Terror Turns Into Desire for Doran Racing’s Brix
At the EMCO Gears Classic
By Linda Mansfield

“I am going to die!”

That was Harrison Brix’s initial reaction as four Daytona Prototypes bore
down on his Grease Monkey Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car on the backstretch of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the 2004 EMCO Gears Classic.

Although there was quite a bit of difference in the top speeds of a Daytona
Prototype and the top speeds of a SGS car, happily Brix did survive. He and
co-driver Gene Sigal actually finished fifth in the SGS class that day.

“It was the first Rolex Series race I’d ever run, and it was tough,” Brix
recalled. “The car rolled out for practice and practically burned to the
ground. They made repairs, and the first time I drove it was during qualifying.

“The first time I actually saw a Daytona Prototype while I was driving was
during the race, and when that pack came down on me it was unnerving, to say the
least,” he added. “I’d never seen them coming at me in my mirrors before.

“After I got over my initial terror, I thought, ‘I have to drive one of
those,’” Brix added.

Fast-forward two years and Brix is doing just that. He’ll share the Feeds the
Need Racing/Doran Racing Kodak EasyShare DORAN JE4 Ford with Terry Borcheller
here in this year’s EMCO Gears Classic. The yellow and black No. 77 carries
the colors of the Kodak EasyShare System, Amp’d Mobile and SIRIUS.

Although Brix, of San Jose, Calif., is in his first full season of Rolex
Series competition, Borcheller, of Vero Beach, Fla., has been a star of the series
since its inception. He won the Daytona Prototype driver championship in
2003. He and his main co-driver that year, Forest Barber, won this race that
year in another DORAN JE4 fielded by Bell Motorsports.

This weekend will mark Brix’s first race in the Daytona Prototype class at
Mid-Ohio, and he’s really looking forward to it. He has two terrific mentors to
help him get adjusted in Borcheller and the team owner, Kevin Doran.

Anyone looking for a team from Ohio to root for doesn’t have to look any
further than the Doran Racing squad. The team is located in Lebanon, Ohio, a
suburb of Cincinnati. The car was even built there as part of the work of a
sister Doran Enterprises company, Doran Designs.

“Mid-Ohio is Doran’s home track, and whenever you drive for a team at its
home track, it’s important to have a good result,” Brix pointed out.

Everyone on the team will be trying their best to achieve just that in both
the 30-minute Daytona Prototype race on Friday and Saturday’s EMCO Gears
Classic, when the Daytona Prototypes and the GT cars run simultaneously.

And this year, it’ll be Brix’s turn to bear down on the slower class.

Internet users can follow the team throughout the year through its Web site
at doranracing.com. All the Rolex Series races are also broadcast on SPEED.