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Uwe Schürkamp I was really surprised claiming 2nd spot after quali, I was certain that either Lars, Andy or even Giancarlo (sadly, another no show for him it seems) would be bound for glory at the top end of the grid. Having said that, I was even more terrified of having yet another bad start like at Mexico, so my heart was pumping at full go when the lights turned red, then green. I could hear Andy's ferocious, over-tuned BMW engine revving right behind me, and when the lights turned green I said a quick prayer to the racing god. Looks like I was heard and I managed to pull away better than in the previous two events, but still not quick enough for Lars who had yet another rocket start overtaking both Stacey and me to claim 1st spot after exiting the Esses. It was sad to see him go off in "big bend" when alongside Stacey, but I've lost a good many F1 GPL Brabham F1 cars in the same place so yeah, it's a notorious turn to be sure, and even more so on the first lap on cold brakes and tyres. However I have no idea how my race would have turned out had Lars staid in the top three. After a couple of laps the race settled down, and knowing I'd be no match for Stacey I concentrated on building a gap to the guys busy fighting for 3rd place, namely Andy and Jo. One lap Jo was up in front, Andy on the next and I could tell they were having a good, all-out but fair fight. I also noted my lead increasing on them by half a second a lap, so that was nice ;-) My pit strategy was to start with a low fuel load to avoid driving a heavy car in traffic early on in the race, and when the time for pitting came around, I praid again for getting out of the pits and not right into traffic. Again, my prayer was answered and after my stop on lap 14 or so, I came out ahead of Dave Purdy (not changing tyres) and had a clear track ahead of me. Stacey hadn't been so lucky it seems and the gap between us was down to one second at times, but I somehow felt he was playing a game of "cats and mice", being able to go much faster had the need arisen; he was most certainly managing his lead in a very professional manner. I decided to concentrate on my own race, saving my tyres, being careful in traffic and managing my gap on Jo which had now grown into a solid 10 seconds. Things came together in the end with a 2nd place, something I would not have begun to hope for before the start of the race. Good racing by all, congrats to Stacey and Jo and thanks to all the guys at the back of the field who went out of their ways to allow us to pass when being lapped. Bring on Rouen, another high-speed circuit with quite a few fast, treacherous corners.
Joachim Lueg-Althoff
Event: US Grand Prix East
Date: 2008/11/22 16:58:45
Laps: 38
Mod: BMW320_E21
Race Length: 45:16.254
PRACTISE RESULTS
1 Stacey Greensall Team Rothmans 21 01:08.996 0.000
2 Andrew Ward Team TRF NIL 27 01:09.090 0.094
3 Uwe Schuerkamp Team Rummel 15 01:09.298 0.302
4 Lars Strijdonck Team Scuderia HAT 25 01:09.309 0.313
5 Matthias Boegel Team Glysantin 22 01:09.511 0.516
6 Jo Lueg Team Martini Racing 8 01:09.617 0.621
7 Chris Turbert Team Goesser Beer 10 01:09.662 0.666
8 Christoph Grimlowski Team Yellow Corn 22 01:09.777 0.781
9 Dave Purdy Team Neumann 12 01:09.838 0.842
10 David Goodwin Team John Player 16 01:09.947 0.951
11 Richard Busch Team Rothmans 14 01:10.348 1.352
12 Michael Ward Team Baier Motorsport 21 01:10.395 1.400
13 Eldred Pickett Team Buler 3 01:13.469 4.473
14 Don McCorkle Team John Player no time
15 Dom Leste Team Rothmans no time
QUALIFYING RESULTS
1 Stacey Greensall Team Rothmans 12 01:08.800 0.000
2 Uwe Schuerkamp Team Rummel 8 01:09.025 0.225
3 Lars Strijdonck Team Scuderia HAT 12 01:09.051 0.251
4 Andrew Ward Team TRF NIL 14 01:09.323 0.523
5 Matthias Boegel Team Glysantin 13 01:09.344 0.543
6 Jo Lueg Team Martini Racing 13 01:09.370 0.570
7 Chris Turbert Team Goesser Beer 13 01:09.424 0.624
8 Dave Purdy Team Neumann 8 01:09.673 0.873
