SportsCar Mosport 1998 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Mosport Festival		Date: 9.8.1998
Track: Mosport International Raceway (Canada), 3.957 kms	Organiser: unknown
SportsCar Mosport
International Motor Sport Association (round 5) IMSA GTS (round 5) International Motor Sport Association (round 5)

Weather:	warm, humid
Start time:	14:30
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	15000

Entered:	16
Practiced:	16
Qualified:	15
Started:	15
Finished:	14

Classes:	Pract	Start
World Sports Car	6	6
Sports Car GT1	2	2
Sports Car GT2	4	4
Sports Car GT3	3	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 110 minutes on 7-8/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 8/8
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Leitzinger / Weaver
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Brabham / Wallace
Sports Car GT2:	6	BMW M3	Bentley / Duez
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Auberlen / Simo
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Dorsey Schroeder (USA)	1:13.514	193.794 km/h	lap 112
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Brabham (AUS)	1:14.685	190.739 km/h	lap 109
Sports Car GT2:	99	Porsche 911 GT2	Andy Pilgrim (USA)	1:25.401	166.809 km/h	lap 69
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:25.486	166.648 km/h	lap 5
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Ferrari 333 SP	Didier Theys (B)	1:12.012	197.837 km/h
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Brabham (AUS)	1:14.710	190.691 km/h
Sports Car GT2:	6	BMW M3	Marc Duez (B)	1:24.622	168.354 km/h
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:24.255	169.078 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (4), Riley & Scott (3), BMW (3), Panoz (2), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (5), Porsche (4), BMW (3), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (3), BMW M3 E36 (3), Panoz GTR-1 (2), Ferrari 333 SP (2), Porsche 911 GT2 (2), Porsche 993 Carrera (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (17), CDN (4), B (3), GB (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (14)
Most used colours:	white (32%), red (19%), blue (17%), silver (17%), yellow (6%), black (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (40%), front-engined (33%), rear-engined (27%)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (62), Jim Downing (56), John Morton (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Butch Leitzinger (29), Bill Auberlen (30), Nick Longhi (33)

Official Race Programme:

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