Sears Point Friday qualiying

SONOMA, Calif., July 11, 1997 - Results following qualifying for the Exxon World SportsCar Championship at the Sears Point Raceway:

P. Driver Nat Type of Car Speed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Andrea Montermini ITA Ferrari 333SP 107.56 Antonio Hermann BRA 2. Fermin Velez ESP Ferrari 333SP 106.58 Eduardo Dibos PER 3. Andy Wallace BRI Ford R&S MK III 105.95 James Weaver BRI 4. Fredy Lienhard CH Ferrari 333SP 105.95 Didier Theys BEL 5. Elliott Forbes-Robinson U.S. Ford R&S MK III 105.74 Butch Leitzinger U.S. 6. Henry Canferdam U.S. Chevrolet Hawk C-8 104.23 Johnny O'Connell U.S. 7. Craig T. Nelson U.S. Ford R&S MK III 103.65 Bill Dollihite U.S. 8. Jeff Jones U.S. Chevrolet R&S MKIII 103.42 Ross Bentley CDN 9. Rob Morgan U.S. Ferrari 333SP 103.32 Eliseo Salazar CHI 10. Jon Field U.S. Oldsmobile Spice 101.01 Thane Sellers U.S. 11. Jim Downing U.S. Mazda Kudzu 97.51 Howard Katz U.S. 12. Thomas Volk U.S. Chevrolet Kudzu 96.24 Don Bell U.S. 13. Jim Pace U.S. Oldsmobile R&S MK III 95.83 Neto Jochamowitz PER 14. Bruce Trenery U.S. Chevrolet Cannibal 88.50 Chris Ronson U.S. 15. Edd Davin U.S. BMW Argo P 87.24 Mark Montgomery U.S. 16. John Macaluso U.S. Buick Kudzu 85.40 Shane Lewis U.S. 17. Wayne Taylor S.A. Olds R&S MKIII No speed Eric van de Poele BEL 18. Rodd Bennett U.S. Pontiac Bennett MK II No speed 19. David Kopf U.S. Ford Keiler KII No speed Rick Ferguson U.S.