WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 6, 2008) 聙聯 Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., was quickest in the second practice session for Round Six of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championship, but couldn聙聶t top the morning time of Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., who was fastest on the day at Watkins Glen International.With temperatures surpassing the 90 degree mark in this afternoon聙聶s SCCA SPEED Touring Car practice session, Herr聙聶s No. 97 Mazdapseed/Tindol Motorsports MAZDA6 was unable to top Kleinubing聙聶s morning time of 2:06.497 (96.761 mph).Despite being the fastest car of the day, the No. 42 Acura/RealTime/Eibach/Red Line Acura TSX driver still had some trepidations about the pace of the Acura versus the Mazda at Watkins Glen.聙聹Last year I thought we were going to do really well here, but we got smoked,聙聺 Kleinubing said. 聙聹Nothing聙聶s changed really and I don聙聶t know what the Mazda guys are doing, but if they do what they did last year I don聙聶t think we have a chance.聙聹So far so good though. The car could be better, but we聙聶ll be working hard on it.聙聹I like Watkins Glen a lot,聙聺 Kleinubing added. 聙聹It聙聶s got lots of fast corners and sweeping corners, which I like a lot. Especially in these cars, it聙聶s pretty fun. They can get pretty edgy in a loose situation, which is the way I like it to drive.聙聺Kleinubing was followed by his teammate, Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., in the combined practice times. Cunningham turned a 2:06.745 (96.249 mph) behind the wheel of the No. 42 Acura/RealTime/Eibach/Red Line Acura TSX in the morning session.Herr聙聶s lap of 2:07.483 (96.012 mph) was the fastest of the afternoon, but was slower than the Lime Rock Park winner聙聶s morning time of 2:07.170 (96.249 mph) which put him third on the combined practice time sheet.聙聹The car聙聶s been really good,聙聺 Herr said. 聙聹We聙聶ve changed over from Moton shocks to Ohlins shocks. Galati, myself and Putman have been working with the technicians to get the setup perfect. We聙聶ve run it in cool temperatures and now we聙聶ve run it in extremely hot temperatures. We made a change and I went eight-tenths of a second quicker, so we聙聶re making really good progress with the Ohlins suspension so far.聙聹When I ran here last year with the Audi we didn聙聶t have the top end horsepower, but the Mazdas seem to have a good balance. They seem to be right where the Acuras are. I struggled with the Audi last year, but this track seems to compliment the Mazdas as Randy Pobst showed last year (winning both SPEED Touring Car races). 聙聹Tindol is trying to give me the best car they can this weekend to get the back-to-back win. I hope my teammate Galati and I can qualify together, because you need drafting to put a good lap together.聙聺Michael Galati, of Olmstead, Ohio, was fourth fastest in both the afternoon practice and in combined practice times. Driving the No. 95 Mazda North America/Tindol Motorsports MAZDA6, Galati turned his fastest time of 2:07.173 (96.246 mph) in the morning session.Rookie Jason Saini, of Fort Worth, Texas, also turned his fastest lap in the morning session. A lap of 2:07.310 (96.143 mph) put Saini聙聶s No. 74 Mazdaspeed/Stoptech/Racinghart MAZDA6 fifth fastest on the day.James Clay (BMW 325i), Kuno Wittmer (Acura TSX), Seth Thomas (BMW 325i), Dino Crescentini (Acura TSX) and Jim Daniels (MAZDA6) completed the top ten in combined practice times.Qualifying for Round Six of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED Touring Car Championship is set for 8:00 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 7. The 50-minute race will launch from a standing start at 8:35 a.m. (EDT) on Sunday, June 8. Live timing and lap notes are available at .