Brumos Racing ready for SunChaser Enduro, Borcheller and Rice join Brumos for 2007 finale

This weekend, the fourteen-race Grand American Road Racing

Championship season for 2007 will conclude much as it began - with an endurance race. Miller

Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, will host Grand-Am.s season-ending 7.5 hour/ 1000 kilometer

race on Saturday, September 15th. Brumos Racing.s Porsche-powered Daytona Prototypes are

coming off a year of heartbreak following the unexpected loss of team leader Bob Snodgrass.

However, there has also been steady improvement that found the #58 Red Bull Porsche-Riley on

the podium with a second-place finish in their previous race at Infineon Raceway, after leading

the field for nearly a third of the race. .In our Sonoma pre-race meeting, we even laid plans for a

race without caution flags., said Team Manager Mike Colucci. .We knew we needed better

performance in the pits..

The team.s attention to strategy appeared to have paid off, as #58 driver David Donohue led the

Infineon race in the final laps and seemed poised for Brumos. first win since 2003.s 6 Heuers of

Mont Tremblant. With only a few minutes until the checkered flag, however, a spin by another

driver brought out a full course caution, allowing Donohue.s only real competition to move

within striking distance, ultimately costing the team their first place finish. Despite that setback,

the second step of the podium was still the best result of the season for Brumos, and has proved

that the team is indeed moving in the right direction.

Brumos has been considered an enduro champion for over four decades, and the team considers

the challenge of the Sunchaser 1000 a fitting conclusion to the 2007 season. In fact, Brumos.

Porsches have won enduros at all venues on the Grand-Am calendar (Daytona.s Rolex 24 --

1973-.75, 1978-- the Six Hours of Watkins Glen -- 2003 -- and the 6 Heuers of Mont Tremblant

-- 2003) save one: Miller Motorsports Park.

Due to the demands of the 7.5 hour format, Brumos will be joined for this race by some

exceptionally talented drivers. 2004.s Indy 500 winner, Buddy Rice, joins David Donohue and

Darren Law in the Red Bull #58 Brumos Porsche-Riley. The 2003 Grand-Am Daytona Prototype

Champ Terry Borcheller is the third man in the #59 Brumos Porsche-Riley, sharing driving

duties with five-time Rolex 24 winner Hurley Haywood and perennial teammate JC France.

This is Rice.s second appearance in a Brumos Daytona Prototype and the first for Borcheller.

In the 2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Rice shared the #58 Red Bull Porsche Riley with Donohue,

Law and Hurley Haywood (who made is sole 2007 appearance in the #58, but finished fourth in

the traditional number #59.) Rice.s 2004 victory in the Indy 500 makes many think of the

Arizona native as an oval specialist but he is in fact a tenured road racing champ by both

achievement and temperament; winner of the 1998 Gilles Villeneuve Memorial Award in

Formula Ford, and the 2000 Toyota Atlantic Champion.

Florida native Terry Borcheller faced a close challenge from David Donohue in 2003 for the

Grand-Am DP Championship, taking the championship that year with a slim eight point lead

ahead of Donohue. He followed up that championship with a Rolex 24 win in 2004, and five top

ten finishes in 2005. He has competed in both GT and DP classes in 2007, finishing 3rd in GT

class in Montreal for Blackforest Motorsports. He most recently enjoyed a 7th place finish in DP

and overall at Infineon, driving for Alex Job Racing.

Driver Darren Law is also looking forward to this weekend. .We have been running strong

towards the end of the season and we had a good run in Utah last year. It will be nice to have

Buddy join us, he had driven with us several times now and we all work very well together..

Law also currently holds the lead in the prestigious Porsche Cup points standings, and has

participated in additional races to further his chances at the championship. .I am looking

forward to racing in the Koni challenge in a 997 next weekend, and will drive for Marcus

Motorsports for the final two rounds of the series at Utah and VIR. Both races should help me in

the Porsche Cup points as long as I finish well..

This driver.s seat diversity may be the key for the vast 4.5 mile Miller Motorsports Park circuit.

The longest road racing circuit in America brings with it problems and complexities beyond

those found in a normal endurance race, if there is such a thing. Team Manager Mike Colucci

claims that Miller.s length alone makes even practice sessions challenging. .Miller is unique,.

he said. .At 4.5 miles and no elevation changes to speak of, it is neither a .torque track. nor a

.momentum track.. To get one good, fast lap takes about eight minutes; an out lap, a hot lap and

a lap back to the pits..

In Friday afternoon.s 15-minute Daytona prototype qualifying session this complexity demands

a further layer of strategy in the already complex 7.5 hour race. .When we have a strategy

meeting on race morning, the one thing we focus on is time spent in the pits,. Colucci added.

With laps twice as long as many of those in a typical Grand-Am schedule, the timing of pit stops

as well time spent in the pits will be pivotal to success this Saturday afternoon at Miller.

The 1000 kilometer race on America.s longest road circuit goes under the green flag for 7.5

hours Saturday afternoon, September 15th, at 1:00 PM Eastern time,11:00 AM Mountain time.

Part one of the two-part live Speed TV broadcast is scheduled for 1:00 PM ET. Part two begins

at 5:30 PM ET.

Article posted on: 07-Sep-12