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The tern’s lead driver, Pidiar Theys, warmed the car up by running a lap that was even faster than the fastest lap of Sunday’s race. Then the guest drivers took turns taking the car around the challenging and beautiful 3.27-miIe road coune, turning more than 100 laps during the aI1-day private tast session. One of tha special guest drivers was SPEED Channel analyst Jack Baldwin, a racer himself. “The car feels good. It’s very predictable. It was fun driving it,” said Baldwin after he climbed out of the cockpit. “It felt like a good, strong car. It would be a fun car to race. It’s user-friendly. It’s pretty easy lo come to terms with it. In 25 to 30 laps you’d have it fig- ured out how to drive this particular car, and you’d be going pretty fast. “It’s more user-friendly than what I’m used tog’’ he emphasized. “Youdon’t know dl your boundaries until you do mare laps, but I could go out and do a stint right now.” Forest Barber, who campaigns the other DORAN JE4 cumntly in action, the Bell. Motorsports DORAN JE4 Chevrolet #54 which won Sunday’s race and leads the current Daytona Prototype team point standings, got in for a few laps too. “It feels like the same car, but it’s a little different thm ours,” he said. “This car feels lighter on its feet. The power is smooth and easier. The steering is bettar than ours; it’s all. a matter of set-up. “It’s hard to compare really,” Barbet added. “There is a lot more gear-shifting going on with this car than with ours. It runs through the gears so quicWy it feels Iike you’re real- ly going fast, but it doesn’t push you back in your seat as much as our car does. I was being very careful because I wanted to wreck this car even less than I do mine.’’ MOST of the guest drivers had ro get acclimated to flat-shifting. All were impressed with the car’s downforce, its Toyola engine, its visibility and its driveability. (m-o-r-e) 2050 McKinley Blvd., Lebanon, PH 45036 (513) 336-0819 www.doranuacing.com MAKING WORKSPACE WORK Doran-Lista/VIR Test Page 2 of 2 Among the comments from the other guest drivers were the following; “It: has good power, good downforce and good brakes. The car is good to drive at the slow pace I was driving it- I think someone of my ability could be competitive in one of these. If anyone our there has the other half of a proper budget to race it, I’d like to hear from them!” “The car is really straight-forward to drive. It shifts real easy. I was hitting it with my fin- ger and it shifted. Now that I’ve alraady spun one, I don’t have to do that again. I let the tires lock up on me.” I “The CEU telegraphs what it’s doing very well. There was a little oversteer under braking, but ~verallit was more comfonablc to drive than what I expected. The visibility is great; in the car I’m used to racing you‘rebasically driving blind because of the layout in the cockpit and the way the mirrors vibrate so much. This car has 10 times greater visibility than my car, It’s redly fun to drive. I’ve never been in a sequential-shift cat before. It’s a real nice car; I’m very impressed.’’ rn ‘‘It was a grear experkme; a really cool deal. It’s a great car and a lot of fun. I’ve never driven anything but production-based cars, so this was v a y different.” ”The view you have is great. You can see exactly how far away from the curbing you are and you can really see where you are on the trwk. I like the way you sit too, and I’m tall. The car is very direct and very fun to drive.” a “It’s cool. It’s nice to ba back in something with some downforce again. I like the layout inside the car too. The power and the steering and the feel of i t are nice. The brakes are pha- namenal. 1 was just trying to take it easy, but I really likad it. I was surpdsed at how well it stuck.” “I’ve never driven anything like this. I think the car drives well. It’s a cornfortable car. I like the visibiliry of ita It has redly good brakes. T like the car vary much and 1: could learn to drive i t fast.” m “I don’t know the track or the car so it was hard for me to go fast, but it’s a great car and it’s very fun to drive.” Only a limited number of DORAN JE4s can be produced before the 2004 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, which is only 16 weeks away. Anyone intamted in purchasing one is urged to contact Kevin Dorm at Dorm Enterprises’ headquarters in Lebanon, Ohio at (513) 336-08 1.9 immediately. For more information see www.lista.com, www.doranracing.com, www.grandameri- can.com, wwur.driversroad.com and www.restartcommu~icatio~~.com. DOW ENTERPRISES, INCT 2050 McKinley Blvd., Lebanon, PH 45036 (5l3) 336-0819 www.doranuacing.com