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F2000: Children's Hospital Grand Prix of Colorado Fact Sheet

24 September 1998

WHAT: The Children's Hospital Grand Prix Weekend featuring the final two rounds of the U.S. F2000 National Championship in support of the NTB Trans-Am Series.

WHERE: The 1.34-mile, 11-turn road course/oval is located in Fountain, Colo., 15 miles south of Colorado Springs.

WHEN: September 25-27, 1998

RACE LENGTHS: 37 laps, 49.58 miles

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

TELEVISION: Both races will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on Speedvision. Saturday's race will air Sunday, October 18 at 5:00 p.m. (EDT), with Sunday's race airing Sunday, October 25 at 5:00 p.m. (EST).

SCHEDULE (TIMES MDT):
Practice: Friday, September 25, 10:00 a.m.
Qualifying, Race One: Friday, September 25, 2:40 p.m.
Qualifying, Race Two: Saturday, September 26, 8:00 a.m.
Race One: Saturday, September 26, 12:45 p.m.
Race Two: Sunday, September 27, 11:15 a.m.

PREVIOUS WINNERS: 1997 (oval): Zak Morioka

TRACK RECORDS: New circuit format for 1998. Qualifying and Race Lap records will be established.

MEDIA NOTES: Originally not scheduled to compete, Australian David Besnard has already clinched the 1998 National Championship and Oval Crown Championships, and will now shoot for the single-season records for both wins (seven, Chris Simmons, 1993) and poles (seven, Steve Knapp, 1996). Besnard has six each. Besnard has already set the single-season marks for points (333) and earnings ($50,750).

Ryan Hampton (275 points), Robby McGehee (247 points) and Andy Lally (206 points) are battling for second and third in the final Championship standings. Top rookies are Marc-Antoine Camirand (186 points, fifth), Bobby Oergel (169 points, seventh) and Jonathan Bottoms (164 points, eighth).

Results are available on the AP SportsWire, http://www.usf2000.com and CompuServe's RIS forum (GO RACEB) following each session or race.

U.S. F2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS After 12 of 14 Rounds