and Defending Mid-Ohio Champion Michael Galati not only earned pole position today at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but he also shattered ...
Published: Jun 27, 2004, 12:33 PM
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Hometown Hero Michael Galati Takes Podium at Mid-Ohio
LEXINGTON, OH. (June 26, 2004) - Local Ohio resident and Defending Mid-Ohio Champion Michael Galati not only earned pole position today at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but he also shattered his previous qualifying record he set in 2002 when he drove an Audi S4 for Champion Racing (Pompano Beach, FL). Galati's time of 1:27.956 bests his previous track record of 1:34.373 by over six seconds.
Galati's teammate, Randy Pobst, also put in another outstanding qualifying run and will be grid alongside Galati for tomorrow's standing start of the SPEED World Challenge GT race. This is the second consecutive time this season a pair of Audi RS 6 "Competition" Cars have shared the front row for the start of the 50-minute sprint race.
The Audi Certified Champion RS 6's set the qualifying time early in the session and were once again held in the pits to conserve the Toyo RA-1 tires. New surfacing at each corner has increased the wear and tear on tires for all cars competing this weekend.
Michael Galati (Olmstead, OH). "We knew our cars would be fast for a few laps for qualifying but during the race it might be a different story. We're still adjusting for the added weight we received after Lime Rock. I know this track very well but it's still a fantastic feeling to get the pole position for Audi Certified Pre-owned and to be one and two on the grid for tomorrow's race."
Randy Pobst (Gainesville, GA). "We're in a good position to start the race. Congratulations to my teammate (Galati) for pole position. I'm feeling good about my car. We've got it set up for a long run and to be good at the end of the race. I think the Toyo tires will hold up well with the set-up we have. Let's go race."
Louis Milone (RS 6 Team Leader). "The team worked really hard preparing these cars for this particular track. We put a good set-up on the cars and it paid off for us. Tire conversation in the race is another story, but I feel like we have a competitive package."
Third round of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT race of the 2004 season will commence at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course tomorrow, Sunday, June 27th at 10:10 a.m. (EDT). 34 cars will compete on the 13-turn, 2.258-mile track. Initial broadcast time for this weekend's SPEED World Challenge GT race is scheduled for the same day, Sunday, June 27 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT).
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