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Saltans of Speed
The newest track in America, Miller Motorsports Park, near the shores of the Great Salt Lake, has one of their twenty-four turns named “Satisfaction.” Butch Leitzinger had the fulfillment of setting a time a second and a half quicker than his weekend’s best to start third tomorrow in the inaugural Utah Grand Prix. “The car is really good,” said Leitzinger. “It has a nice balance and tomorrow we are going to have a nice scrap in the front with six or seven cars on the point.”
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Quality Off-Time
The rain has receded here on the east coast and no water wings were required in today’s American Le Mans qualifying at Lime Rock Park. James Weaver won the LMP1 pole, setting a class record in the process. The Dyson team did a good job of maximizing the single day of practice and qualifying. “This was the best qualifying car I have had in a long time,” commented Weaver. “The car was running fantastic. It’s the best it’s been all year. The new chicane is different. It will make overtaking a little more difficult. I just wish that foxy Porsche was a little slower!”
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Fifth Taken
The cold front that moved through the mid-west this weekend also brought a cold shoulder to Dyson Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. A repeat of their one-two finish at last year’s American Le Mans race was not to be. James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger in the # 16 Thetford/Norcold car finished fifth today and second in LMP1, while the #20 AER-powered Lola of Chris Dyson and Guy Smith retired three laps into the race after being sidelined by transmission problems.
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Mid-Ohio Smoothie
The blue and white racers of Dyson Racing qualified third and fifth this afternoon on the newly repaved thirteen-turn Mid-Ohio course for tomorrow’s American Le Mans race. “The track is real smooth, much more like a European track,” commented Guy Smith. “Especially coming from the street track at Houston last weekend, it is a great pleasure to drive.”
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Texas-Sized Challenge
Dyson Racing’s record of twelve straight LMP1 podium finishes remained intact at tonight’s Lone Star Grand Prix in Houston Texas. On a track that drivers termed bumpier than Sebring, the number 16 car of James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger finished second in class and sixth overall. Chris Dyson and Guy Smith brought the sister 20 car home third in class on this inaugural 1.7 mile street course run under the lights around Reliant Stadium.
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Houston, We Have a Go
James Weaver won the first pole of the season for Dyson Racing in qualifying this evening at the Lone Star Grand Prix in Houston TX. This is Dyson Racing’s fifty-third pole, fourteen of which have been earned by Weaver. This is also the first pole for the new AER powered Lola B06/10 in only its second race.
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