FTN/Doran
Racing DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77
Will be Racing at the Glen Friday Night,
Aug. 11;
Team Set New Track Record There Last August
LEBANON, Ohio, Aug. 2 - The NASCAR world
is focused on Sunday's Allstate 400
at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, but the following week
the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup stars will be joined
by the Rolex Series' Daytona
Prototype class as part of another big racing
weekend at Watkins Glen International in
Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Fans who leave the Midwest after Sunday's
big race in Indy and travel
approximately 516 miles east have the opportunity
to see all the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
stars plus those of the Rolex Series' Daytona
Prototype division later that
week. The former series' big race at the
Glen is Sunday, Aug. 13, but another very
special event is on tap at the Glen that
Friday night, Aug. 11 when the Rolex
Series' top class, Daytona Prototype, is
featured in the Crown Royal 200 at
the Glen.
The 200-mile/82-lap/two-hour endurance sports
car race will be held on
Watkins Glen's 2.45-mile, 11-turn short course
beginning at 6:30 p.m. local time on
Friday night, Aug. 11. Prior to that there's
a full day of practice and
qualifying starting at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Aug. 10 for those who compete in the Rolex
24 at Daytona each year instead of the Daytona
500.
One of the 26 Daytona Prototypes entered
will carry the colors of the Kodak
EasyShare System so it's sure to be the favorite
of everyone who works at that
company's Rochester, N.Y. headquarters. Amp'd
Mobile and SIRIUS decals are
also found on the beautiful yellow-and-black
Feeds the Need/Doran Racing DORAN
JE4 Ford No. 77 that will be driven by 2003
Daytona Prototype champion Terry
Borcheller of Vero Beach, Fla. and top rookie
Harrison Brix of San Jose, Calif.
Last August the Lebanon, Ohio-based team
won the pole for this race and set a
new Daytona Prototype track record for the
Glen's short course when Fabrizio
Gollin was timed in 1:08.409 for an average
speed of 128.930 miles per hour.
The car also led more laps than any other
in the event before it finished
tenth.
The Rolex Series race will be broadcast on
a same-day, tape-delayed basis
beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern that Friday night
on SPEED.
Both Borcheller and Brix are looking forward
to the race. "I like both
courses at the Glen; the short course has
a good flow to it," said Borcheller, who
in addition to being a race car driver often
serves as a lay minister for
Motorsports Ministries. "Our car has done
well there in the past, so hopefully we
can do well there again in front of the NASCAR
fans."
Brix likes the short course too. "It's a
great high-speed track, and I think
it's great to run in front of the NASCAR
fans," he said. " They know who we
are and what we're all about. It's
great to run there; the Glen puts on such
a
great show for the fans."
When asked for a favorite memory of past
visits to the famous road course,
Brix's involved a restaurant on Franklin
Street in downtown Watkins Glen.
"I know this is a little odd, but when I
think of Watkins Glen I think of a
restaurant called Mr. Chicken," he said. "In
all my Skip Barber races at
Watkins Glen I remember sitting in the car,
waiting for the green flag, and hearing
the announcer say, 'This race is brought
to you by Mr. Chicken, where it's
chicken, chicken, chicken all the time!'
"It made an impression on me," he added with
a smile. "Hey, you gotta have
fun with it, right?"
The Rolex Series will travel to Brix's home
state of California later this
month so Indy Racing League fans can see
the Rolex Series at one of their venues
again too. The Rolex Series will compete
at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma,
Calif. on Saturday, Aug. 26 before that Sunday's
Indy Car race.
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.
For more information see doranracing.com,
grandamerican.com, tborcheller.com,
harrisonbrix.com and theglen.com. The series'
Web site will have live timing
and scoring. |