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                    Doran-Lista Heads to Mant-Tremblant
            LEBANON, Ohio, May 15 -   Next weekend Doran-Lista Racing will return IDthe track
     where it set the largest margin of vidory in Grand American Road Racing Association histo-
     ry  two  years  ago:  Le  Circuit  Mont-Tremblant in  picturesque  Mont-Trernblant,  Quebec,
     Canada.
            Joining Didier Theys of Scatt$dale, Anz. behind the wheel of the Doran-Lista DORAN
     JE4 Lexus No. 27 will be Jan Magnussen, who will be making his semnd start ever with the
     Lebanon, Ohio-based team.  They will mmpete in the Six Hours of Mont-Tremblant, which is
     slated to be aired live on SPEED neH Sunday,  May 23, in two  segments: one &t 11  a.m.
     Eastern and the secmd at 2 p.m. Eastern.
            Magnussen and M a   Papis had the racing world buzzing after hey cr3shd togf2ther
     numerous times  while battling fa the  lead  at  Homestead-Miami Speedway in  Florida in
     February. Everyone on the Doran-Lista team hopes for a cleaner race and better results in
     Canada.
            Magnussen  was  mmpeting  in  an   European  Touting  Car  Championship  race  in
     Hockenheim, Germany at  press time.
            Lead driver They$ expects this six-hour race to be unlike others he's competed in for
     several reasons.
            'It's B long race, but on that track it'll be kind of llke a sprint," he said.  "I  think we'll be
     flat out from lap one until the l35t lap bemuse it's so competitive this year in the Rolex series.
     The mrs are very closely matched, so even though it's an enduro, the pace of the race will
     be faster this year."
            Theys said the weather is likely to also play a factor.  "At MmZ-Tremblant in May they
     tell m e  it  could be cold or warm," he explained.  'It  may be 55 or it may be 35; who knows?"
            Kevin Doran and the rest of the team will do their best to arrive at a goad set-up dur-
     ing practice, which begins at 10 a..m. Friday, May 21. An additional practice session will be
     held Saturday, May 22 at 9155am. before the Daytona Prototype class qualifies at 130  p.m.
     The six-hour race will begin at I1 a.m- local time on Sunday, May 23.
            Prior  to  that  the  car  will  be  on display  at  a  press  conference  in    Montreal  on
     Wednesday, May 19.  Theys will be on hand for that event, and is also scheduled to appear
     on the morning TV show "Cafeine" that day.
            For more information  see www.tista.com,  www.listaintl.wm, www.daranracing.com,
     w w . j  an mag nussen. corn and www.g rand american. corn.