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Doran-Lista Seventh in Practice
At Barber Motorsports Park Friday

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 8 - Didier Theys of Scottsdale, Ariz. and Andrea
Montermini of Modena, Italy got their first look at Barber Motorsports Park
Thursday. Friday the pair recorded the seventh-fastest time in both the first and
second official practice sessions for Sunday's Porsche 250 presented by Bradley
Arant Rolex series race with the car they'll share for that event, the
Doran-Lista DORAN JE4 Lexus #27.

The Lebanon, Ohio-based team's best time in the first practice session Friday
was a 1:21.320 (101.820 mph average). Its best time in Friday afternoon's
session was a 1:22.024 (100.946 mph).

Both sessions were held under overcast but dry conditions. Rain is predicted
Sunday.

Qualifying for the Daytona Prototype class is scheduled for Saturday at 1:15
p.m. Eastern time.

Sunday's 250-mile, 109-lap, two-hour-and-45-minute race is scheduled to get
the green flag at noon. It will be broadcast live on SPEED beginning at 1 p.m.
Eastern time.

Quotes follow:

Didier Theys: "We're working on the chassis to make the car the best as we
possibly can for Sunday. The overall layout of this track is very good. It
reminds me of European tracks. The track was designed for motorcycles or smaller
cars than ours, so passing is going to be difficult. That will be the same for
everyone, but I think there will be a lot of door-to-door racing between the
Daytona Prototypes and the GT cars. The key will be to keep our nose clean
and try to have a good finish."

Andrea Montermini: "It's a very nice track. It's not high speed, but it's
very technical. There are a couple of hairpins and the up and down hills make
driving very nice. The handling of the car and the brakes are very important
here. If you have enough downforce and brakes, then you're not driving too
much on the edge. It's easy to lock the brakes here though if your set-up isn't
right."

For more information see www.lista.com, www.listaintl.com,
www.doranracing.com, www.grandamerican.com and www.restartcommunications.com.

 

 
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