Brix
Qualifies 19th in Kodak Car
For Rolex Series Season Finale
At Miller Motorsports Park
TOOELE, Utah, Sept. 1 - On Friday Harrison
Brix put the Feeds the Need/Doran
Racing DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77 into the field
for Saturday's Discount Tire
SunChaser Rolex Series season finale at Miller
Motorsports Park. Driving the car
that carries the colors of the Kodak EasyShare
System, Amp'd Mobile and SIRIUS,
the San Jose, Calif.-based driver qualified
19th in a field of 41 for the
nine-hour race that starts at noon tomorrow
and will be broadcast live on SPEED
beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time.
Brix's qualifying time was a 2:41.956 for
an average speed of 99.716 miles
per hour. Sharing the car with Brix
this weekend are NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series driver Michel Jourdain Jr. of Mexico
City, Mexico and Champ Car World
Series star Oriol Servia of Miami.
"The car was more consistent in qualifying,
which is good for a nine-hour
race," Brix said. "We were better
in the high-speed corners too. The team is
working really hard. Doran Racing is
excellent in preparing a car that can go
the distance, and Michel, Oriol and I will
do our best to bring it home in one
piece tomorrow."
Tony Ave of Mooresville, N.C. qualified the
red Doran Racing DORAN JE4
Pontiac No. 78 in 23rd spot with a time of
2:43.830 (98.575 mph). His co-drivers
are Oliver Kuttner of Charlottesville, Va.
and James Gue of Athens, Ga. The No.
78 is advertising two Web sites: yououghttoknowthis.com
and nycshuttle.com, as
well as Venom Synthetic Lubricants.
"That's the quickest we've run all weekend," Ave
said. "It should be a good
car for the race. We're a bit down
on acceleration but the balance is OK. We
just don't have enough overall grip, but
we're working on it."
Scott Pruett got the pole in the CompUSA
car with a 2:37.998 (102.214 mph),
which is an automatic track record since
this is the Rolex Series' first race
on this 4.486-mile road course.
For more information see doranracing.com
and grandamerican.com. The latter
Web site will have live timing and scoring
and live audio reports.
The results so far:
First Official Practice Session (12:15 p.m.
to 1:45 p.m. Thursday):
21. No. 77, 2:42.894 (99.142
mph)
26. No. 78, 2:46.639 (96.914
mph)
Second Official Practice Session (4:45 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Thursday):
17. No. 77, 2:42.533 (99.362
mph)
24. No. 78, 2:46.262 (97.133
mph)
Third Official Practice Session (8 p.m. to
8:45 p.m. Thursday):
15. No. 77, 2:43.618 (98.703
mph)
26. No. 78, 2:49.540 (95.255
mph)
Thursday Combined Practice Report:
21. No. 77, 2:42.533 (99.362
mph)
26. No. 78, 2:46.262 (97.133
mph)
Fourth Official Practice Session (10 a.m.
to 10:45 a.m. Friday):
17. No. 77, 2:41.482 (100.009
mph)
24. No. 78, 2:46.663 (96.90
mph)
Combined Practice, All Sessions
19. No. 77, 2:41.482 (100.009
mph)
26. No. 78, 2:46.262 (97.133
mph)
Qualifying (2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Friday):
19. No. 77, Brix, 2:41.956
(99.716 mph)
23. No. 78, Ave, 2:43.830
(98.575 mph) |