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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">WORLD TOURING CAR</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">26/05/2002</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">SCCA Touring Car Qualifying</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Cunningham snatches pole from Bradley</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">CUNNINGHAM CAPTURES RECORD WOODY'S ICE TOURING CAR POLE AT LIME ROCK<BR> <BR> Peter Cunningham captured the Woody's Ice Pole Position for the SCCA Pro Racing Speed World Challenge Touring Car race at Lime Rock Park with a new track record. Scott Bradley qualified second, followed by Pierre Kleinubing, of Brazil, in third.<BR> <BR> Cunningham grabbed the pole with a lap of 1:01:137 (90.092 mph) in the No. 42 RealTime Racing Acura Integra R to collect his 22nd career pole position, tying him with Kleinubing as the top pole winner in Speed World Challenge series history. <BR> <BR> "The track was fast," said Cunningham. "The combination of new tyres, cool temperatures and a grippy track was the key to such fast laps. Not slowing down and just throwing the car into corners was crucial. This RealTime Integra is just handling great."<BR> <BR> Bradley, fresh off his first career Touring Car pole last week at Mosport International Raceway, drove his No. 14 Mazda/TriPoint Motorsports Mazda Protégé ES to the second best time of 1:01:124 (90.088 mph). Defending series champion Kleinubing, driving the No. 1 RealTime Racing Acura Integra R, put together a fast lap of 1:01:161 (90.057mph), which was good enough for third starting spot.<BR> <BR> Shauna Marinus and Tom Fowler completed the top five in one of the closest qualifying sessions ever for the series. The top six cars qualified within 0.060-second and the first 19 cars on the grid broke the previous qualifying record set last year at this event.<BR> <BR> The top 25 positions for Monday's Speed World Challenge Touring Car event were decided in this qualifying session, with the remaining 20 positions decided in a 20-lap qualifying race won by John Bosch.<BR> <BR> Bosch, driving the No. 27 Techmark Corp/Pizza Hut BMW 328i, held off a charging Mark Kirberg for the win in the 32-car last chance event. Kirberg had originally qualified third in Woody's Ice Pole Qualifying, but the rear wing on his No. 37 SSF Imported Auto Parts BMW 325is was found to be out of compliance, so he was forced to start shotgun on the field in the qualifying race.<BR> <BR> Raan Rodriquez, of Puerto Rico, benefited from an incident on the last lap between Rudy Vajdak and Thomas Amabile to take the fifteenth and final transfer spot. The five remaining positions in the 45-car field were determined by the promoter.<BR> <BR> <B>Qualifying Times</B><BR> <BR> 1. (42), Peter Cunningham Acura Integra R, 1:01.137, 90.092 <BR> 2. (14), Scott Bradley(R) Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.140, 90.088 <BR> 3. (1), Pierre Kleinubing Acura Integra R, 1:01.161, 90.057 <BR> 4. (4), Shauna Marinus Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.188, 90.017 <BR> 5. (18), Tom Fowler(R) Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.192, 90.011 <BR> 6. (92), Will Turner BMW 325i, 1:01.197, 90.004 <BR> 7. (7), Ken Dobson BMW 325Ci, 1:01.442, 89.645 <BR> 8. (26), Steve Pfeffer BMW 325is, 1:01.458, 89.622 <BR> 9. (8), Taz Harvey Honda Civic Si, 1:01.469, 89.606 <BR> 10. (19), Chuck Hemmingson Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.472, 89.601 <BR> 11. (38), Kip Van_Steenburg(R) BMW 325i, 1:01.508, 89.549 <BR> 12. (96), Charles Espenlaub Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.520, 89.531 13. (93), Bobby Sak BMW 325i, 1:01.542, 89.499 <BR> 14. (70), Robert Baxter(R) Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.559, 89.475 <BR> 15. (40), Paul Bonaccorsi Mazda ProtegeES, 1:01.619, 89.388 <BR> 16. (98), Kevin Schrantz VW Jetta, 1:01.717, 89.246 <BR> 17. (32), Paul Gargiulo BMW 325, 1:01.746, 89.204 <BR> 18. (88), Roger Foo, Mazda Protege5, 1:01.762, 89.181 <BR> 19. (81), Mike Fitzgerald Lexus IS 300, 1:01.764, 89.178 <BR> 20. (11), Bobby Carter(R) BMW 325is, 1:01.995, 88.845 <BR> 21. (77), Paul Lambert Audi A4, 1:02.065, 88.745 <BR> 22. (94), Frank Selldorff(R) BMW 325i, 1:02.092, 88.707 <BR> 23. (55), Neal Sapp BMW 325is, 1:02.158, 88.612 <BR> 24. (78), Jon Prall(R) BMW 328i, 1:02.184, 88.575 <BR> 25. (53), Paul Alderman BMW 325is, 1:02.215, 88.531 <BR> 26. (27), John Bosch(R) BMW 328i, 1:02.569, 88.030 <BR> 27. (37), Mark Kirberg(R) BMW 325is, no time <BR> 28. (0), Robert Stretch(R) BMW 325i, 1:02.408, 88.257 <BR> 29. (60), Fred Pignataro BMW 325i, 1:02.522, 88.096 <BR> 30. (08), Justin Marks BMW 328is, 1:02.220, 88.524 <BR> 31. (54), Rick Gilhart(R) BMW 325Ci, 1:02.620, 87.959 <BR> 32. (62), Peter Tonelli BMW 325i, 1:02.923, 87.535 <BR> 33. (68), Leo Capaidi Mercury Cougar, 1:02.482, 88.153 <BR> 34. (47), Andrew Lewis(R) Acura Integra R, 1:02.454, 88.192 <BR> 35. (71), Alex Juhasz BMW 328i, 1:03.389, 86.892 <BR> 36. (74), Stephan Bastrzycki Honda Prelude, 1:03.385, 86.897 <BR> 37. (28), Nick Vitucci Acura GSR, 1:02.665, 87.895 <BR> 38. (90), Matthew Sklarz BMW 328is, 1:02.952, 87.495 <BR> 39. (16), Phil Parlato BMW 328i, 1:02.736, 87.796 <BR> 40. (50), Raan Rodriguez BMW 325i, 1:03.802, 86.329 <BR> 41. (80), Mark Mitchell(R) Honda Civic Si, 1:02.951, 87.496 <BR> 42. (05), Rudy Vajdak Honda PreludeSH, 1:03.139, 87.236 <BR> 43. (34), Michael Thornley(R) Acura Integra R, 1:03.408, 86.866 44. (24), Jim Osborn(R) BMW 325Ci, 1:02.648, 87.919 <BR> 45. (02), Walter Markes_Jr. BMW 325i, 1:03.297, 87.018<BR> <BR> <BR> </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>