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RealTime at Road Atlanta
April 15, 2005
Saturdays Race Televised Live on SPEED at 4 p.m. ET April 15, 2005 – Atlanta, Georgia
practice update:
Following this morning’s first practice session for Saturday’s SPEED World Challenge Touring Car race at Road Atlanta, RealTime Racing’s five Acuras were well-positioned.
Pierre Kleinubing, the defending race champion, timed in 3rd quickest with a 96.577 mph lap of the 2.54-mile road course in his #43 Acura TSX. He was one of eight cars under the official qualifying record set last year by teammate Peter Cunningham, who was 5th quickest at 96.376 mph in the team’s #42 Acura TSX. Rookie-of-the-year points leader Brandon Davis was 9th quickest in the #44 Acura TSX, at 95.881 mph.
Of the two Acura RSX coupes entered by RealTime Racing, Eric Curran was 13th at 95.304 mph, Nick Essayian got the 24th spot at 92.098 mph.
After two rounds in the Touring Car series, Acura leads Mazda 16-14 in the bout for the series Manufacturer’s Championship. The manufacturer order in the top ten following practice is BMW, BMW, Acura, Ford, Acura, BMW, Mazda, Mazda, Acura and BMW.
Cunningham, with a Sebring race win and a third place at St. Petersburg, leads the Driver’s Championship points.
“Pierre and Acura won both the series race here last Fall and a non-points race here in the Spring,” said Cunningham. “Another Acura win is our goal for this weekend, and every weekend all season long.”
to come:
A second practice session is today at 4:25 p.m. ET. Qualifying will be Saturday at 11 a.m. ET, followed by the race’s green flag at 4 p.m.
live TV:
The SPEED Channel will broadcast Saturday’s Touring Car race LIVE, starting at 4 p.m. ET.
on the web:
If you’re not near a TV, but are near your computer, you can monitor the live Timing & Scoring feed from all World Challenge races. Log onto www.world-challenge.com, click the Road Atlanta event link on the series home page, click the “live timing & scoring” link on the page that opens next, pick the session you want to watch, and you’ll be right in the pits with the RealTime team.
with a lotta help from our friends:
The RealTime Racing Acuras are sponsored by the Acura Division of American Honda, A-SPEC, Red Line Oil, Eibach Springs, Memphis Car Audio, buyBrakes.com, BOSCH, Sparco, Hawk Performance, Brembo, SportCompactCar, Valley Graphix, Total Auto Body, PACT and A-YES.
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