Brix Qualifies 18th in Kodak Car
For Saturday's Sonoma 250 at Infineon Raceway

SONOMA, Calif., Aug. 25 - Talladega Nights' Ricky Bobby, who looked a lot
like Harrison Brix of San Jose, Calif., qualified 18th at Infineon Raceway Friday
afternoon for Saturday's Sonoma 250 Rolex Series race.

Brix's fastest lap in the qualifying session for the 2.26-mile, 12-turn road
course was a 1:30.706 for an average speed of 100.015 miles per hour.  He was
behind the wheel of the Feeds the Need/Doran Racing DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77 that
carries the colors of the Kodak EasyShare System, Amp'd Mobile and SIRIUS. 
He'll share the car with Michel Jourdain Jr. of Mexico City, Mexico in
tomorrow's race, which will be broadcast on SPEED at 3 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday,
Aug. 27.

Jan Magnussen got the pole in the SunTrust No. 10 with a 1:28.234 (102.818
mph).

The team is working very hard on the car's set-up, and its car is getting
better and better. Brix's best lap was his tenth and final one in the 15-minute
qualifying session and the fastest the car ran here in practice today or
yesterday. 

"We're able to run with the front runners on long runs, but we haven't
figured out the magic we need to run one fast, screaming lap," Brix said after
qualifications. 

"The track was slippery, but I think that was due to a combination of the
different compounds of tires that were used here today and the sun," he added.
"It's a challenging track, but in a good way.  When you have a good-working car
it's a lot of fun.  If the car isn't working well it makes for a long and
treacherous day.  We'll hope for the first one tomorrow!"

Both Brix and Jourdain are making their first starts at this particular track.

"It's taking some time for me to learn the track, but I'm very happy to be
here," Jourdain said.  "It's a little like Laguna. I've never been on a track
with quite so many elevation changes, but I like it; it's fun!"

For more information see doranracing.com and grandamerican.com. The latter
Web site will have live timing and scoring when the two-hour-and-45-minute race
starts at 3 p.m. local time tomorrow.  It supports Sunday's Indy Racing League
IndyCar headliner.  There will be a half-hour of practice at 8:45 a.m. and an
autograph session behind the main grandstand at 10 a.m. on Saturday before
the Rolex Series race.

The team's stats at Infineon so far:

Thursday Test:
21. 1:32.642 (97.925 mph)

Friday, First Practice, 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
16. 1:31.197 (99.477 mph)

Friday, Second Practice, 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m.
20. 1:31.067 (99.619 mph)

Combined Practice Report
21. 1:31.067 (99.619 mph)

Friday qualifying, 4:45 p.m.
18. 1:30.706 (100.015 mph)