CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING: DIAZ EDGES GOLLIN FOR POLE.Byline: Louis Brewster Staff Writer FONTANA - Fabrizio Gollin Fabrizio Gollin (born March 24th, 1975 in Camposanpierom, Italy), is an Italian racing driver who shared the FIA GT Championship with Luca Caparelli in 2004 while driving for BMS Scuderia Italia. was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. finish to Saturday's qualifying for the Rolex Grand American For sports car racing association formed in 1999, see . Grand American was a NASCAR sanctioned series of pony car stock cars. The series ran from 1968 until 1971. The series was sometimes called the Baby Grand series. Daytona Prototypes at California Speedway The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. . Gollin got his wish, but still finished with a broken heart. Luis Diaz turned in the best lap of the day as the qualifying session was ending to take the pole position pole position Noun 1. (in motor racing) the starting position on the inside of the front row, generally considered the best one 2. an advantageous starting position Noun 1. for today's Ferrari Maserati 400, the third of 14 races in the sports car series. Diaz pushed his CompUSA Lexus Riley around the 2.88-mile, 21-turn road course 0.030 seconds faster than Gollin. Diaz, who will share driving duties in today's 89-lap race with Scott Pruett  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , turned in a lap of 1:33.368 at 108.745 mph as time expired in the 15-minute qualifying session. Gollin, who lost the top spot twice in that time span, turned in a lap of 1:33.386 at 108.710 mph in his Lexus-powered Doran Racing entry. It's the same car that won the pole here last fall in the season finale, and the same one that Pruett and Max Papis drove to the victory. Diaz replaced Papis in the Chip Ganassi lineup this season and drove the car to its 13th pole in 15 starts, but first in his career. ``I had traffic on the last lap, but the car was getting better and more balanced,'' said Diaz, a 27-year-old native of Mexico City. ``It was getting better with each lap. This series is so competitive, not only in the races but in qualifying. ``You just have to keep pushing it, even if you have traffic. Even if the car is not perfect, you have to keep pushing.'' Diaz, tied for 10th in the standings with Pruett behind Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli, said his career got a boost with his first pole. ``This is very important to me,'' said Diaz, who drove in one Champ Car race in 2003. ``We couldn't get it at Homestead. ``The (third) turn will be very tight on the first lap,'' he said. ``I hope I can bring the car back in one piece to Scott.'' Gollin, who will co-drive with Matteo Bobbi, had the top lap early and rebounded from the fourth spot to the front before Diaz's last-second run. ``Every session we get better,'' said Gollin, whose Crown Royal Special Reserve team took second in the last race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Louis Brewster, (909) 483-9363 l-brewster(at)dailybulletin.com |
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