MEDIA ADVISORY
SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships
SCCA SPEED GT Round Eight
SCCA SPEED Touring Car Round Eight
Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport
Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ont., Canada
Contact: Eric Prill, VP Marketing & Communications, (785) 250-7920, eprill@scca.com
Erin Cechal, PR Specialist, (785) 608-9522, ecechal@scca.com
Note: Cell service poor at this facility
Event/Circuit: Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport
Mosport International Raceway
10-turn, 2.459-mile (3.95 km) road course
Qualifying: SPEED Touring Car: Saturday, August 25, 11:20 a.m. (EDT)
SPEED GT: Saturday, August 25, 11:45 a.m. (EDT)
Green Light: SPEED GT: Saturday, August 25, 6:35 p.m. (EDT)
(standing start) SPEED Touring Car: Sunday, August 26, 11:15 a.m. (EDT)
Race Length: SPEED Touring Car: 27 laps or 50 minutes (whichever comes first)
SPEED GT: 29 laps or 50 minutes (whichever comes first)
Television: SPEED Touring Car: Saturday, September 1, 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
(on SPEED) SPEED GT: Saturday, September 1, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Media Notes: Results are available on the AP SportsWire, via e-mail and on the Internet (www.world-challenge.com).
Timing/Scoring: Live Timing & Scoring and lap notes via the SCCA® Pit Board are available for all sessions through www.world-challenge.com.
TRACK RECORDS:
Touring Car: Qualifying Lap: 1:29.688 (98.702 mph), Peter Cunningham, Nissan Sentra SE-R, 2004
Race Lap: 1:29.684 (98.706 mph), Charles Espenlaub, Mazda 6, 2005
Average Speed: 92.715 mph, Pierre Kleinubing, 2000
Closest Margin of Victory: 0.318-second, Pierre Kleinubing over Bill Auberlen, 2003
GT: Qualifying Lap: 1:22.256 (107.620 mph), Leighton Reese, Chevrolet Corvette, 2005
Race Lap: 1:24.496 (104.767 mph), Ron Fellows, Cadillac CTS-V, 2004
Average Speed: 102.782 mph, Ron Fellows, 2004
Closest Margin of Victory: 0.244-second, David Farmer over Peter Cunningham, 2002
FORMER WINNERS
Touring Car: 1990: Peter Cunningham, Ron Lauzon, Randy Pobst, Honda CRX Si (Super Production Class)
1991: Mitch Wright, Bobby Archer, Tommy Archer, Eagle Talon (Super Production Class)
1992: Taz Harvey, Ron Lauzon, Jim Dentici, Honda Prelude (C Class)
1993: Ron Emmick, Oldsmobile Achieva (C Class)
1994: Ron Emmick, Oldsmobile Achieva (C Class)
1995: Dave Jolly, Oldsmobile Achieva (Super Production Class)
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