Servia
to Join Brix and Jourdain in Kodak Car
In Rolex Series Race
At Miller Motorsports Park Sept. 2
SONOMA, Calif., Aug. 27 - Oriol Servia, who
finished second in the Champ Car
World Series last year, will join Harrison
Brix and Michel Jourdain Jr. in the
Feeds the Need/Doran Racing DORAN JE4 Ford
No. 77 for the Discount Tire
Sunchaser Rolex Series race next Saturday,
Sept. 2 at Miller Motorsports Park in
Tooele, Utah, team owner Kevin Doran announced
today.
The nine-hour event on the 4.5-mile road
course will begin at noon local time
on Saturday, Sept. 2. It will be broadcast
live on SPEED in two segments
starting at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Eastern time. The
Lebanon, Ohio-based team's car
carries the colors of the Kodak EasyShare
System, Amp'd Mobile and SIRIUS.
Servia drives PKV Racing's Gulfstream Lola
Ford-Cosworth in the Champ Car
World Series. The 32-year-old native of Pals,
Catalonia, Spain who currently
lives in Miami is tenth in that series' point
standings, just nine points out of
fourth place.
Saturday's race is the first Rolex Series
race at Miller Motorsports Park. It
will also be the first race there for all
three drivers.
Brix, of San Jose, Calif., has driven the
Kodak car all season long.
Jourdain, of Mexico City, Mexico, drove it
at the Rolex 24 at Daytona Beach, Fla. and
at a race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma,
Calif. yesterday. Servia is making
his first start in the car and in the series
at Miller Motorsports Park.
After a promoter test day on Wednesday, practice
for the Daytona Prototype
class starts at 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, with
qualifying at 2 p.m. on Friday.
For more information see doranracing.com
and grandamerican.com. The latter
Web site will have live timing and scoring
and live audio reports. |