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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">17/12/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Guy on the pace</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Smith happy after Atlanta test</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">British sportscar driver Guy Smith set a cracking pace during testing at Atlanta last week, in preparation for the Daytona 24 Hours race in February.<BR> <BR> The 27 year-old from Hull, driving a Jim Matthews Riley & Scott, posted a time of 1m 13.1 sec following two days of shakedown testing. “That was a very productive test”, said Guy. “It was very cold just like it will be for the race at Daytona so we were able to gather a lot of information that will be useful. We made good progress over the two days, when we completed around 500 miles.”<BR> <BR> “We’re very happy with the times set as although the car is in Grand-Am set-up we were only just over a second slower than cars in ALMS trim. That’ s a time that that would have put us 5th on the grid for the Petit Le Mans. We made a few improvements and we’re sure there’s even more to come from the car between now and race.”</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>