Rand Racing - Daytona advance

FINAL STRATEGY

Rand Racing enters the final race of the Rolex Sports Car Series season 
looking for two championships - in its rookie season!  The Nov. 10 race is 
scheduled for three hours on the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway 
road course in Daytona Beach, Fla., but the team will be focused on the first 
two minutes.  Terry Borcheller of Phoenix needs to complete just one lap to 
win the SRPII class driver championship and ensure Rand Racing's SRPII team 
title.

Borcheller will drive the No. 8 Nissan Lola with Anthony Lazzaro of Acworth, 
Ga.  Niclas Jönsson of Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Ralf Kelleners of Germany 
will drive the No. 7 Lola.  The cars will be prepared by Houston-based Risi 
Competizione.

"I'm going to be very conservative - I won't be racing anybody down into the 
first turn!" Borcheller said, noting his usual racing start will be tamed by 
concern for the championship.  Having won four previous professional titles, 
he  knows what it takes.

"They're all awesome because they're so difficult to come by, because so many 
things can happen throughout the course of the year," he explained.  "You 
have to have all the ingredients - the right team, the right people, the 
right car, the right co-drivers and money.  At the Rand/Risi racing team we 
had the majority of the ingredients, if not all.  There is a formula to 
winning, it's not by accident.  You might have a lucky [race] win, but to win 
a championship you've got to have all your ducks in a row consistently."


CARRY ON
Rand Racing's crew chief, Richard Taylor, has excelled at the top levels of 
motorsport.  His first of many championships came in 1981, when he prepared 
the winning car for Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet - under the 
watchful eye of Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone.  Taylor learned 
simplicity is the key to winning championships.

"When we were going for the championship at Brabham, Gordon Murray, the 
designer, said to me, 'I don't know what you do and I don't care what you do, 
but whatever you're doing, you're doing it right, so just carry on with it'," 
Taylor recalled.

"When you get to a really important race that you've got to finish, the key 
thing is to not do anything different.  If you have a formula that works, 
stick with it.  Don't try to redesign the wheel when all you need is 
reliability.  If you've got a winning formula - whether you've stumbled 
across it or worked hard on it - don't change something you know is working."