Le Mans Qualifying
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Last weekend Synergy Motorsport were at the famous Fench racetrack to test their two cars and to officially qualify.
Thanks to other teams dropping out prior to the weekend, both of Synergy's cars are now entered for the 24 hour race in June.
The plan to field a ladies team in car 96 has been postponed until 2005. Lead driver Amanda Stretton has announced that she's pregnant and other ladies in the frame have also had plans scuppered for various reasons.
In their place stepped Nigel Greensall, Lawrence Tomlinson and Jonathan Coleman. Greensall and Tomlinson have been racing the successful Team RSR Tuscan R in the British GT Championship as well as having a wealth of experience previously. Coleman is best known as a Radical Racer.
The other car, number was occupied by 89 was driven by Bob Berridge, Chris Stockton and team owner Gareth Evans. Michael Caine is also being held in reserve.
After the weekend's qualifying, car 89 finished 44th overall, 10th in class and car 96 was in 48th, 14th in class. There are sixteen cars in the GT class.
The Morgan Aero 8 finished the weekend at the tail of the times, with Neil Cunningham, Adam Sharpe and Keith Ahlers bringing the car in 52nd overall (4:27.573 seconds)
Fastest in the GT class was the White Lightning Racing 911 GT3-RSR with a time of 4:05.979.
Martin Short's Rollcentre team brought their Dallara Judd home in 11th place in the LMP1 class (the fastest cars) ahead of 9 other LMP1's.
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