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Hour 24 Update: 
Ditto!


Hour 23 Update: 
Now we're seventh in class and overall.


Hour 22 Update: 
With two hours to go, we're still eighth.  The Playboy No. 19 is in seventh,
12 laps ahead of us, and the CITGO No. 7 is ninth, five laps behind us.


Hour 21 Update: 
At 9 a.m. we're still eighth overall and in class.  We have done 610 laps. 
The car in front of us, the Playboy No. 19, has completed 622 laps. The car
behind us, the CITGO No. 7, has completed 605 laps.  The leader has completed 641
laps.

Jourdain has relieved Barber.


Hour 20 Update: 
At 7:38 a.m. Brix pitted and got out, and Barber got in.  The car also got
four tires and fuel.

Harrison Brix:  "The car is OK but it's not great.  The last four or five
hours of a 24-hour race a car is never great though."

At 8 a.m. the No. 77 is still eighth overall and eighth in DP. The Playboy
car is nine laps ahead of us and the CITGO No. 7 is six laps behind us.


Hour 19 Update: 
The No. 77 is still eighth overall and eighth in DP.  Seventh place is eight
laps ahead of us, and ninth place is six laps behind us. The former is the
Playboy No. 19 and the later is the TPC Porsche No. 36.

Brix was still in the car as dawn broke. 


Hour 18 Update: 
The No. 77 is eighth overall and eighth in class at 6 a.m. Seventh is seven
laps ahead.  That's the Playboy No. 19.    We have one lap over the CITGO No. 7
in seventh.

At 6:10 a.m. the No. 77 is eighth.  The order is 23, 02, 60, 58, 39, 75, 19,
77, 7, 36, 65, 5, 82, 01, 66, 22, 28, 83, 16,  72, 17, 00, 41, 93, 74, 67, 46,
09. etc.  We're 28 laps behind the leader.


Hour 17 Update: 
At about 5:04 a.m. the No. 01 went to the garage area with oil pressure
problems, but then it came back out around 5:12 a.m.

Harrison Brix is getting ready to get into the No. 77.

Sometime around 5:10 p.m. we reburst into the top 10; Terry Borcheller was
driving at the time.  The top 12 are: 23, 02, 60, 39, 58, 01, 5, 75, 19, 77, 7,
36.

At 5:15 a.m. the No. 5 Essex Ford is going slowly.  Two minutes later it
heads to the garage area for repairs due to a broken front suspension.  I think it
was involved in a crash.  It has been eighth for a tremendously long time.

5:18 a.m., Borcheller pits and comes out of the No. 77; Brix gets in.

Terry Borcheller: "We're not really having any issues right now except for
the tires. On that first set I ran the fastest lap we've run so far in the
race, even though they had a lot of pick-up on them. Then a yellow came out and we
pitted, and for whatever reason the second set just didn't come in.  I don't
know why."

At 5:23 a.m. the No. 01 retires from the race and the No. 02 goes to the
garage area.

5:50 a.m., the Essex 5 leaves the garage area after its repairs have been
made.  I don't know anything else on that except that Rick Knoop wasn't driving;
he said he was sleeping at the time and he doesn't know what happened either.


Hour 16 Update: 
We gained another spot in the overall standings; we're now 11th both overall
and in DP.  This happened because the car that was leading the GT class, the
No. 65 Pontiac, is experiencing electrical problems and has slipped from 11th
overall to 13th overall.

We're still one lap behind the CITGO No. 7, which is in tenth.  It's about 2
seconds ahead of us.  We're trying hard; we've completed 457 laps and so far
our fastest lap was run just 17 laps ago when we ran a 1:47.213 (101.523
mph).


Hour 15 Update: 
Around this point Jourdain came in and Borcheller took over. 

The No. 77 is 12th overall and still 11th in class.  We're 29 laps down to
the leader, the CompUSA No. 01, but we're only one lap behind the cars running
in 11th and 10th.  Andy Lally did a triple stint to put the No. 65 Pontiac into
the GT lead, and it's now 11th overall. The CITGO Racing No. 7 is 10th.  Both
of those cars have completed 432 laps by 3 a.m. to our 431.  The major
difference in the standings in the last 60 minutes is that the TPC Racing Porsche
No. 36 slipped from 11th to 13th.

We're doing our best to claw our way back into the top 10.


Hour 14 Update: 
Jourdain is driving the No. 77, which is 13th overall and 11th in class. It's
28 laps down to the leader, which is the CompUSA No. 01, but it's only one
lap behind the CITGO Racing No. 7 of the Franchitti brothers, Milka Duno and
Kevin McGarrity, who are 12th.


Hour 13 Update: 
Forest Barber pitted at 12:30 a.m. and Michel Jourdain Jr. took over.

