Terry Borcheller - Sebring preview

Terry Borcheller is impressed with his team's preparation for the Mobil 1 12
Hours of Sebring, the 2005 American Le Mans Series season opener.
Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., will drive the No. 63 ACEMCO Motorsports
Saleen S7R in the March 19 race with Ralf Kelleners of Germany and  Johnny
Mowlem of England. The race, on the demanding 3.7-mile Sebring International
Raceway road course in Sebring, Fla., is the first for the car with Michelin
tires.

 

"The team has worked really hard over the winter and the car is better, for
sure," Borcheller said. "The whole package is better – we have a great
driver lineup, a great team and Jeff [Giangrande, team owner] has worked
very hard to build the team over the winter. The Michelins have been a great
asset to the whole program."

 

Borcheller and ACEMCO will compete in the newly named GT1 class against the
ALMS champion Corvettes and new Aston Martin and Maserati teams.

 

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A record crowd is expected for the 12-hour race, eclipsing last year's
160,000 fans. Borcheller will participate in several off-track activities
for the series and fans, including a volleyball game that pits drivers
against the Hawaiian Tropic Girls and a party hosted by race insurance
mentor John Gorsline. He will also speak to students at Sebring High School
for the sixth-consecutive year.

 

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The Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring is scheduled from 10:45 am to 10:45 pm on
Saturday, March 19 on the 3.7-mile Sebring International Raceway road course
in Sebring, Fla. The race will be telecast live on Speed Channel from 10:30
am to noon, 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm to 11 pm. Live timing/scoring and
the ALMS Radio Web will be accessible on americanlemans.com.

 

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ACEMCO Motorsports is focused on the Sebring race this week, but the team is
already well into preparation for les 24 Heures du Mans in June. "They
started working on the car in December, so it's a pretty serious deal,"
Borcheller reported.