Barber Dodge, Practice, Watkins Glen

27 June 1998

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 26,) - The morning Barber Dodge practice session at Watkins Glen (short course) was solid rain, and quickest was Californian Jon Fogarty at 1:31.899. Nicolas Rondet was the only other driver in the :31s, followed by Todd Snyder, Jeff Simmons and Samer Hindi.

The second session was dry, on a very green race track, where Rino Mastronardi, the defending race winner, turned a 1:16.470 (115.339 mph) to lead the way. Giovanni Anapoli, recovering the form he showed at the season-opener in Sebring, was second at 1:16.493. Alex Gurney, the very green (all puns intended) youngest son of Dan, was third fastest at 1:16.499. His private Team Green coach, Bob Earl, admitted that this was the first track that Alex is comfortable at, and it's showing. Detroit winner Jeff Simmons was fourth, and Rocky Moran, Jr., fifth.

All told, the first 20 drivers were within one second on the Glen's fast 2.45-mile short course.

Practice session times for the Barber Dodge Pro Series, supporting the Lysol 200 NASCAR Busch Grand National event. Track: 2.45 miles, 7 turns, plus chicane. All cars identical Reynard Dodge V6, open-wheel, single-seat race cars. Conditions: Warm, humid, sunny, green track, new tires.

	1 Rino Mastronardi, Italy, 1:16.470, 115.339 mph
	2 Giovanni Anapoli, Italy, 1:16.493, 115.305
	3 Alex Gurney, Newport Beach, Calif., 1:16.499, 115.296
	4 Jeff Simmons, E. Granby, Conn., 1:16.515, 115.272
	5 Rocky Moran, Jr., Coto de Caza, Calif., 1:16.568, 115.192
	6 Nicolas Rondet, France, 1:16.739, 114.935
	7 Will Langhorne, Washington, D.C., 1:16.813, 114.824
	8 John McCaig, Vancouver, Canada, 1:16.838, 114.787
	9 Todd Snyder, Sheffield, Mass., 1:16.866, 114.745
	10 Shane Donley, Las Vegas, 1:16.931, 114.648
	11 Thomas Schie, Norway, 1:16.972, 114.587
	12 Nilton Rossoni, Brazil, 1:16.972, 114.587
	13 Eric Tresslar, Denver, 1:17.072, 114.438
	14 Samer Hindi, Los Angeles, 1:17.170, 114.293
	15 Martin Stenshorne, Norway, 1:17.216, 114.225
	16 Victor Gonzalez, Jr., Puerto Rico, 1:17.225, 114.212
	17 Tom Woods, Rancho Cordova, Calif., 1:17.272, 114.142
	18 Jon Fogarty, Portola Valley, Calif., 1:17.335, 114.049
	19 Sepp Koster, The Netherlands, 1:17.430, 113.909
	20 Brian Pelke, Lansing, Ill., 1:17.488, 113.824
	21 Jamie Menninga, Pella, Iowa, 1:17.555, 113.726
	22 Peter Boss, Narragansett, R.I., 1:17.604, 113.654
	23 Memo Rojas, Jr., Mexico, 1:18.065, 112.983
	24 Townsend Bell, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1:18.079, 112.963
	25 Jarrett Boon, Phoenix, 1:18.152, 112.857
	26 Giovanni Gulinelli, Italy, 1:18.353, 112.567
	27 Gregg Borland, Elkhart Lake, Wis., 1:18.890, 111.801
	28 Charles Willis, Germantown, Tenn., 1:18.904, 111.781
	29 Scott Mayer, Franklin, Wis., 1:20.647, 109.366

First and final qualifying are Saturday