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F2000 - Mid-Ohio Weekend Facts

7 August 1998

U.S. F2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 OF 14
MILLER LITE 200 WEEKEND
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO, AUGUST 7-8, 1998

WHAT: The Miller Lite 200 Weekend featuring one of the U.S. F2000 National Championship in support of the CART FedEx Championship Series.

WHERE: The 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course is located in Lexington, Ohio, near Mansfield.

WHEN: August 7-8, 1998

RACE LENGTH: 22 laps, 49.676 miles

CONTACT: Eric Prill 303/694-7223 (office/voicemail); prill@csi.com 888/632-4797 (pager/voicemail)

TELEVISION: The Mid-Ohio race will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on ESPN2, Tuesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. (EDT).

SCHEDULE:

Practice: Friday, August 7, 9:30 a.m.
  Qualifying: Friday, August 7, 4:45 p.m. (Faster half from practice)
    Friday, August 7, 5:30 p.m. (Slower half from practice)
    Saturday, August 8, 8:00 a.m. (Slower group from Qual 1)
    Saturday, August 8, 8:25 a.m. (Faster group from Qual 1)
  Race:  Saturday, August 8, 4:30 p.m.

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

 1993:  Chris Simmons
  1995:  Memo Gidley (Race 1), Jeret Schroeder (Race 2)
  1996:  Steve Knapp
  1997:  Zak Morioka
  1998:  David Besnard (Race 1)

TRACK RECORDS: Qualifying: 1:24.155 (96.593 mph), Matt Sielsky, 1997
Race Lap: 1:24.553 (96.139 mph), Andrew Bordin, 1996

MEDIA NOTES: Australian David Besnard easily won the first Mid-Ohio F2000 race this year, at the Road Racing Classic in June, earning the pole and leading flag-to-flag to increase his points lead over Ryan Hampton to 50. In the three races since, Hampton has won two, and cut the lead to 19 with four races remaining.

Besnard is on pace for a record-setting season. He has already eclipsed the season earnings record with $41,250 (old record, $32,200, Steve Knapp, 1996). With four races remaining, he is also two poles and wins away from tying season records (poles: 7, Knapp, 1996; wins: 7, Chris Simmons, 1993).

Results are available on the AP SportsWire, http://www.usf2000.com and CompuServe's RIS forum (GO RACEB) following each session or race. Results are also available via faxcontact Eric Prill (303) 694-7223.