9 cars disqualified from first Rolex round

               Daran-Lista to Qualify for Rolex 24 on Friday
     After Communications Problem Thwarts Thursday's Round
            DAYTC"   BEACH,  Fla., Jan.  29 - A  miscommunication between  Grand
     American Road Racing Association officials and team managers caused nine cars W
     be disqualified from the first round of  Rolex 24 qualifying at  Daytma International
     Speedway  Thursday  afternoon.  One  SGS     car, seven GT cars and one  Daytona
     Prototype, the latter being the Doran-Lista Racing entry, were disqualified from  the
     session for tailing to meet the deadline for nominations of the qualifying driver.
            The top 30 positions were set for this weekend's race in the first round dqual-
     ifying, so when the Doran-Lista team attempts to qualify tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. dur-
     ing the second qualifying session it will be &ble to do no better than 31st in the final
     starting line-up.
            "We lost our chance for the pole, and now we can start no better than 31st,"
     said Kevin Doran, the team owner. "In a 24-hour race that can be made up, but the
     chances of being involved in an accident increase exponentially the further back in
     the field you start,"  he noted.
            "We protested the situation but were  denied," he added.
            Didier Theys, who was slated to be the qualifying driver, will be in the car for
     tomorrow's second round of  qualifying.
            Two   of   his  teammates,   FIA  world   endurance  sports   car   champion  Jan
     kmmers and Mark Gctossens, gat their first chance to drive a Daytona Prototype
     Thursday when they participated in practice sessions in the Goodyear-shod DORAN
     JE-4 L ~ X U S #27.
            Both were  impressed.
            "It was lovely," Lammers said.  "This was the first time that I experienced this
     class, and it was quite enjoyable.  There is less aerodynamics involved, which means
     the c3r is moving around more and siding more, which means it is very enjoyable.  It

                                             will be a lot of  fun in the race.
           "We must have a conservative approach, but we all know Dayha; nothing
    goes the way you'd expect, 517  when you consider that, we're on schedule," he added
    with 3 smile.
           Goossens got  his first  taste  of  a  Daytona  Prototype  and  his  first  taste  of
     Daytona International Speedway Thursday.
           "Everything is OK," he said after his second stint of the day Thursday night.  "I
    gat used to the car pretty easily.   During that run I had no clear lap.  At Solberg the
    speeds are down from this; I'm  learning about the traffic at higher speeds, but I think
    it was a pretty good run.  The car is running really smooth."
           Fredy Lienhard Sr. also was pleased with the car's performance Thursday-
           "I did a 52 in traffic, so I was pleased," he said.  ''The car is comfortable; every-
    thing is fine.
           "Our team  has never been more prepared," he added.   "You can feel it. And
    that's what's most important in a 24-hour race; not where you start."
           Scott Pruett won the pole in the Chip Ganassi Racing Riley & Scott Lexus.
           The other two DORAN JE4s in the field were third overall [Terry Borcheller in
    the  Bell Motorsports DORAN JE4 Pontiac) and seventh overall (Kelly Collins in the
     Michael Shank Racing DORAN J€4 Lexus).
           The Doran-Lista team was sixth overall in Thursday night's practice session,
    and then did an engine change back in the garage area.
           There is still time to enter the List3 cabinet give-away at www.listaintl.com.
           Other   information  about  the  team  can  be  found   at  www.lista.com   and
    www.doranracing .corn.