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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">SCCA TOURING</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">16/07/2004</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Auberlen Sets New Qualifying Record At Infineon</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">BMW Dominate Front End Of Grid</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/bmw-1-infineon-q-04.jpg"></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"><B>Auberlen Sets New SCCA Speed Touring Car Qualifying Record At Infineon</B><BR> <BR> SCCA SPEED Touring Car point leader Bill Auberlen set a new SCCA SPEED Touring Car qualifying lap record en route to capturing the Air Force Reserve Pole Position for Saturday’s Round Four race at Infineon Raceway, as part of the Grand Prix of Sonoma Presented by Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa. Brazilian Pierre Kleinubing will start on the outside of row one, while Sweden’s Nic Jonsson will start third.<BR> <BR> Auberlen, who set the old qualifying track record last year with a 1:52.395 (80.715 mph), shattered the old record by more than 5.7-seconds with a time of 1:47.671. Auberlen was the fastest throughout most of the session, until Kleinubing set a new fast time with nearly four minutes remaining. Not to be outdone by the Brazilian, Auberlen wanted the pole position and was determined to get it. With a little more than a minute remaining in the session, Auberlen got it in his No. 1 Turner Motorsport/H&R Springs BMW 325i.<BR> <BR> “I wanted to make sure I stayed on the track, so if someone eclipsed my time I could get going right away,” Auberlen said of his decision to stay out on the track throughout the qualifying session. “Instead of trying to do it from pit lane because people can do it in the last minute. And, sure enough here comes Pierre, ‘boom’ and bangs my time down. I needed that point [the fastest qualifier receives one drivers’ point for winning the pole] and I went after that point like it was do or die situation. It was really a nice lap. I’ve had a lot of bad laps here, but that was one of the nicer ones. The car went exactly where I put it. There was not a mistake through the lap and that’s what I needed to beat Pierre’s time. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have got it.”<BR> <BR> Kleinubing piloted the No. 42 A-SPEC/RealTime Racing Acura TSX to the second quickest qualifying time with a 1:47.848 (84.452 mph). <BR> <BR> Jonsson, who is coming off back-to-back second place finishes, will start third in his No. 27 Lectric Air/Tecmark Corporation BMW 325Ci thanks to qualifying time of 1:47.961 (84.363 mph).<BR> <BR> Auberlen’s teammate Justin Marks and Peter Cunningham will start fourth and fifth, respectively <BR> <BR> <BR> 1, (1), Bill Auberlen, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., BMW 325i, 1:47.671, 84.591.<BR> <BR> 2, (42), Pierre Kleinubing, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Acura TSX, 1:47.848, 84.452.<BR> <BR> 3, (27), Nic Jonsson, Buford, Ga., BMW 325Ci, 1:47.961, 84.363.<BR> <BR> 4, (2), Justin Marks, Chico, Calif., BMW 325i, 1:48.018, 84.319.<BR> <BR> 5, (4), Peter Cunningham, W. Bend, Wis., Sentra SE-R, 1:48.323, 84.081.<BR> <BR> 6, (43), Matt Plumb, Newport, R.I., Acura TSX, 1:48.644, 83.833.<BR> <BR> 7, (98), Bob Stretch, Dallas, Texas, BMW 325Ci, 1:49.257, 83.363.<BR> <BR> 8, (36), James Clay, Blacksburg, Va., BMW 325i, 1:49.314, 83.319.<BR> <BR> 9, (18), Paul Lambert, Sonoma, Calif., Audi A4, 1:49.322, 83.313.<BR> <BR> 10, (29), James Sofronas, Newport Beach, Calif., BMW 325Ci, 1:49.363, 83.282.<BR> <BR> 11, (3), Dino Crescentini(R), Malibu, Calif., BMW 325i, 1:49.687, 83.036.<BR> <BR> 12, (37), Matt Richmond, Mooresville, N.C., BMW 325i, 1:49.695, 83.030.<BR> <BR> 13, (71), Shauna Marinus, Folsom, Calif., Mazda Protégé ES, 1:49.704, 83.023.<BR> <BR> 14, (38), Seth Thomas(R), Cumming, Ga., BMW 325i, 1:49.967, 82.824.<BR> <BR> 15, (97), Charles Espenlaub, Lutz, Fla., Mazda Protégé ES, 1:50.101, 82.724.<BR> <BR> 16, (19), Rick Maki(R), Santa Monica, Calif., Audi A4, 1:50.224, 82.631.<BR> <BR> 17, (72), Jeff Altenburg, Ellicott City, Md., Mazda 6, 1:50.286, 82.585.<BR> <BR> 18, (9), Chip Herr(R), Lititz, Pa., Mazda Protégé ES, 1:50.715, 82.265.<BR> <BR> 19, (99), Kevin McKee, San Francisco, Calif., BMW 325Ci, 1:50.828, 82.181.<BR> <BR> 20, (96), Scott Fredricksen(R), Gastonia, N.C., Mazda Protégé ES, 1:50.915, 82.117.<BR> <BR> 21, (78), Jon Prall, Cupertino, Calif., BMW 325Ci, 1:51.332, 81.809.<BR> <BR> 22, (44), Brandon Davis(R), Huntington Beach, Calif., Acura RSX, 1:51.718, 81.526.<BR> <BR> 23, (28), Scott Galaba(R), Chicago, Ill., BMW 325Ci, 1:51.742, 81.509.<BR> <BR> 24, (13), Scott Bradley, Mountain View, Calif., Mazda Protégé ES, 1:52.238, 81.149.<BR> <BR> 25, (46), Nick Esayian(R), Encinitas, Calif., Acura RSX, 1:53.094, 80.534.<BR> <BR> 26, (24), Jim Osborn, Ooltewah, Tenn., BMW 325Ci, 1:53.097, 80.532.<BR> <BR> 27, (21), Seth Neiman(R), Woodside, Calif., BMW 325Ci, 1:53.101, 80.529.<BR> <BR> 28, (00), Andrew Monterrubio, Red Bluff, Calif., Acura Integra R, 1:53.314, 80.378.<BR> <BR> 29, (62), Nick Woodhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, BMW 325i, 1:54.439, 79.588.<BR> <BR> 30, (48), Memo Gidley, Novato, Calif., Ford Focus, 1:58.415, 76.916.<BR> <BR> 31, (49), Brandon Peterson(R), Breckenridge, Colo., Honda Civic Si, 1:58.588, 76.803.<BR> <BR> 32, (05), Mike Davis(R), Marina Del Ray, Calif., Honda Civic, 2:01.747, 74.810.<BR> <BR> 33, (94), Peter Bovenberg, Campbell, Calif., Honda Civic Si, 2:03.441, 73.784.<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>