Last Years Champion Terry Rinker Wins Heat And Will Start 2nd
ST. LOUIS, Missouri – (August 4, 2007) -- St. Louis favorite son, Tim Seebold of the Bud light ChampBoat Racing Team won his 10 lap heat race and had the day’s quickest race time to capture pole position for tomorrow’s 36th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix the 3rd Round of the F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series in front of thousands of race fans around the 6 turn 1.25 course on the west side of downtown St. Louis on Creve Coeur Lake.
The 43 year-old native of Fenton, Missouri started off the afternoon with a qualifying time of 39.10 which turned out to be second fastest of the day and placed him on pole position for the 2nd group who would race for tomorrow’s pole position.
The quickest lap of the afternoon went to last year’s winning driver Terry Rinker of the Amsoil Rinker Racing Leecraft boat with a time of 38.94. Terry went on to win from pole position in the days first 10 lap heat race ahead of the other Bud Light Racing Team driver Michael Seebold who has won this race six previous times and will now start from 3rd position looking for victory for the first time since 1999 in his home town.
Tim had an easy time of it in his heat defeating Wyatt Nelson of Syracuse, New York by over 23 seconds as the architect from upstate New York will now start from the fourth position. Another St. Louis driver, Todd Beckman, in a guest ride with Matt Sadl’s Racing Seebold built boat is starting 5th and searching for his 2nd victory in St. Louis and his first since 2000.
Last year’s Rookie-of-the-Year runner-up Brian Normand was 3rd in the 2nd heat and will start 6th overall in his Dobson/Swipes sponsored Seebold as he searches for his first ever victory. Next to him in 7th will be Shaun Torrente of Miami, Florida in the Gary L Barton sponsored California Gold entry. The ex-Florida State student is 2nd in the points race and one spot ahead of series points leader Chris Fairchild from Paw Paw, Illinois who will line up 8th off the dock looking for his 2nd win of the season.
Todd Bowden of Los Angeles, California will start a disappointing 9th in the California Gold Gran Prix boat while Randy Rinker of Syracuse, Indiana will take the final qualifying position in 10th place with the remainder of the field being forced to run a “B” main to decide the final 7 positions for tomorrow’s 50 final.
Missing the final top 10 cut today were Jeff Sheperd of Tennessee, Brian Venton of Toronto, Ontario, Chuck Unkle of Thomasville, Georgia, Mark Major of Toronto, Ontario, Ned Mihaljovic of Pompano Beach, Florida by way of Belgrade, Serbia, Lynn Simburger of Elsah, Illinois and Marco Gambi of Milan, Italy.
Drivers from four different nations and two different continents are set for 50 laps around the 1.25 mile 6 turn course as the 3rd Round of F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series and the 36th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 3 pm (15.00) CDT, 16.00 Eastern Daylight Time and 21:00 GMT tomorrow afternoon.
ST. LOUIS, Missouri – (August 4, 2007) -- St. Louis favorite son, Tim Seebold of the Bud light ChampBoat Racing Team won his 10 lap heat race and had the day’s quickest race time to capture pole position for tomorrow’s 36th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix the 3rd Round of the F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series in front of thousands of race fans around the 6 turn 1.25 course on the west side of downtown St. Louis on Creve Coeur Lake.
The 43 year-old native of Fenton, Missouri started off the afternoon with a qualifying time of 39.10 which turned out to be second fastest of the day and placed him on pole position for the 2nd group who would race for tomorrow’s pole position.
The quickest lap of the afternoon went to last year’s winning driver Terry Rinker of the Amsoil Rinker Racing Leecraft boat with a time of 38.94. Terry went on to win from pole position in the days first 10 lap heat race ahead of the other Bud Light Racing Team driver Michael Seebold who has won this race six previous times and will now start from 3rd position looking for victory for the first time since 1999 in his home town.
Tim had an easy time of it in his heat defeating Wyatt Nelson of Syracuse, New York by over 23 seconds as the architect from upstate New York will now start from the fourth position. Another St. Louis driver, Todd Beckman, in a guest ride with Matt Sadl’s Racing Seebold built boat is starting 5th and searching for his 2nd victory in St. Louis and his first since 2000.
Last year’s Rookie-of-the-Year runner-up Brian Normand was 3rd in the 2nd heat and will start 6th overall in his Dobson/Swipes sponsored Seebold as he searches for his first ever victory. Next to him in 7th will be Shaun Torrente of Miami, Florida in the Gary L Barton sponsored California Gold entry. The ex-Florida State student is 2nd in the points race and one spot ahead of series points leader Chris Fairchild from Paw Paw, Illinois who will line up 8th off the dock looking for his 2nd win of the season.
Todd Bowden of Los Angeles, California will start a disappointing 9th in the California Gold Gran Prix boat while Randy Rinker of Syracuse, Indiana will take the final qualifying position in 10th place with the remainder of the field being forced to run a “B” main to decide the final 7 positions for tomorrow’s 50 final.
Missing the final top 10 cut today were Jeff Sheperd of Tennessee, Brian Venton of Toronto, Ontario, Chuck Unkle of Thomasville, Georgia, Mark Major of Toronto, Ontario, Ned Mihaljovic of Pompano Beach, Florida by way of Belgrade, Serbia, Lynn Simburger of Elsah, Illinois and Marco Gambi of Milan, Italy.
Drivers from four different nations and two different continents are set for 50 laps around the 1.25 mile 6 turn course as the 3rd Round of F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series and the 36th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 3 pm (15.00) CDT, 16.00 Eastern Daylight Time and 21:00 GMT tomorrow afternoon.
