Miller Doubles Pleasure in First Two Practices at Lime Rock

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May 23, 2003

MILLER DOUBLES PLEASURE IN FIRST TWO PRACTICES AT LIME ROCK

LAKEVILLE, Conn. ‹ Johnny Miller topped both rounds of Trans-Am Series for
the BFGoodrich Tires Cup practice Friday at Lime Rock Park.

The driver of the No. 64 Eaton Cutler-Hammer Jaguar XKR backed up his time
from earlier in the day to post the fastest time during second-round
practice, a 51.488-second effort at an average speed of 106.976 miles per
hour. Miller¹s time in the first session, run in damp conditions, was 52.928
seconds at an average speed of 104.066 miles per hour around the 1.53-mile,
eight-turn permanent road course.

³The car was good again,² said Miller. ³I think it was a pretty good
session. Some of the guys didn¹t know the way around slower cars, which made
it a little tough. The slower cars were all going about the same speed, so
it was hard to really get a clean lap.

³We went ahead and scuffed in some race tires in case we need to start on
them,² he added. ³So we came in with 20 minutes to go and it took me until
six minutes to go to get a clean lap, and that¹s when I set my fastest lap.
I caught someone on the next lap and it would have been another five laps,
so we quit.²

Scott Pruett (No. 7 Jaguar R Performance XKR), Brian Simo (No. 3 Jaguar R
Performance XKR), Michael Lewis (No. 12 Westward Tools/The Crank Jaguar
XKR), and Stu Hayner (No. 2 Trenton Forging/GMAC Commercial Finance)
completed the top five.

Lap by Lap Notes:
Second Round Practice, 40 minutes
Conditions: Overcast, 58 degrees, track is dry.
3:25 p.m.    GREEN FLAG

Lap 2    John Baucom (No. 86 Jaguar XKR) locks up brakes going into turn one

Lap 3    Johnny Miller (No. 64 Jaguar XKR) fastest (53.772 seconds, 102.432
miles per hour), Peter         Rogal (No. 36 Jaguar XKR) reported to have no
brake lights

Lap 6    Brian Simo (No. 3 Jaguar XKR) locks up brakes into turn one, nearly
spins out.

Lap 10    Tomy Drissi (No. 5 Jaguar XKR) reported smoking. Miller tops the
charts again (52.352,         105.211)

Lap 11    Scott Pruett (No. 7 Jaguar XKR) locks up the brakes into turn one

Lap 11    Rogal receives mechanical black flag for non-operational brake
lights.

Lap 13    Top five: Miller, Pruett, Lewis, Simo, Bobby Sak (No. 10 Chevrolet
Corvette)

Lap 18    HALFWAY MARK CALLED

Lap 19    Tim Cowen (No. 75 Ford Mustang) locks up his brakes into turn one

Lap 21    Cowen reports flat left side tire, retires to the paddock.

Lap 23    Top 10: Miller, Pruett, Lewis, Hayner, Simo, Sak, Randy Ruhlman
(No. 49 Chevrolet  Corvette),  Jorge
Diaz, Jr. (No. 8 Jaguar XKR), Paul Newman (No. 78 Chevrolet Corvette),  John
Baucom (No. 86 Jaguar XKR).

Lap 26    Hayner pits with smoke in the rear, retires from session. Probably
engine failure.

Lap 27    Garrett Kletjian (No. 20 Chevrolet Corvette) pits with loose hood

Lap 28    Miller sets his fastest lap (51.488 seconds, 106.976 mph). Ruhlman
spins in turn three and     continues

Lap 30    Kletjian goes off into the runoff area in turn one, continues

Lap 31    Kletjian reported to have a loose hood, pits.

4:05 p.m.    CHECKERED FLAG

Notebook:
Many fans attending Friday¹s first-round practice for the Trans-Am Series
for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup at Lime Rock Park. Actor Paul Newman, making
his return to the Series this weekend after a nine-year hiatus, is driving a
Chevrolet Corvette painted in a very similar style to the Nissan 300ZX Turbo
he drove to victory here in 1986. The red, white and blue Vette was driven
to Rookie of the Year honors by Butch Leitzinger last year.

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