CARPENTIER THIRD QUICKEST AT DAYTONA (05)

Day 1 Test Report from Daytona International Speedway

CARPENTIER THIRD QUICKEST IN THE R0LEX SERIES TEST AT DAYTONA


Montréal, QC - November 6, 2006 -Patrick 
Carpentier turned in third quickest time in the 
first of the two-day test sessions held Monday at 
Daytona International Speedway. The Las Vegas 
(NV) resident drove his SAMAX Motorsport Pontiac 
Riley Daytona Prototype around the 5.72-kilometer 
(3.56-mile) road course in 1 minute 44.215 
seconds, half a second from the day's leader Max 
Angelelli of Italy (1:43.728 at 198.840 km/h), 
and one- hundredth of second behind Patrick Long 
of Oak Park, California (1:44.202). Fourth place 
went to 18-year old Colin Braun of Ovalo Texas. 
Last season, Braun became the youngest winner of 
a major league auto race in North America at the 
age of 17 when he won the Rolex Series race at 
the 14-turn road course of the Daytona 
International Speedway in June.

Carpentier joined Florida-based SAMAX Motorsport 
last October for his first full season of Daytona 
Prototype competition. Over the course of the 
2007 14-race schedule, he will partner with 
three-time Rolex Series race winner Milka Duno of 
Venezuela. In Monday's test session, he shared 
the car with Duno. The first series-sanctioned 
pre-season test session drew 40 cars, which 
included 22 Daytona Prototypes.

  "I went out three times today and the car felt 
better each time," Carpentier said. "We only used 
one set of fresh rubber at the end of the day and 
it was then that I was able to post my best time. 
Everyone on the SAMAX Team is happy with the 
day's results. Of course, every time I get to 
drive the car, I feel more at ease. This is also 
my third time on this track with this type of 
car. The weather conditions were not the best 
today, but it was the same for everyone. I will 
only do a partial day on Tuesday as newcomer Ryan 
Dalziel is coming in for his first test with the 
team."

On Tuesday, Carpentier will do a short stint in 
the morning session before ceding his seat to 
Ryan Dalziel of Scotland and Milka Duno of 
Venezuela. Both of these drivers will share the 
SAMAX Motorsport Pontiac Riley with Carpentier at 
the 2007 Daytona 24-Hour Rolex Series season 
opener January 27-28.

The Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series will 
make its first appearance August 3 at Montreal's 
Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve for a 400-kilometer 
race. The Montreal race weekend will feature the 
first-ever NASCAR Busch Series race held in 
Canada.

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