Max Wilson and the Arciero-Blair team concentrated on getting
the car set up for qualifying and the race.
Prior to practice Max walked and rode his bike around it,
familiarizing himself with the 11 turn, 1.721 mile temporary street
circuit.
The circuit is very bumpy and knowing where to place the
car-sometimes off the traditional racing line-is important. Lined
with concrete walls and offering little runoff room, the Toronto
circuit can be very tricky to negotiate.
In the Friday morning session Max ran a total of 48 laps in his
winnerB2B Ford Cosworth/Lola, with a best time of 60.224 seconds,
for an average fastest speed of 107.908 mph.
Later that afternoon he ran another 29 laps, dropping his time to
59.941s. and upping his fastest average speed to 105.404 mph. Max
ran another 34 laps in the Saturday morning practice. Continuing his
form, he lowered his time to 59.517s., with an improvement to
106.155 mph.
Max set that time approximately 30 minutes into the session,
which at that point was the second fastest time of the session.
It was obvious that Max had learned his way around the difficult
circuit and he and the team had found a good setup for qualifying.
They were looking to qualify at least in the top 15, perhaps in the
top 10.
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