Motorsport News International
TRANSAM: Mosport report
"Greg Rubenstein" <102354.2056@CompuServe.COM>
MNI - Motorsport News International
Mon May 27 00:17:07 EDT 1996
GENTILOZZI TAKES TRANS-AM WIN AT MOSPORT PARK; BECOMES FIFTH TRANS-AM RACE
WINNER IN FIVE RACES
BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Can. (May 19, 1996) -- Paul Gentilozzi, driving
the #5 HighwayMaster Chevrolet Camaro, became the fifth Trans-Am race
winner in five races, taking the victory at the Sunoco Ultra 94 Trans-Am
Classic at Mosport Park.
Gentilozzi, of Lansing, Mich., started on the pole after qualifying
fifth and became the first Trans-Am race-winner to go flag-to-flag in
1996.
Finishing the 40-lap, 98.36-mile race was Jamie Galles, scoring his
third-consecutive podium finish. Galles, in the #2 ICI/Glidden Camaro,
finished 0.349-second behind Gentilozzi, while Tom Kendall, in the #11
All Sport Body Quencher Ford Mustang Cobra, finished third.
After five of 14 races, Galles leads the Drivers' Championship point
standings with 130, followed by Dorsey Schroeder, 125; Kendall, 117;
Gentilozzi, 98; and Ron Fellows, 96 points. In the Manufacturers'
Championship, Chevrolet leads Ford by six
points, 41 to 35.
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