F2000: HMC-F2000 Qualifying Race #1

16 May 1998

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Australian David Besnard wonthe pole for Saturday's feature race at the Sports Car Extravaganza, the U.S. F2000 National Championship Round Three at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex. Three-time Tour De France winner Greg LeMond will start a career-best fifth. Besnard, who has won the two previous races this season, set a fast lap of 1:26.058 (92.449 mph) to beat out Canadian newcomer Marc-Antoine Camirand for the pole for the 22-lap, 48.62-mile race on the 2.21-mile road course. Robby McGehee, of St. Louis, will start third. "We're just going about our business as we have all year," said Besnard, who takes his second-straight pole. "I guess our business has really been working out." Camirand, who won the professional Canadian F1600 series in 1997, turned in a best lap of 1:26.296 (92.194 mph), followed by McGehee, who finished second in each of the first two rounds, with a 1:26.319 (92.169 mph).

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Starters for the 22-lap, 48.62-mile U.S. F2000 National Championship Round Three, part of the Sports Car Extravaganza at Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, with starting position, car number in parenthesis, driver, hometown, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour.

   1, (13), David Besnard, Sydney Australia, F2A, Van Diemen Ford,
1:26.058, 92.449.
   2, (96), Marc Antoine Camirand, Canada, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:26.296,
92.194.
   3, (2), Robby McGehee, St. Louis, Mo., F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:26.319,
92.169.
   4, (88), Ryan Hampton, Glendora, Calif., F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:26.867,
91.588.
   5, (51), Greg LeMond, Medina, Minn., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:26.912,
91.540.
   6, (28), Jonathan Bottoms, Buffalo, N.Y., F2A, Van Diemen Ford,
1:26.916, 91.536.
   7, (11), Steve Rikert, Rhinebeck, N.Y., F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:26.954,
91.496.
   8, (24), Ryan Jones, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., F2A, Van Diemen Ford,
1:27.158, 91.282.
   9, (5), Andy Lally, Northport, N.Y., F2A, Bowman BC5 Ford, 1:27.194,
91.244.
 10, (25), Christian Coggins, Atlanta, Ga., F2A, Van Diemen Ford,
1:27.339,
91.093.
 11, (52), Bobby Oergel, Palmetto, Fla., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:27.534,
90.890.
 12, (66), Larry Oberto, Seattle, Wash., F2B, Van Diemen Ford, 1:27.611,
90.810.
 13, (22), James Yott, Canada, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:27.663, 90.756.
 14, (34), Tim Duit, Edmond, Okla., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:27.685,
90.733.
 15, (8), Mike Johnson, Orlando, Fla., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:27.731,
90.686.
 16, (26), Mike Williams, Hayden Lake, Idaho, F2A, Van Diemen Ford,
1:27.748, 90.668.
 17, (98), Rodrigo Hanashiro, Brazil, F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:27.927, 90.484.
 18, (44), Steve Djelebian, Canada, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:27.937,
90.473.
 19, (75), Guy Cosmo, Bohemia, N.Y., F2B, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.046,
90.361.
 20, (6), Joey Scarallo, Hauppauge, N.Y., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.097,
90.309.
 21, (4), Duncan Dayton, North Salem, N.Y., F2A, Bowman BC5 Ford,
1:28.135,
90.270.
 22, (77), Jon Herb, Indianapolis, Ind., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.154,
90.251.
 23, (15), Ric Rushton, Santa Fe, N.M., F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.174,
90.230.
 24, (33), Jeff Smith, Terre Haute, Ind., F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:28.267,
90.135.
 25, (30), Alejandro Garcia, Venezuela, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.366,
90.034.
 26, (78), Ryan Walker, Okemos, Mich., F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:28.395, 90.005.
 27, (64), Rolando Quintanilla, Mexico, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.497,
89.901.
 28, (95), Anthony Simone, Canada, F2A, Bowman BC5 Ford, 1:28.714, 89.681.
 29, (49), Howie Liebengood, Vienna, Va., F2B, Van Diemen Ford, 1:28.850,
89.544.
 30, (29), George Levien, Aventura, Fla., F2B, Van Diemen Ford, 1:29.345,
89.048.
 31, (90), Bob Wright, Old Chatham, N.Y., F2B, Van Diemen Ford, 1:29.372,
89.021.
 32, (97), Dan Della Penna, Canada, F2A, Bowman BC5 Ford, 1:29.934,
88.464.
 33,. (59), Jon Groom, Boonton, N.J., F2B, Van Diemen Ford, 1:30.410,
87.999.
 34, (14), Larry Foyt, Houston, Texas, F2A, Tatuus Ford, 1:31.232, 87.206.
 35, (27), Ira Fierberg, Manhattan Beach, Calif., F2A, Van Diemen Ford,
1:33.430, 85.154.
 36, (7), Sam Hornish Jr., Defiance, Ohio, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, no time.
 37, (55), Wilmer Valentin, Puerto Rico, F2B, Van Diemen Ford, no time.