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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)


 
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