Pruett Hopes To Extend Rocketsports' Success at Road America

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PRUETT HOPES TO EXTEND ROCKETSPORTSı SUCCESS AT ROAD AMERICA

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. ‹ Scott Pruett, driver of the No. 7 Jaguar R Performance
XKR, hopes to continue his near-perfect season as the Trans-Am Series for
the BFGoodrich Tires Cup visits Road America for Round 8 of this yearıs
championship, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 24. Pruett is on a tear this
season, having won five of seven races, and earning six poles. Pruett is
coming off his most recent victory at Trois-Riviéres, where he led every
lap, and has a 40-point lead in the points chase.

Rocketsports has a tradition of excellence at Road Americaıs 4.048-mile
permanent road course. Team owner and three-time champion Paul Gentilozzi
has won here twice in Trans-Am competition, while teammate Johnny Miller has
finished on the Road Americaıs podium for the last two years. Pruett won the
Trans-Am Series race here in 1988, and has also competed here in the Champ
Car World Series and IMSA competition.

³Rocketsports has a strong history here,² said Pruett, who returned to the
Trans-Am Series this season after an eight-year hiatus, during which he
competed in the Champ Car World Series and NASCAR. ³The team has seen a lot
of success here, and I hope to carry on that tradition.

³I love Road America,² added Pruett. ³When a driver likes a track and the
driver has a good track record there, it canıt help but lend itself to a
successful weekend.²

Pruett said perfection is the key here: ³The track so long that you have to
get everything right,² said Pruett. ³If you mess up one turn, it messes up
your whole lap. Itıs a tough place. To get it right and go fast, you have to
get it all right every lap.²

Pruett comes to Road America in pursuit of his third Series title, having
won the Trans-Am Series Driversı Championship in 1987 and 1994. Yet, the
veteran racer isnıt going to let the points get in the way of a successful
race.

³Weıve had a great season, but I havenıt been concerned with points all
year,² said Pruett, who in his Trans-Am Series career has 19 wins, 36 podium
finishes, and 38 top-five finishes in 55 starts. ³I know weıre leading the
championship and we have a little bit of a cushion, but winning races is
really all Iım concerned with. We just have to keep doing what we are
doing.²

The Trans-Am 100 is scheduled to start at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24. The
race will air on same-day, tape-delayed basis at 12:30 p.m. on SPEED.

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