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USRRC: Road Atlanta Race Results

21 June 1998

BRASELTON, GA: Following are the results of the Sports Car Grand Prix at Road Atlanta. Results include finishing position, (starting position), driver(s), hometown/country, car/class, laps completed and reason out (if any):


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1. (4), Butch Leitzinger, State College, Pa., James Weaver, Endland, WSC, Ford R&S MKIII, 162.
2. (3), Dorsey Schroeder, Osage Beach, Mo., Elliot Forbes-Robinson, Sherrills Ford, N.C., WSC, Ford R&S MKIII, 162.
3. (7), Thierry Boutsen, Monaco, Bob Wollek, France, GT1, Porsche 911 GT1, 160.
4. (1), Eric van de Poele, Monte Carlo, Wayne Taylor, Altamonte Springs, Fla., WSC, Ferrari 333SP, 158.
5. (9), Scott Schubot, Palm Beach, Fla., Henry Camferdam, Indianapolis, Ind., WSC, Ford R&S MKIII, 152.
6. (11), Barry Waddell, Evansville, Ind., Jim Matthews, Warsaw, N.C., WSC, Ford R&S MKIII, 151.
7. (14), Howard Katz, New York, N.Y., Jim Downing, Atlanta, Ga., WSC, Mazda Kudzu, 145.
8. (8), Raul Boesel, Key Biscayne, Fla., Eric Bernard, France, GT1, Panoz GTR-1, 144.
9. (13), Paul Debban, Los Angeles, Calif., Dennis Spencer, Denver, Colo., WSC, Mazda Kudzu, 144.
10. (15), Marc Duez, Belgium, Boris Said, Carlsbad, Calif., Brian Simo, Carlsbad, Calif., GT2, BMW M3, 144.
11. (18), Larry Schumacher, Cincinati, Ohio, John O'Steen, Cincinnati, Ohio, Andy Pilgrim, Cooper City, Fla., GT2, Porsche 911 Turbo, 143.
12. (5), David Murry, Alanta, Ga., Stefan Johansson, Indianapolis, Ind., WSC, Ford R&S MKIII, 142, mechanical.
13. (16), Bill Auberlen, Redondo Bch, Calif., Mark Simo, Carlsbad, Calif., GT3, BMW M3, 141.
14. (17), Peter Cunningham, Milwaukee, Wis., Ross Bentley, Canada, GT3, BMW M3, 140.
15. (12), Chuck Goldsborough, Baltimore, Md., Rick Fairbanks, Greenville, S.C., Jeff Glenn, San Francisco, Calif., WSC, Chevrolet Hawk, 133, mechanical.
16. (2), Didier Theys, Scottsdale, Ariz., Freddy Lienhard, Switzerland, WSC, Ferrari 333SP, 105, mechanical.
17. (10), Doc Bundy, Gainesville, Ga., Johnny O'Connell, Phoenix, Ariz., David Brabham, England, GT1, Panoz GTR-1, 99, transmission.
18. (26), Cort Wagner, Santa Monica, Calif., Mike Fitzgerald, Atlanta, Ga., GT3, Porsche RSR, 74, mechanical.
19. (21), Randy Pobst, Melbourne, Fla., Kevin Allen, Green Cove Springs, Fla., GT2, Vector M12, 43, gearbox.
20. (23), Jon B. Field, Dublin, Ohio, WSC, Ford R&S MKIII, 37, accident.
21. (6), Andy Wallace, France, GT1, Panoz GTR-1, 36, accident.

Race Statistics

Time of race: 3 hours, 46 minutes, 23.195 seconds.
Average speed: 109.914 miles per hour.
Margin of victory: 44.891 seconds.

Lap leaders: 7 1-14 Eric van de Poele, 16 15-30 Butch Leitzinger, 38 31-37 Thierry Boutsen, 16 38-40 Butch Leitzinger, 20 41-41 Dorsey Schroeder, 16 42-162 Butch Leitzinger.

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