Wet Qualifying Pole to Minor
Lexington, OH – Heavy rain at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course produced a challenging early-morning qualifying session for the F2000 Championship Series field. With all said and done, Tim Minor scored his sixth WISKO Pole of the season in the No. 88 Citation for Ski Motorsports. Three bonus points make Minor’s already-huge Championship lead extend to 105 points going into the final six races of the 2013 season.
Minor’s weekend hasn’t gone to plan – as electrical problems plagued the No. 88 on Thursday and Friday. Main Championship rival and two-time 2013 race winner Kyle Connery in the No. 91 Van Diemen will line up second.
Steve Bamford, running a unique wet line, was third quick, with Roberto Lorena and Kevin Kopp completing the top five. Lorena’s HP-Tech team will have their work cut out for them as Lorena went off late in the session and the car will require repairs before the 1:45pm race start.
Kopp, meanwhile, was penalized and will start seventh, losing two grid positions for stopping a practice session on Friday, which promotes Robert Wright to the sixth place starting position in the No. 90 Radon.
The session ended early with a session stoppage for a number of cars off the track. Not getting a single lap was Fabio Orsolon in the No. 77 Radon. Orsolon had a similar Watkins Glen event, starting last and then finishing third on a drying track in June.
The Saturday Mid-Ohio schedule continues with a race at 1:45pm. Sunday features a similar schedule with 8:00am qualifying and a 1:45pm race start.
Qualifying Results
PosNo.NameLapsBest TmMake/ModelDiff 1 88 Tim Minor/M 5 2:03.010 Citation Zetec - 2 91 Kyle Connery 3 2:05.292 Van Diemen Zetec +2.282 3 71 Steve Bamford/M 4 2:08.361 Van Diemen Zetec +5.351 4 9 Roberto Lorena 2 2:09.329 Van Diemen Zetec +6.319 5 29 David Grant 5 2:11.549 Van Diemen Zetec +8.539 6 90 Robert Wright/M 4 2:12.144 Radon Zetec +9.134 7 22 Kevin Kopp 3 2:11.383 Van Diemen Zetec +8.373 8 10 Santino Ferrucci 4 2:12.251 Van Diemen Zetec +9.241 9 68 Steve Jenks/M 5 2:13.515 Van Diemen Zetec +10.505 10 99 Federico Mosconi 3 2:14.098 Van Diemen Zetec +11.088 11 37 Chris Livengood 4 2:15.770 RFR Zetec +12.760 12 01 John McCusker 4 2:16.309 RFR Zetec +13.299 13 15 Aaron Pettipas 3 2:16.872 Van Diemen Zetec +13.862 14 98 Jim Libecco 4 2:17.095 Van Diemen Zetec +14.085 15 23 Sergio Pasian 4 2:17.559 Van Diemen Zetec +14.549 16 21 Jose Armida 4 2:18.950 Van Diemen Zetec +15.940 17 12 Bob Reid/M 4 2:21.077 RFR Zetec +18.067 18 51 Dan Denison/M 4 2:22.396 Van Diemen Zetec +19.386 19 16 Peter Gonzalez/M 4 2:26.954 Radon Zetec +23.944 20 8 Jose Montiel 5 2:17.720 Van Dieman Zetec +14.710 21 52 Dean Baker/M 5 2:23.723 Van Diemen Zetec +20.713 22 69 Paul Farmer/M 5 2:25.842 Radon Zetec +22.832 23 11 Rob Allaer 4 2:27.300 Van Diemen Zetec +24.290 24 39 Paul Alspach 3 2:30.204 Van Diemen Zetec +27.194 25 18 Zach Craigo 4 2:32.215 Van Diemen Zetec +29.205 26 2 Gary Machiko 4 2:39.279 Van Diemen Zetec +36.269 27 77 Fabio Orsolon 1 17:36.228 Radon Zetec +15:33.218 28 67 Dave Weitzenhof/M 0 -.--- Citation Zetec - 29 28 Joey Selmants 0 -.--- Van Dieman Zetec - 30 86 Jim Hanrahan/M 0 -.--- Radon Zetec - 31 73 Vaughn Horvath 0 -.--- Van Diemen Pinto - 32 17 John LaRue/M 0 -.--- Citation Zetec - 33 72 Francis Kennette 0 -.--- Mygale Zetec -