Rain hits St. Petersburg

UPDATE The rain has stopped and the sun is peeking through the clouds as IndyCar practice has begun. The track is still wet in places, but it is drying.

04/03/09 Rain has begun to fall here in St. Petersburg as the ALMS cars were on track for their very first practice session. It was a light rain when the session started, but by the end the track was soaking wet and lap times were slow. Temperatures are warm with moderate humidity and it is not expected to rain all weekend. Next up is Indy Lights practice. More reports to follow……

ALMS Practice 1 Results

Pos

Num CL Driver Lap Time Behind Gap CP Fastest Driver
1 66 P1 de Ferran/Pagenaud 1:06.125 1 Gil de Ferran
2 9 P1 Brabham/Sharp 1:06.743 -0.618 -0.618 2 David Brabham
3 15 P2 Fernandez/Diaz 1:07.545 -1.420 -0.802 1 Adrian Fernandez
4 20 P2 Leitzinger/Franchi 1:07.819 -1.694 -0.274 2 Marino Franchitti
5 16 P2 Dyson/Smith 1:07.857 -1.732 -0.038 3 Guy Smith
6 37 P1 Field/Field/Ducote 1:11.850 -5.725 -3.993 3 Chapman Ducote
7 87 GT2 Henzler/Werner 1:14.270 -8.145 -2.420 1 Wolf Henzler
8 21 GT2 Farnbacher/James 1:15.442 -9.317 -1.172 2 Dominik Farnbacher
9 45 GT2 Bergmeister/Long 1:15.512 -9.387 -0.070 3 Patrick Long
10 90 GT2 Auberlen/Hand 1:15.792 -9.667 -0.280 4 Joey Hand
11 92 GT2 Mueller/Milner 1:16.027 -9.902 -0.235 5 Dirk Mueller
12 44 GT2 Law/Neiman 1:16.048 -9.923 -0.021 6 Seth Neiman
13 62 GT2 Melo/Kaffer 1:16.200 -10.075 -0.152 7 Pierre Kaffer
14 28 GT2 Gigliotti/Curran 1:16.280 -10.155 -0.080 8 Eric Curran
15 22 GT2 Sutherland /Phinne 1:17.879 -11.754 -1.599 9 Tom Sutherland
16 40 GT2 Robertson/Robertso 1:17.969 -11.844 -0.090 10 David Murry
17 11 GT2 Feinberg/Hall 1:18.839 -12.714 -0.870 11 Joel Feinberg