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Borcheller Hopes History Repeats Itself
And He'll be Victorious July 30
At Barber Motorsports Park


LEBANON, Ohio, July 21 - The people who operate Barber Motorsports Park near
Birmingham, Ala. appreciate history. After all, there's a 144,000-square-foot,
four-story motorsports museum on the grounds of the 720-ace park.

Driver Terry Borcheller will always be a part of the facility's history. He
and Forest Barber won the very first professional auto race at Barber
Motorsports Park's 2.38-mile, 16-turn road course in May 2003 in a DORAN JE4.

Now Borcheller, of Vero Beach, Fla., and Harrison Brix of San Jose, Calif.
will try to duplicate those winning ways in the Porsche 250 presented by Bradley
Arant Rolex Series race July 28-30.  They'll drive the Feeds the Need/Doran
Racing DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77, which carries the colors of the Kodak EasyShare
System, Amp'd Mobile and SIRIUS.

The 250-mile race will be broadcast on SPEED at 3 p.m. Eastern time July 30.

"Forest and I won the first race there, which was a big win for us," recalled
Borcheller, who went on to the Daytona Prototype driver championship that
year.  "It was the first professional race that they had there, and to win that
was very cool.  I don't know that I've ever had that experience before, so that
was very special.

"The DORAN has done well there," Borcheller added. "We qualified outside pole
the year before last."

Borcheller and Ralf Kelleners qualified eighth for this race last year and
finished fifth in the Bell Motorsports DORAN JE4 Pontiac.  Doran Racing's DORAN
JE4 Ford No. 77 of Matteo Bobbi and Fabrizio Gollin qualified fourth and
finished tenth, while the Doran Labonte Racing DORAN JE4 Pontiac No. 78 of Bobby
Labonte and Roberto Moreno qualified 16th and finished 17th.

Borcheller and Christian Fittipaldi qualified second for this event in 2004
but finished 22nd when Fittipaldi crashed four laps from the end in rain while
running third.  The Doran Racing DORAN JE4 Lexus of Didier Theys and Andrea
Montermini qualified tenth and finished fifth that year.

In addition to competing in Rolex Series races at Barber Motorsports Park,
Borcheller said that he teaches "a handful" of schools each year at the Porsche
Driving Experience sessions held at this track.  "Along with the Bondurant
School, it's one of the best schools in the country," he said.  "They do a really
great job."

When the green flag drops on the Porsche 250 on July 30 it'll mark the start
of a four-race, four-state, cross-country push to close the Daytona Prototype
season in only 34 days.  After the race at Barber Motorsports Park on July 30
the circuit travels to Watkins Glen, N.Y. for a DP-only race on Friday night,
Aug. 11 as part of that track's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup weekend.  Then it's off to
Sonoma, Calif. for a race at Infineon Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 26 as part of
an Indy Racing League program.  The Rolex Series' season finale is slated for a
new track, Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, on Saturday, Sept. 2,
with a nine-hour extravaganza.

There's a promoter's test day on Thursday, July 27 at Barber Motorsports
Park, with practice starting the next morning. Qualifying for the DP class is
Saturday, July 29 at 1:30 p.m.  The 250-mile/109-lap/two-hour-and-45-minute race
starts at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 30.

For more information see doranracing.com, grandamerican.com, tborcheller.com,
harrisonbrix.com and barbermotorsports.com. The series' Web site will have
live timing and scoring.


 
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