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FTN/Doran Racing DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77
Will be Racing at the Glen Friday Night, Aug. 11;
Team Set New Track Record There Last August


LEBANON, Ohio, Aug. 2 - The NASCAR world is focused on Sunday's Allstate 400
at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the following week
the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup stars will be joined by the Rolex Series' Daytona
Prototype class as part of another big racing weekend at Watkins Glen International in
Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Fans who leave the Midwest after Sunday's big race in Indy and travel
approximately 516 miles east have the opportunity to see all the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
stars plus those of the Rolex Series' Daytona Prototype division later that
week. The former series' big race at the Glen is Sunday, Aug. 13, but another very
special event is on tap at the Glen that Friday night, Aug. 11 when the Rolex
Series' top class, Daytona Prototype, is featured in the Crown Royal 200 at
the Glen.

The 200-mile/82-lap/two-hour endurance sports car race will be held on
Watkins Glen's 2.45-mile, 11-turn short course beginning at 6:30 p.m. local time on
Friday night, Aug. 11. Prior to that there's a full day of practice and
qualifying starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 for those who compete in the Rolex
24 at Daytona each year instead of the Daytona 500.

One of the 26 Daytona Prototypes entered will carry the colors of the Kodak
EasyShare System so it's sure to be the favorite of everyone who works at that
company's Rochester, N.Y. headquarters.  Amp'd Mobile and SIRIUS decals are
also found on the beautiful yellow-and-black Feeds the Need/Doran Racing DORAN
JE4 Ford No. 77 that will be driven by 2003 Daytona Prototype champion Terry
Borcheller of Vero Beach, Fla. and top rookie Harrison Brix of San Jose, Calif.

Last August the Lebanon, Ohio-based team won the pole for this race and set a
new Daytona Prototype track record for the Glen's short course when Fabrizio
Gollin was timed in 1:08.409 for an average speed of 128.930 miles per hour.

The car also led more laps than any other in the event before it finished
tenth.

The Rolex Series race will be broadcast on a same-day, tape-delayed basis
beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern that Friday night on SPEED.

Both Borcheller and Brix are looking forward to the race. "I like both
courses at the Glen; the short course has a good flow to it," said Borcheller, who
in addition to being a race car driver often serves as a lay minister for
Motorsports Ministries. "Our car has done well there in the past, so hopefully we
can do well there again in front of the NASCAR fans."

Brix likes the short course too. "It's a great high-speed track, and I think
it's great to run in front of the NASCAR fans," he said. " They know who we
are and what we're all about.  It's great to run there; the Glen puts on such a
great show for the fans."

When asked for a favorite memory of past visits to the famous road course,
Brix's involved a restaurant on Franklin Street in downtown Watkins Glen.

"I know this is a little odd, but when I think of Watkins Glen I think of a
restaurant called Mr. Chicken," he said.  "In all my Skip Barber races at
Watkins Glen I remember sitting in the car, waiting for the green flag, and hearing
the announcer say, 'This race is brought to you by Mr. Chicken, where it's
chicken, chicken, chicken all the time!'

"It made an impression on me," he added with a smile.  "Hey, you gotta have
fun with it, right?"

The Rolex Series will travel to Brix's home state of California later this
month so Indy Racing League fans can see the Rolex Series at one of their venues
again too. The Rolex Series will compete at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma,
Calif. on Saturday, Aug. 26 before that Sunday's Indy Car race. 

The Rolex Series' season finale is slated for a new track, Miller Motorsports
Park in Tooele, Utah, on Saturday, Sept. 2, with a nine-hour extravaganza.

For more information see doranracing.com, grandamerican.com, tborcheller.com,
harrisonbrix.com and theglen.com. The series' Web site will have live timing
and scoring.


 
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