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17.04.2008
Long Beach : Fast Facts COOPER TIRES PRESENTS THE ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY MAZDA IMPERIAL CAPITAL BANK ATLANTIC CHALLENGE OF LONG BEACH WHAT: Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Challenge of Long Beach WHERE: Long Beach, Calif. ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND SCHEDULE (All times local, PT): FRIDAY, APRIL 18 – Practice: 8:00 – 8:45 a.m., First Round Qualifying: 12:15 – 12:50 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 19 – Practice: 8:35 – 9:20 a.m., Final Qualifying: 12:50 – 1:25 p.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 20 – Warm-Up: 8:00 – 8:15 a.m., Race: 10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. TRACK LAYOUT: 1.968-mile temporary street circuit RACE LENGTH: 50-minute time limit TRACK RECORDS (based on current layout): Qualifying (one lap) – 4/14/07, Raphael Matos, 1:15.724, 93.561 mph Race (full distance) – 4/15/00, Buddy Rice, 45:44.100, 82.619 mph RACE ROUND: Round 1 of the 11-race 2008 Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda NEXT RACE: Monterey Festival of Speed – Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, May 18 INSTANT REPLAY: After winning the season-opening event in Las Vegas one weekend earlier, Brazilian driver Raphael Matos turned in a dominating weekend in Long Beach by taking the pole position and leading every lap en route to his second consecutive victory. Jonathan Bomarito finished second, 1.517 seconds in arrears, while Canadian rookie Robert Wickens completed the podium. American youngster John Edwards finished fourth and Franck Perera completed the top five. LONG BEACH RACE HISTORY (24 events, 1978-82, 1989-Present) Year Race winner Pole winner 1978 Howdy Holmes Bobby Rahal 1979 Tom Gloy Kevin Cogan 1980 Tom Gloy Tom Gloy 1981 Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham 1982 Geoff Brabham Willy T. Ribbs 1989 Hiro Matsushita Scott Goodyear 1990 Mark Dismore Mark Dismore 1991 Jimmy Vasser Jimmy Vasser 1992 Mark Dismore Chris Smith 1993 Claude Bourbonnais Jacques Villeneuve** 1994 Richie Hearn Greg Ray 1995 David Empringham Richie Hearn 1996 Case Montgomery Case Montgomery 1997 Alex Tagliani Case Montgomery 1998 Memo Gidley Buddy Rice 1999 Alex Tagliani Kenny Wilden 2000 Buddy Rice Dan Wheldon 2001 David Rutledge David Rutledge 2002 Michael Valiante Joey Hand 2003 A.J. Allmendinger A.J. Allmendinger 2004 Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel 2005 Katherine Legge Antoine Bessette 2006 Andreas Wirth Andreas Wirth 2007 Raphael Matos Raphael Matos ** - Son of Gilles Villeneuve Multiple Race Winners Tom Gloy, 2 Geoff Brabham, 2 Mark Dismore, 2 Alex Tagliani, 2 Multiple Pole Winners Case Montgomery, 2
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