9 Christoph Grimlowski Team Yellow Corn 13 01:09.754 0.954
10 David Goodwin Team John Player 8 01:09.908 1.108
11 Don McCorkle Team John Player 5 01:09.968 1.168
12 Michael Ward Team Baier Motorsport 9 01:10.274 1.474
13 Dom Leste Team Rothmans 13 01:10.495 1.695
14 Richard Busch Team Rothmans 6 01:10.882 2.082
15 Eldred Pickett Team Buler 3 01:21.427 12.626
16 Paul Godfrey Team Yellow Corn no time
RACE RESULT
1 Stacey Greensall Team Rothmans 38 1 Running
2 Uwe Schuerkamp Team Rummel 38 2 Running
3 Jo Lueg Team Martini Racing 38 6 Running
4 Andrew Ward Team TRF NIL 38 4 Running
5 Lars Strijdonck Team Scuderia HAT 38 3 Running
6 Matthias Boegel Team Glysantin 38 5 Running
7 Paul Godfrey Team Yellow Corn 38 16 Running
8 Chris Turbert Team Goesser Beer 38 7 Running
9 Dave Purdy Team Neumann 37 8 Running 1 Lap(s)
10 David Goodwin Team John Player 37 10 Running 1 Lap(s)
11 Christoph Grimlowski Team Yellow Corn 37 9 Running 1 Lap(s)
12 Don McCorkle Team John Player 37 11 Running 1 Lap(s)
13 Michael Ward Team Baier Motorsport 37 12 Running 1 Lap(s)
14 Dom Leste Team Rothmans 37 13 Running 1 Lap(s)
15 Richard Busch Team Rothmans 37 14 Running 1 Lap(s)
16 Eldred Pickett Team Buler 36 15 Running 2 Lap(s)
FASTEST RACE LAPS
1 Stacey Greensall 01:09.171 0.000
2 Uwe Schuerkamp 01:09.305 0.134
3 Jo Lueg 01:09.413 0.242
4 Andrew Ward 01:09.527 0.357
5 Matthias Boegel 01:09.686 0.515
6 Lars Strijdonck 01:09.707 0.537
7 Chris Turbert 01:09.711 0.541
8 Paul Godfrey 01:09.745 0.574
9 Dave Purdy 01:09.986 0.815
10 David Goodwin 01:09.993 0.822
11 Christoph Grimlowski 01:10.347 1.177
12 Richard Busch 01:10.527 1.356
13 Michael Ward 01:10.661 1.490
14 Don McCorkle 01:10.808 1.637
15 Dom Leste 01:10.969 1.798
16 Eldred Pickett 01:11.635 2.464
HIGHEST CLIMBERS
1 Paul Godfrey 9
2 Jo Lueg 3
3 Uwe Schuerkamp 0
4 Stacey Greensall 0
5 David Goodwin 0
6 Andrew Ward 0
7 Richard Busch -1
8 Michael Ward -1
9 Matthias Boegel -1
10 Eldred Pickett -1
11 Don McCorkle -1
12 Dom Leste -1
13 Dave Purdy -1
14 Chris Turbert -1
15 Lars Strijdonck -2
16 Christoph Grimlowski -2
PERFECT RACE LAPS*
1 Stacey Greensall 01:08.862 0.000 [29, 37, 5]
2 Lars Strijdonck 01:09.099 0.237 [35, 8, 14]
3 Andrew Ward 01:09.126 0.264 [8, 14, 19]
4 Uwe Schuerkamp 01:09.187 0.325 [10, 15, 33]
5 Chris Turbert 01:09.212 0.350 [22, 7, 32]
6 Jo Lueg 01:09.215 0.353 [6, 9, 8]
7 Paul Godfrey 01:09.253 0.391 [10, 8, 16]
8 Matthias Boegel 01:09.309 0.447 [6, 19, 16]
9 David Goodwin 01:09.329 0.467 [14, 12, 32]
10 Dave Purdy 01:09.443 0.581 [11, 8, 5]
11 Richard Busch 01:09.942 1.080 [11, 22, 37]
12 Don McCorkle 01:10.201 1.339 [33, 36, 8]
13 Christoph Grimlowski 01:10.253 1.391 [28, 28, 31]
14 Dom Leste 01:10.496 1.634 [17, 21, 4]
15 Michael Ward 01:10.608 1.746 [7, 7, 6]
16 Eldred Pickett 01:11.327 2.465 [11, 8, 28]
*: three best sector times are added [lap numbers]
RACE INCIDENTS
1 Andrew Ward 0 38 0.000
2 Eldred Pickett 0 36 0.000
3 Jo Lueg 0 38 0.000
4 Matthias Boegel 0 38 0.000
5 Stacey Greensall 0 38 0.000
6 Uwe Schuerkamp 0 38 0.000
7 Chris Turbert 1 38 0.026
8 Christoph Grimlowski 2 37 0.053
9 Lars Strijdonck 4 38 0.105
10 Dom Leste 5 37 0.132
11 Paul Godfrey 5 38 0.132
12 Richard Busch 5 37 0.132
13 David Goodwin 6 37 0.158
14 Dave Purdy 8 37 0.211
15 Michael Ward 13 37 0.342
16 Don McCorkle 18 37 0.474
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D/L Mod
| # | Name | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stacey Greensall | 108 |
| 2 | Hristo Itchov | 104 |
| 3 | Joachim Lueg-Althoff | 68 |
| 4 | Uwe Schürkamp | 55 |
| 5 | Lars Strijdonck | 53 |
| 6 | Oliver Day | 35 |
| 7 | Matthias Boegel | 30 |
| 8 | Chris Turbert | 24 |
| 9 | Dave Purdy | 21 |
| 10 | Paul Godfrey | 14 |
| 11 | Dominique Leste | 7 |
| 12 | Christoph Grimlowski | 6 |
| 13 | Matthias Vogt | 5 |
| 14 | Glenn White | 4 |
| 15 | Juergen Wohleser | 4 |
| 16 | David Goodwin | 3 |
| 17 | Richard Busch | 3 |
| 18 | Eldred Pickett | 1 |
| 19 | Don McCorkle | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Brunt | 0 |
| 21 | Phil Barnes | 0 |
| 22 | Todd Dry | 0 |