At 1 a.m. the No. 77 is still 19th overall, but the Finlay Motorsports No. 28
passed it during that last hour so now it's 13th in class.  It's 28 laps
down to the leader, the CompUSA No. 01, but it's on the same lap as two GT cars:
the Fiorano Racing Porsche No. 22 and the TRG Porsche No. 66.


Hour 12 Update: 
We're half-way there!  The Prince of Darkness, Al Robinson, is at the
microphone on the public address system and Forest Barber is still in the No. 77,
although Michael Jourdain is standing by and says he could go in at any time.

The car is still 19th overall and 12th in class.  It's two laps down to the
GT car that's in 18th place overall, and on the same lap as the Finlay
Motorsports Crawford Ford No. 28 that is in 20th place.  That car is driven by former
Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice; Bryan Herta, who finished third at Indy this year
and drove for us last year at the Rolex 24; Rob Finlay and Michael Valiante.

Another car must have made a few more laps, because now the No. 78 is 56th
overall and 28th in class.


Hour 11 Update: 
At 11 p.m. the No. 77 is 19th overall and 12th in class.  It's still 25 laps
down to the leader, which is now the No. 02 Target Chip Ganassi car.

Harrison Brix got out at approximately 11:25 p.m., when Forest Barber took
over.

Harrison Brix: "It's pretty tough out there right now.  We're trying to
recover from our incident earlier.  We're starting to see the light at the end of
the tunnel.  We're just trying to climb back up the ladder. The traffic is
crazy.  Lots of people are missing the braking points and corner markers and
they're going straight through the grass.  But it's to be expected at this time."

The hourly results sheets has the No. 78 now 55th overall, although it's
still being scored as 28th in class.


Hour 10 Update: 
Terry Borcheller was able to move up 17 positions during his
two-hour-and-28-minute double stint, because at the 10-hour mark the No. 77 is 20th overall
and 12th in class.  Harrison Brix has just started his stint (9:47 p.m.). The
car is 25 laps down but it's still out there, and there is still a long way to
go in this race.

As the scoring system continues to reflect subtle changes as cars go back to
the garage area and then return, the No. 78 is now being scored in 54th place
overall and 28th in class.


Hour 9 Update: 
The No. 77 continues its quest to move up.  It's now in 28th place overall,
17th in class, and 24 laps down to the leader, which is currently the Cheever
Racing No. 39.

The standings at the 9-hour mark show the No. 78 actually completed 5 hours,
52 minutes and 15.220 seconds of the race, and it's official order of finish
will most likely be 53rd overall and 28th in class. It's fastest lap was a
1:47.378 (94.595 mph), which it turned on its 44th lap.

At 9:47 p.m. Borcheller brought the No. 77 in for a pit stop.  He has been
driving since 7:19 p.m.  Harrison Brix gets in the car, and it also receives
four tires and fuel.

Terry Borcheller:  "I was just trying to be consistent and stay out of
trouble.  The car is pretty good.  The Ford engine is good; the brakes are good.  It
seemed like the tires were going away the last six or seven laps.  The track
has a lot of dirt on it in spots, but it's inconsistent.  Sometimes there is
dirt in a turn and then the next time it's not there .


Hour 8 Update: 
The No. 77 has moved up six spots in the last hour and is now 31st overall
and 17th in the Daytona Prototype class.  Borcheller just got in at 7:19 p.m.,
so he's still driving.

The No. 78 is being scored in 52nd place and 27th overall, but it's out.


Hour 7 Update: 
The No. 77 has moved up nine spots and is now 37th overall and 22nd in class.
Jourdain is driving and Borcheller is standing by.  Borcheller says Jourdain
is doing a terrific job.

At 7:19 Jourdain pits and Borcheller gets in the No. 77, which gets four
tires and fuel.

Michel Jourdain Jr.: "The car is OK.  Mechanically the car is perfect, but
the balance is not as good as we would like.  But we can be consistent, which is
what we need.  If we can be consistent and stay out of trouble and keep
running, we can make up spots.  The track is very slippery.  It is hard to pass;
some drivers are being courteous but others....you have to be very careful with
them.  It's amazing."

The No. 78 is 50th overall and 26th in class at the seven-hour mark; but then
it is forced to retire due to an electrical problem.  B.J. Zacharias was in
the car when it retired.

Kevin Doran: "Yes, the No. 78 is out. Something is wrong with the wiring
harness. It's back in the garage area."

