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Hot News & Press from Doran Racing

Doran Racing to Carry Kodak EasyShare Colors in '06;
Borcheller and Brix to be Team's Primary Drivers;
Barber and Jourdain Round Out Driver Roster for Rolex 24


LEBANON, Ohio, Jan. 3 - Doran Racing is pleased to announce that the Kodak
EasyShare System will sponsor its DORAN JE4 Ford in the 2006 Grand American
Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal.

The Lebanon, Ohio-based team is also pleased to announce that its two primary
drivers for 2006 will be the driver with the most Rolex Series class
victories in history, 2003 Daytona Prototype champion Terry Borcheller, and promising
rookie Harrison Brix.

The car will be called the Feeds the Need/Doran Racing Kodak EasyShare DORAN
JE4 Ford and it will carry the number 77.  SIRIUS Satellite Radio will be one
of the entry's associate sponsors.

Feeds the Need Racing's Forest Barber will join Borcheller and Brix behind
the wheel for the series' three longest races of the year, including the
prestigious 44th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach,
Fla. Jan. 26-29.

Kevin Doran, the president of Doran Enterprises, also said that the entry's
fourth driver for this year's Rolex 24 will be Michel Jourdain Jr., who is most
famous for his many accomplishments in the Champ Car World Series.

Doran Enterprises has been an important part of the Grand American Rolex
Series since the series' inception. It not only fields one or more cars in its
events, but it is also a car constructor through its Doran Designs division, the
manufacturer of the DORAN JE4 Daytona Prototype.  Borcheller and Barber, along
with Christian Fittipaldi and Andy Pilgrim, were in a Kodak-sponsored DORAN
JE4 when they won the 2004 Rolex 24 at Daytona.  Borcheller won the 2003
Daytona Prototype championship in the same DORAN JE4, one of six professional
championships he has earned so far in his racing career.

"The success of the Rolex Series has made the competition tougher than it's
ever been," noted team owner/manager Kevin Doran, who has been victorious in
six different Rolex 24s personally in a variety of roles: twice as a crew chief
(1986 and 1987); once as a team member (1989); twice as a team manager (1998
and 2002); twice as a car owner (1998 and 2002) and once as a car manufacturer
(2004).

"We're constantly developing the DORAN JE4, and I'm confident that we have a
strong package," Doran said.  "We're happy to be working with Robert Yates and
Ford, and we're pleased to have Kodak and SIRIUS on board.

"Everyone knows Terry's accomplishments," Doran added.  "Harrison will learn
from him. Forest will help us in many different ways. We're glad that Michel
is doing his first Rolex 24 with us.  He'll generate even more interest in our
team."

"It's always good when you're involved with a car manufacturer," noted
Borcheller, 39, of Gainesville, Ga.  "That's a big attraction for me.  Nobody wants
to win more than a manufacturer; his investment is at stake.

"This keeps my involvement consistent with the DORAN JE4, as well as with
Kodak; Forest; my personal sponsors, K & N Filters and the Bondurant School; and
the series and the fans," Borcheller added.

"I'm extremely excited about working with Kevin Doran, Terry Borcheller and
Forest Barber this year, and also Michel Jourdain at the Rolex 24," said Brix,
25, of San Jose, Calif., the 2003-2004 Skip Barber Western Series champion and
Rookie of the Year.  "I'm really looking forward to having Terry as my mentor
in my first full season in the Rolex Series."

"I am looking forward to what promises to be the most competitive season yet
in the GARRA Daytona Prototype class," said Barber, 53, of Fort Worth, Texas,
who plans to drive the car at the Rolex 24; the Six Hours of the Glen at
Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y. June 2-3; and at the nine-hour
season finale at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah Aug. 31-Sept. 2.

"I am also looking forward to racing with Terry in the Grand-Am Cup GS class
Ford Mustang No. 2 run by Blackforest Motorsports this season," Barber added.
"It should be a fun and challenging year!"

"Competing in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is a huge dream come true in my
life and career," said Jourdain, 29, of Mexico City, Mexico.  "My dad and my
uncle raced there many times, so I always grew up wanting to do it really bad.

"As for doing it with Doran Racing, I can't think of a better environment to
do my first 24 hours of Daytona," he added.  "Kevin has so much experience,
and I'm sure he will guide me through everything I need to do and not do."

"I think we have a good chance," he continued.  "The car is fast and
reliable, so as long as we stay on the track with no big problems we should be looking
good to have a great result."

Doran Racing, which is based in the Cincinnati suburb of Lebanon, Ohio, will
participate in testing at Daytona this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

All of the Grand American Rolex Series races are broadcast on SPEED.  More
information on the team and its many accomplishments can be found on its Web
site at doranracing.com. The series' Web site is at grandamerican.com. The Grand
American section of Kodak's Web site is at Kodak.com/US/en/consumer/garr/,
while the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Web site is at sirius.com. Borcheller's Web site
is at tborcheller.com and Barber's is at feedstheneedracing.com.

The 14-race 2006 Rolex Series Daytona Prototype schedule, which is subject to
change, follows:


Jan. 26-29  Rolex 24, Daytona Int'l Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
March 2-4       Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
March 23-25 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla.
April 7-8       Long Beach Street Course, Long Beach, Calif.
April 21-23 Virginia Int'l Raceway, Alton, Va.
May 5-7     Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
May 12-14       Phoenix Int'l Raceway, Phoenix, Ariz.
June 2-3        Watkins Glen Six Hour, Watkins Glen Int'l, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
June 23-25  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
June 29     Daytona Int'l Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
July 28-30  Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala.
Aug. 10-11  Watkins Glen Int'l, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 24-26  Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Nine Hours, Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah

 
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