SEBRING, Fla. (March 12, 2008) Canadian Kuno Wittmers morning practice time at Sebring held throughout the afternoon session as the fastest practice time of the day for Round One of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the 56th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Seth Thomas, of Cumming, Ga., and Peter Cunningham, of Grafton, Wis., completed the top three.The 2:21.823 (93.919 mph) entered by Wittmer, of Montreal, Quebec, in the morning session could not be topped in afternoon practice despite the attempts of Wittmers RealTime teammates and BimmerWorlds Thomas and James Clay. Wittmers No. 44 Acura Certified Pre-Owned/RealTime Racing Acura TSX was the only car able to break the 2:22 mark all day.The car is really working great, Wittmer said. Hats off to RealTime for putting the car together properly. Its all thanks to them and Acura really. Im very grateful to be in World Challenge again and with RealTime.Theres definitely some characteristics Id like to have from the RSX on the TSX, but the gearbox is sweet and its the latest technology from Acura. The TSX definitely responds to the bumps better. The RSX is more twitchy - its a two-door versus a four-door. There are some tracks where the RSX will be faster than the TSX as we saw last year, but I think the TSX is the way to go.Despite topping the second practice session, Thomas was unable to match Wittmers morning time and ended the day second-fastest. Driving the No. 38 BimmerWorld BMW 325i, Thomas fastest time was still his morning session time, a 2:22.333 (93.583 mph).Cunninghams morning time, a 2:22.508 (93.468 mph), remained the third quickest time of the day. The No. 42 Acura Certified Pre-Owned Acura TSX pilot was followed on the timing sheets by teammate Pierre Kleinubing in the No. 43 Acura Certified Pre-Owned Acura TSX, who entered a 2:22.546 (93.443 mph).Thomas teammate and BimmerWorld owner James Clay, of Blacksburg, Va., was fifth-fastest in morning practice. Clay turned a time of 2:22.885 (93.221 mph) in the No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW 325i.Charles Espenalub (MAZDA6), Chip Herr (MAZDA6), Nick Esyian (BMW 325i), Jason Martinelli (BMW 325Ci) and Michael Galati (MAZDA6) completed the top ten in Sebring practice.Qualifying for Round One of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship is set for 11:25 a.m. (EDT). News, live timing and lap notes are available at www.world-challenge.com
