RRDC member Urciuoli wins HSR's Grand Champion GTP Trophy

CASEY KEY, Fla. (Dec. 7, 2005) - Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) member
Archie Urciuoli garnered the 2005 overall points championship in Historic
Sportscar Racingıs Historic GTP/Group C series, driving his 1984 Porsche 956
to four victories in eight season events.
 
The HSR Historic GTP/Group C Championship is a season-long competition for
historic prototype cars, primarily those from the IMSA GTP and FIA Group C
era of the 1980s and early 1990s. Many still consider this era to be the
ultimate in all racing series.
 
The class includes purpose-built GTP race cars, such as the Jaguar XJR,
Lola, March, Nissan, Porsche 956/962, Chevrolet Intrepid, Spice and Toyota,
whose speeds and lap times continue to outpace many modern race cars.
 
Urciuoli, who entered his first SCCA race in 1959, is the ninth winner of
the HSR ³Grand Champion² GTP trophy, which was first won by former RRDC
President Bob Akin in 1999.

"Winning the overall GTP championship is a thrill," said the 68-year-old
Urciuoli, "especially since 'historic' is a term that applies to me, as well
as the series. I really owe it to Porsche Motorsports and MCR Racing, since
the key to it was finishing every race."

Urciuoli, who serves on the RRDC committee which nominates the annual
recipient of the Bob Akin Memorial Award, is a longtime amateur racer who
has also competed in the Daytona 24-hour race. Professionally, he is
Chairman of the ArcherGroup, retired Chairman of Merrill Lynch
International, and resides in Casey Key, Fla., and Rowayton, Conn.
 
For more information on the Road Racing Drivers Club and its members, see
RRDC.ORG.