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USRRC: Sprint PCS Grand Prix of Minnesota Weekend Preview

24 June 1998

UNITED STATES ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
CAN-AM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND FOUR
GT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND FOUR
THE SPRINT PCS GRAND PRIX OF MINNESOTA WEEKEND
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.


Race Date:      Sunday, June 28, 1998

Green Flag:     4:00 p.m. (EDT)

Television:     LIVE, Speedvision, Sunday, June 28, 4:00 p.m. (EDT)

Circuit:        Minneapolis Street Circuit, 1.6-mile, 13-turn city street
circuit

Race Length:    1 hour 45 minutes

Circuit Records:        New venue and format for 1998. Fast Qualifier,
Fast
Lap, Winners: Speed and Margin of Victory will all establish new Can-Am
and
GT records.


Also of Note:   The Can-Am Championship, along with the GT Championship,
enters Round Four of its "rebirth" season this weekend. The Can-Am is in
its 20th season overall, and the first in its "modern" era. Seasons from
1966-1974 and 1977-1986 are considered the historic era. This weekend
marks
the Can-Am's first appearance to a street circuit in Minneapolis, and is
the fourth race in the modern Can-Am era (159th overall).