FATL: Toronto report

• "James R. Hyneman" <103735.3402@CompuServe.COM>
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Sun Jul 14 06:21:48 EDT 1996

	TORONTO-- Patrick Carpentier, of Joliette, Que., captured his second
straight Player's/Toyota Atlantic Championship victory Saturday at the Molson
Indy Toronto.
	Carpentier's victory, his second consecutive wire-to-wire triumph,
improved the 24-year-old's lead in the points championship with 107 after six of
the 12 scheduled events. Case Montgomery, of Salinas, Calif., moved into second
with 73 points, after finishing second in the race. Lee Bentham, of Richmond
Hill, Ont., fell to third in the points with 70 after a 16th-place finish.
	Carpentier's third victory of the season came under a yellow-flag, the
third full-course caution of the one-hour timed event. Carpentier was leading
Montgomery by just a car-length when Serge Szortyka, of Sinking Spring, Pa.,
crashed his Ralt RT-41 with seven minutes remaining, bringing out the final
yellow flag. From there, Carpentier cruised the final three laps under caution
to collect his fifth career Atlantic victory.
	Carpentier averaged 69.098 miles-per-hour in the race, slowed
considerably by the three caution periods, and completed the race in
1:00:24.901.
	The Player's/Toyota Atlantic Championship continues Aug. 3 at
Trois-Rivieres, Que.


	TORONTO -- Results Saturday of the 39-lap Player's/Toyota Atlantic
Championship race on the 1.784-mile (2.871 km) temporary street circuit at the
Molson Indy Toronto, with finishing position, starting position, driver,
hometown or country, car, laps completed, prize money, and reason out, if any:<

  1. (1) Patrick Carpentier, Joliette, Que, Ralt RT-41, 39, $22,000 (69.098
mph).
  2. (4) Case Montgomery, Salinas, Calif., Ralt RT-41, 39, $12,500.
  3. (3) Paul Jasper,  Lake Forest, Ill., Ralt RT-41, 39, $9,000.
  4. (8) Eric Lang, New York, N.Y., Ralt RT-41, 39, $7,000.
  5. (7) Stan Wattles, Sewall's Point, Fla., Ralt RT-41, 39, $6,000.
  6. (9) Robert Sollenskog,  Antioch, Ill., Ralt RT-40, 39, $5,000.
  7. (10) Cam Binder, Calgary, Alta., Ralt RT-41, 39, $4,000.
  8. (14) Thane Sellers, San Francisco, Calif., Reynard 93H, 39, $5,500.
  9. (15) Frank Allers, Coquitiam, B.C., Reynard 93H, 39, $3,600.
  10. (12) Michael David, Corona, Calif., Ralt RT-41, 39, $2,100.
  11. (17) Russ Bond, Toronto, Ont., Reynard 92H, 39, $2,500.
  12. (16) Scott Wood, Houston, Texas, Ralt RT-41, 38, $1,400.
  13. (13) Sergei Szortyka, Sinking Spring, Pa., Ralt RT-41, 34, $1,300,
mechanical.
  14. (5) Alexandre Tagliani, Lachenaie, Que.,  Ralt RT-41, 33, $1,200,
mechanical.
  15. (19) David Cutler,  Medina, Wash., Ralt RT-40, 32, $1,100, gearbox.
  16. (2) Lee Bentham, Richmond Hill, Ont., Ralt RT-41, 31, mechanical.
  17. (6) Jeret Schroeder, Vineland, N.J., Ralt RT-41, 25, ignition.
  18. (11) Mike Shank, Columbus, Ohio, Swift DB-4, 22, $500, mechanical.
  19. (21) Mike Sauce, Arlington, Texas, Reynard 92H, 20, $300, electrical.
  20. (20) Stephen Sardelli, Jamestown, R.I., XFR-GS96, 3, accident.
  21. (18) Jimmy Pugliese, Oceanside, N.Y., Swift DB-4, 0, did not start.

RACE STATISTICS:

	Time of race: 1:00:24.901; average speed: 69.098 miles-per-hour; margin
of victory: 3.5070 sec.; lap leaders: Carpentier, 1-39; yellow flags: three, for
20 laps; fastest race lap: Montgomery, 1:07.372 (95.327 mph); points standings
(after six of 12 events): Carpentier, 107; Montgomery, 73; Bentham, 70; Jasper,
65; Schroeder, 42. Next race: Trois-Rivieres, Que., Aug. 3.