Document from Doran Racing

Brix, Jourdain and Senria Finish Eighth
tm  Rdex Series Season Finale
At Miller Motorsports Park Saturday
In Feeds the NeedlPoran RacClng  DORAN JE4 Ford No.  77

TOOELE,  Utah,  Sept.  2  - The  Feeds the  NeedDoran  Racing team  recorded a strong eighth-place finish in the 2006  Rolm Series season finale Saturday night at Miller  Motorsports Park in the nine-hour Discount Tire Sunchaser  enduro that  had only one full-course caution and ended in pitch-black darkness.

All  three drivers  - Harrison Brix of  San Jose, Calif.; Michel Jaurdain Jr.  of  Mexico City,  Mexico and Oriol Servia of  Miami - were  making their first start here.  Senria was making his first start d any kind in a race car with a rad, but in the afternoon the Champ Car World Series star  set the fastest lap of the race for the DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77, which carries the colors of the Kodak Easyshare System, Arnp'd Mobile and SIRIUS. That lap was even a tad Taster than the one the car ran in quals.

After Brix started 19U1, the antry ran in 13th cir 14th place from hours two through five. The car  was  11th two-thirds d the way through the race, including during the full- course yellow six hours and 25 minutes into the event for debris.

Brix was  behind the wheel far the restart when the car cracked the tap  IO with two hours and 12 minutes remaining. He had the difficult job of driving in the glare of the setting sun, but he was still in tenth place when he turned the car over to Jourdain for the last stint.

Jourdain  said he  never concentrated so  hard as  he did driving aver the 4.486-mile road course in the pitch-black darkness, but with 48 minutes remaining he was able to pass Eddie Chewer Jr. for  ninth  place and with 20 minutes to  go  he got eighth when the No. 11 Daytona Prototype had mechanical difficulties and dropped back.

The race was broadcast live on PEE. The Michael Shank Racing No. 60 of Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri won.

Post-race quotes.

Harrison Brix: "The key to this one was staying out of trouble and keeping the car in one piece and on the blacktop.  It was great for the team to finish the year with a strong result.  Hopefully this will help us build momenturn for  next year. "I had no incidents in my stint at the end.  Driving into the setting sun was very treacherous and I  was very happy to get out and let Michel  drive. "We  didn't  have  any  problems.  Randy  Ruhlman  or   samebody  in  the Derhaag car broke in front of  me, but I missed him. "We were fighting for  grip, but the car ran  really well. The track was slip- pew, dirty and really nasty."

Michel Jaurdain Jr.: "I had an incident with the  No. 09 during the afiernom; he did- n't see me and we  had contact.   It happened in Turn  Five, Black Rock  Hairpin, but our car was OK.

"That last stint in the dark required the hardest concentration ever in my life. I just wanted to be smooth and finish the race.  Only like the top four cars passed me. I  was driving blind; therE was no one doing my speed to fdlsw.  I am really glad we finished in the top 10."

Orsol  Servia:  "Everything went  fine  in  my double  stint.    No  contact with  anyone, which is what I wanted. The only problem I had was the hose became disconnected on my water bottle during the second  half of my stint.

"My weakest point was my driver change in the pit stop; I had B link trou- ble  with  that,  but  that  should  be  something that should be  easy  t~ work  on  and improve.

"I   had a lot of fun-  I liked the car from the moment I first drove it.  I want to thank Kevin for the opportunity.  I had a lot of fun in my first race with a roof. "I'm really very happy with how everything went."

Kevin  Doran:  "Well,  the  s?ason closer  was  better  than  the  season  as  a  whole1 Hopefully it'll give us a little momentum for  '07.All three drivers did a fantastic job. They brought the car home unscathed in a long endurance race and pitch-black dark- ness at the end, and I'm really proud of the whole team."

Ave,  Kuttner and Gue Finish 19th
Un   Rolex Series Seasan Finale
At Miller Motorsports Park Saturday
In Doran Racing's DORAN JE4 Pontiac No. 78

TOOELE,  Utah, Sept.  2 - After  starting  23rd, the  red Doran Racing DORAN JE4 Pontiac N o  78 finished 19th in the nine-hour Discount Tire Sunchaser Rolex Series season finale Saturday on the longest road course in the nation at Miller Motorsports Park.

Drivers  Tony  Ave  of   Moareesville,  N.C., Oliver  Kuilner  of  Chartoteesville, Va.   and James Gue of  Athens, Ga. experienced mme brake problems with their car, which carried advertising for two Web sites; yououghttoknowthis.rrsm and nycshuttle.com, as well as Venom Synthetic Lubricants.   Ave  had a litlle contact and  Kunner spun once, so all  three drivers were glad that they were able 10  soldier  on and finish the grueling race on the 4.486-mile road course.

The car  ran in 18th or  19th place for a full two-thirds of the race, which was broad- cast on PEE.

The Michael Shank  Racing No. 60 of  Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri won.  For more information see doranracing.com and grandarnerican.com.

Driver pnst-race quotes follow:

Tony Ave: "I didn't have any incidents to speak of  during my first stint.  The No. 17 GT car  ran into the side of  me, but it didn't hurt us.   It just bent the wheel a little but we were OK.

"The track got dirty. You really couldn't go off line; there was a lot of rubber and trash off line.

"In the afkrnom I was passing the 21  8MW in the kink over there and he got into my left rear.   I think It bent the toe-in a bit, and  I had to get a new tire.

"The problem we had was na brakes.  I didn't have any at the beginning of that second stint and they got worse.  I'd do one relativ ly fast lap and then I  had to slow down and try to get the brakes back.

"That last stint was the  hardest one  I've ever had driving at night.   I   was thinking at the end of  an ATV  race I was in once when  I was a kid, and all the track lights went out.  That was the only time that was worse than this."

Oliver Kuttner: "I spun off.   I never hit anything, but I  couldn't see and I  ran ofF  the track two more times because I couldn't find the track.  The crew teased me and said I shouldn't try to  take soil samples from each comer.

"The brakes came back for me.  I think they got better as my session went on because there was less heat in them because I was going slower than Tony and James.

"I was put in my place today, but that's OK.   I had plenty fun."

James Gue: "We had a few brake issues and some contact that didn't help.  The car ran flawlessly.  It was a little off the pace, but the crew did 8 great job."