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NTB Trans-Am Weekend Preview, Minneapolis

25 June 1998

NTB Trans-Am Series Round Six
The Sprint PCS Grand Prix of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn., June 27-28, 1998

Race Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998

Green Flag: 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

Television: Live, TNN-The Nashville Network, Sunday, June 28, 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

Rebroadcast on The Speedvision Network, Friday, July 3, 8:00 p.m.(EDT)

Circuit: 1.6-mile, 13-turn Minneapolis Street Circuit

Race Length: 63 laps, 100.8 miles

Circuit Records: Qualifying: 75.000 mph, 1:16.750 , Tom Kendall, 1997
Race Lap: 75.048 mph, 1:16.799, Tom Kendall, 1996
Winner's Speed: 65.214 mph, Tom Kendall, 1996
Narrowest Margin of Victory: .894 sec., Tom Kendall over Ron Fellows, 1996
Widest Margin of Victory: 1.779 sec., Tom Kendall over Dorsey Schroeder, 1997
Margin of Victory Last Race: 1.779 sec., Tom Kendall over Dorsey Schroeder, 1997

Also of Note: Its been a dozen years since the Trans-Am and Can-Am names were featured on the same ticket (Mosport Park, 1986), and this weekend continues a new era in North American motorsports as the modern Can-Am Championshipnow competing under the USRRC bannerand the NTB Trans-Am are once again teamed. This week will be the third of three 1998 venues featuring both the NTB Trans-Am and Can-Am (Homestead, May 16-17; Mid-Ohio, June 12-14).