B.J. Zacharias: "The car is in one piece and I can go to bed early.  That's
positive.
    "We've sort of been chasing an electrical gremlin all week, but it
really showed up in the longer runs.  The battery voltage was 11 and a half when I
was in, and we'd lose everything; fuel pressure, power steering, everything. 
I think we put three different batteries in it.  We would have had to change
the starter and the alternator and some other things, and it would have been an
hour and a half to do everything, so we just pulled it in. This deal was
designed to run in the top five; with the earlier suspension piece problem and now
this, we just called it quits. At least this way the car is in one piece and
the tire bill won't be too bad.
    "I learned a lot.  I had two excellent co-drivers and a great team.
    "I think Raul is back in the hospitality area right now; that sounds
good, doesn't it?  When he was in the car the battery voltage was between 13 and
12, but he was able to develop a rhythm and deal with it. He loved driving the
car; he said he had a lot of fun.
    "I think I did a 49 something when I was in the car, and the other car
wasn't doing that when it was running fifth, so if we hadn't had the problems
we would have been right there.
    "I want to thank the team and all our sponsors and Ford.  We'll be back,
and next time we'll do all 24 hours."


Hour 6 Update: 
The No. 77 is 46th overall and 24th  in class. Michael Jourdain Jr. is
driving.

The No. 78 is 40th overall and 21st in class.  B.J. Zacharias is still in the
78.


Hour 5 Update: 
The 77 got back on the track at 5:03 p.m. with Michel
Jourdain driving. It is in 50th place overall and 28th in class. It is 26 laps down
to the leader, which at the moment is the Michael Shank Racing No. 60.

B.J. Zacharias is in the No. 78.  It is currently in 37th place overall and
21st in class, and it is 17 laps down to the leader.

John Wright said that Bourdais would be getting in around 6:30 p.m., but he's
already in the pits, ready to go.

The defending race winner and series champion, the SunTrust No. 10, crashed
around 4:15 p.m. when Emmanuel Collard struck  a spinning No. 24 BMW M3.  The
Pontiac PR rep says that Collard appears unhurt despite the hard hit, but the
car is out.


Hour 4 Update: 
At Hour 4 the 77 is in 17th place and the 78 is 43rd overall
and 24th in class.

While we were covering the 78's broken suspension piece we missed the fact
that Borcheller led in the No. 77 for six minutes, from lap 57 to lap 61, or
from 2:04 p.m. until 2:10 p.m.  He got the lead when the No. 02 pitted, and he
lost the lead when he pitted to led Harrison Brix take over.

Brix had a good stint in the 77, and then Forest Barber got in. 
Unfortunately Barber spun in a turn in the infield, and the No. 99 of Rocky Moran Jr. had
absolutely no where to go and hit him.  Both of those cars are being repaired
now.  The No. 77 went to the garage at 4:10 p.m.  It is having its bottom
left-hand side bodywork replaced.

Harrison Brix: "The car was really good when I was in it.  I was fifth and
fourth for awhile, and then I came in and Forest got in.  When I was driving it
the car was strong.  It's pretty nasty out there; not from oil on the track
but from pretty aggressive driving."

Forest Barber: "I think the Target car touched me, which caused me to spin. 
Then the 99 had no where to go.  Our car drives straight; it's fine except for
the bodywork, and they'll get it repaired quickly."

Michel Jourdain Jr. is waiting to drive.  Terry Borcheller is going to try to
go take a nap.


Hour 3 Update: 
The 77 continues to hold forth in fifth or sixth place; it's sixth on the
Hour 3  chart but it's fifth as we type this. 

The 78 car is trying to make up time lost from the earlier problem.  It's 15
laps down and currently listed as 53nd overall and 26th in the Daytona
Prototype class.


Hour 2 Update: 
Terry Borcheller just got out of the No. 77 and Harrison Brix
is in that car now. It is ninth at the end of hour two.

Terry Borcheller: "There wasn't enough stability in the back of the car at
first. Then on the first pitstop they made a fantastic change and then the car
was fine. I don't even know what they did but whatever they did was great. I
knew they were going to have me do a double stint at the start, but I need a
massage!"

A right-rear suspension component broke on the No. 78 car in NASCAR Turn 4
while Sebastien Bourdais was driving.  The team replaced the part in the paddock
near victory lane rather than having to go back to the garage area. They did
a great job, and Raul Bousel is in the car now and it's back on the track.
It's listed as 57th overall and 28th in class now though due to the problem.

Sebastien Bourdais: "We were too slow; I was getting passed on the straights.
  I think it's because we got a bad set of tires.  I was in NASCAR 4 when the
suspension piece broke in the right rear.  I didn't spin; there was no room to
spin.  The wall was right there but I didn't hit it.  Now we'll be like 10
laps down."


Hour 1 Update: 
The Doran Racing cars have sort of switched spots at the end
of hour one of the Rolex 24.  Terry Borcheller is up to fourth place from his
18th starting spot in the No. 77.  Sebastien Bourdais, who started fourth, is
in 15th at the moment in the No. 78 but he's been in a couple of times under
yellow to get more fuel as a strategy move.  There is oil on the track in a
couple of spots and everybody is trying their best to take it easy and avoid
trouble. Raul Boesel will get in the No. 78 next.  Brix, Barber and Jourdain are
all under our tent in the pit area, ready for Kevin Doran's call when he brings
Borcheller in.


 
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