Las Vegas prov results 97-09-19

Provisional Results: Exxon World SportsCars

SPORTSCAR GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY FAO SCHWARZ Las Vegas Motor Speedway/Las Vegas NV September 19 1997 PROVISIONAL RESULTS EXXON World SportsCars FN.ST.CAR CL LAPS --DURING-RACE-- PS.PS.NO. CL PS. DRIVER/HOMETOWN/STATE SPONSOR/CAR COMP STATUS FAST LAP SPEED 1 1 20 WSC 1 John Paul Jr/W Palm Beach/FL Goodyear/Bandolero/Bosch/Hella/Ford R&S MK II 100 **1:06.019 105.78 Butch Leitzinger/State College/PA 2 18 1 WSC 2 Wayne Taylor/South Africa Danka/Toshiba/Pirelli/Olds R&S/Olds R&S MKIII 100 1:06.641 104.80 Eric Van De Poele/Monte Carlo Monaco 3 2 30 WSC 3 Andrea Montermini/Monte Carlo Monac MOKART/Playpiso/ITS/Ferrari 333SP 99 1:06.781 104.58 Antonio Hermann/San Palo Brazil 4 7 43 WSC 4 Dean Hall/Lake Tahoe/CA Acxiom/Royal Purple/Ferrari 333SP 99 1:07.959 102.76 Rob Morgan/Conway/AR 5 5 4 WSC 5 Neto Jochamowitz/Lima Peru Bohemia/Budget/ATFAB/Olds/Pire/Olds R&S MK II 99 1:07.009 104.22 Jim Pace/Jackson/MS 6 6 27 WSC 6 Gianpiero Moretti/Milan Italy Lista/Ferrari 333SP 98 1:07.531 103.41 Didier Theys/Scottsdale/AZ 7 8 2 WSC 7 Dan Clark/Tahachapi/CA Yokohama/Ford R&S MK III 95 1:09.263 100.83 Craig T. Nelson/Malibu/CA 8 9 17 WSC 8 Jon Field/Dublin/OH Orion Packaging Inc/Olds Courage 93 1:08.475 101.99 Jacek Mucha/Quebec Canada 9 16 63 WSC 9 Jim Downing/Atlanta/GA NEC Cellular/Mazda Kudzu 93 1:10.754 98.708 Barry Waddell/Evansville/IN 10 13 19 WSC 10 Mark Montgomery/Gainseville/FL Davin Racing/Buick Kudzu 85 1:14.876 93.274 Ed Davin/Virgina Beach/VA 11 14 51 WSC 11 Chris Ronson/Modesto/CA Fntsy Jnct/EverGren Gls/C Kopf/Chev Cannibal 77 1:18.944 88.467 Bruce Trenery/Martinez/CA 12 20 88 WSC 12 Jeff Jones/Mendon/NY MSI-Make-A-Wish/Wchstr/Ryd/PVS/Chevy R&S MKII *76 MECH 1:07.775 103.04 Ross Bentley/British Columbia CAN 13 3 16 WSC 13 Elliott Forbes Robinson/Sherrills F Goodyear/Bosch/Hella/Ford R&S MK III *74 ENG 1:07.026 104.19 James Weaver/Wiltshire England 14 11 62 WSC 14 Paul Debban/Los Angeles/CA NEC Cellular/Mazda Kudzu 72 1:11.674 97.441 15 17 97 WSC 15 Bill Dollahite/Austin/TX Compaq/S3/Chev Spice *61 MECH 1:09.871 99.955 Mike Davies/Deland/FL 16 12 28 WSC 16 Howard Katz/Palisades/NY Intspt/Phila Rags/Know When To/Olds Spice 61 1:13.377 95.179 Butch Brickell/Miami/FL 17 10 60 WSC 17 Rick Ferguson/Orange/CA Kopf Precision Race Products/Ford Keller KII 35 1:08.784 101.53 18 19 8 WSC 18 Johnny OConnell/Chandler/AZ Support Net/Chev Hawk C8 *30 MECH 1:07.683 103.18 Henry Camferdam/Indianapolis/IN 19 4 3 WSC 19 Eliseo Salazar/Santiago Chile Visit Peru/Bohemia/Ferrari 333SP *8 MECH 1:09.179 100.95 Fermin Velez/Barcelona Spain ** Better than the Existing Track Record * Not Running at the Finish Time of Race: 2 hours 15.291 seconds LAP LEADER(S) 09-16-1997 Winning Speed: 96.794 mph for 100 laps/194 miles CAR# LAP 10:24:41 Margin of Victory:13.230 seconds # 30 1-35 WSC Winning Speed: 96.794 mph # 16 36-52 # 20 53-56 FASTEST QUALIFIERS: # 1 57-773 WSC: #20 James Weaver 1:05.117 107.253 mph REC # 20 78-100 FASTEST LAP: WSC: #20 Butch Leitzinger Lap# 34 1:06.019 105.787 mph REC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INAUGURAL EVENT ESTABLISHING RECORDS.