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| Houston Weekend Preview Notes: Petersen White Lightning |
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Jarek Janis (pronounced YaRiK YaNis) replaces the injured Tomas Enge (like, Janis a native of the Czech Republic now living in Monaco) who was injured while leading the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Fla. on March 31. Enge's recovery from elbow surgery has been progressing remarkably well with the five-time Le Mans GT1 pole sitter expected to be back in a race car by the 24 hour classic in mid-June and the Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Ferrari by Lime Rock Park in early July.
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Mike Petersen, Owner: "We're looking forward to Saturday for sure. The Ferrari seems to be a good car on these street courses. Last year we had a car that didn't really like the bumps and this car likes the bumps. Houston is bumpier than Long Beach or St. Pete so that works to our favor. I think the advantage is definitely for us. There are a lot of people going for points and being conservative. We are going to be in 'attack' mode all the way this year. We pretty much have, for the most part, nothing to lose and everything to win. We'll just wait and see what happens and keep ticking away until Tomas can get back. We'll see what happens from there. Our goal is to go for victories every time out."
Dale White, Team Manager/Entrant: "This has been a hard stretch of races for the team. It was made a little bit worse by the schedule. Four races, including Sebring and then three street courses, in six weeks is difficult logistically but it physically trying on the guys and the equipment. When you have the kind of crash damage we have had at the first two, it makes it nearly impossible to catch-up. But, I think we have. We are looking forward to getting everything back on track this weekend at Houston. If we can leave Texas with a good result, on top of having gotten the car ready for Long Beach, we will go into the few weeks before Salt Lake really, really happy."
Dirk Müller, Driver: "It seems to be that I like this. So, for Houston, I am very much looking forward to it. The car was very good at Long Beach and Houston looks to be similar. I think the Ferrari will be good again this weekend. I have been very impressed with the team, it is very professional. So, I believe that we can do very well at Houston."
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