BARBERDODGE: Donley, Snyder Head Provisonal Barber Dodge Grid

23 May 1998

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (May 22, from Rick Roso) - With 10 minutes remaining in first qualifying on a very crowded 1.54-mile track, Shane Donley of Las Vegas took the overnight pole for the Barber Dodge Pro Series race at Lime Rock Park, round two of the $1.1M championship. A full 30-car field (31, when Nilton Rossoni shows up Monday for the race) made finding a clear lap difficult, but getting a lucky draft from Rocky Moran, Jr., who ended up third-fastest, gave Donley the pole with a time of 54.345 seconds. Round one winner Todd Snyder of nearby Sheffield, Mass., ended up second-fastest, a tick behind at 54.403. The first 18 drivers are within one second of each other. Final qualifying is Saturday at 10:15 a.m. Eastern.

Provisional starting order following Barber Dodge first round qualifying at the Lime Rock Dodge Dealers Grand Prix. Qualifying position, driver, hometown or country, lap time and average miles per hour around 1.54-mile, 8-turn road course. All cars identical Reynard Dodge V6, open-wheel, single-seat race cars on Michelin racing radials.

	1 Shane Donley, Las Vegas, :54.345, 102.015 mph
	2 Todd Snyder, Sheffield, Mass., :54.403, 101.906
	3 Rocky Moran, Jr., Coto de Caza, Calif., :54.554, 101.624
	4 Rino Mastronardi, Italy, :54.650, 101.446
	5 Jeff Simmons, Granby, Conn., :54.704, 101.345
	6 Victor Gonzalez, Jr., Puerto Rico, :54.735, 101.288
	7 Will Langhorne, Washington, D.C., :54.774, 101.216
	8 Thomas Schie, Norway, :54.832, 101.109
	9 Martin Stenshorne, Norway, :54.893, 100.996
	10 Jon Fogarty, Portola Valley, Calif., :54.900, 100.984
	11 Nicolas Rondet, Brazil, :54.907, 100.971
	12 Giovanni Anapoli, Italy, :54.980, 100.837
	13 Samer Hindi, Los Angeles, :54.989, 100.820
	14 Eric Tresslar, Denver, :55.022, 100.760
	15 John McCaig, Canada, :55.188, 100.457
	16 Alex Gurney, Newport Beach, Calif., :55.204, 100.428
	17 G.J. Mennen, Jr., Austin, Texas, :55.322, 100.213
	18 Sepp Koster, The Netherlands, :55.348, 100.166
	19 Peter Boss, Narragansett, R.I., :55.494, 99.903
	20 Giovanni Gulinelli, Italy, :55.589, 99.732
	21 Tom Woods, Rancho Cordova, Calif., :55.653, 99.617
	22 Jarrett Boon, Phoenix, :55.791, 99.371
	23 Memo Rojas, Jr., Mexico, :55.802, 99.351
	24 Townsend Bell, Santa Barbara, Calif., :55.910, 99.159
 	25 Brian Pelke, Lansing, Ill., :55.953, 99.083
	26 Owen McAuley, Ireland,:56.033, 98.942
        27 Jamie Menninga, Pella, Iowa, :56.261, 98.541
	28 Charles Willis, Germantown, Tenn., :57.135, 97.033
	29 Gregg Borland, Elkhart Lake, Wis., :57.418, 96.555
	30 Scott Mayer, Franklin, Wis., :57.448, 96.505
	31 Nilton Rossoni, Brazil, no time