Miller Barrett Racing - new team

Miller Barrett Racing is ready for action! The new team will enter four
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series races this year, as a test program to
prepare for a full-season effort in 2010. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., will
be the lead driver in the team's No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. It will
carry the colors of his long-time sponsors Marquis Jet, IPC Systems and
Total Lubricants.

 

the team

 

Miller Barrett Racing is a new team, but a partnership with a long,
successful history.

 

Bryce Miller's resume includes a Rolex Series GT team championship, class
victories and a GT podium in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. He finished second in
class, fifth overall in the Total 24 Hours of Spa last month, adding another
top result to the 21 podium finishes he earned from 2006 through 2008.

 

His father Paul has extensive experience as both a driver and team owner. He
led the Porsche factory effort in Trans-Am Series racing in the 1980s. He
was also a leading IMSA endurance racer, driving with sports-car stars Bob
Akin, Brian Redman and Hans Stuck. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
three times and in the Daytona 24-hour race nine times, topping the GTO
class in 1988.

 

The two generations of Millers share the expertise of Miller Barrett Racing
team manager and engineer Eric Barrett. He started his 23-year race career
as a mechanic on Paul Miller's winning Trans-Am team, was later crew chief
for Paul Miller's SCCA team, then coached Bryce Miller to more than 60
International Karting Federation wins. Barrett's international experience
includes work with top professional drivers like Bob Akin, Charles Mendez
and Dave White.

 

The two Millers and Barrett have reunited as partners in the new sports-car
team, based in Braselton, Ga.

 

"I'm really excited about the partnership. We have a past relationship that
created some good results and success, so hopefully that can be rekindled in
this new project," Bryce Miller said. "We have had much success with our
sponsors over the last few years, but having this opportunity lends us
additional branding control to deliver added value to our partners.

 

"There's a lot of energy that's come together on the team. We've taken
testing and the development of the car very seriously. That process has been
a series of ups and downs that's natural in the building process, and the
whole team has come together and bonded as a result of those experiences.
That will help to accelerate the development of our effort, so we can
compete for respectable positions in our first four races. Our goal is to
use them as a pilot program to establish a baseline for 2010."

 

first race

 

Miller Barrett Racing will make its first appearance in a two-hour Rolex
Series race at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Aug. 7.
Kevin Roush of Upland, Calif., will share driving duty with Bryce Miller.
Roush is a Porsche specialist, both on track and in his business, GAS
Motorsport. His sponsors are Wheel Enhancement and JSI Shipping.

 

"Bryce and I have raced against each other many times and have even gotten
to spray some champagne together on a few occasions, so teaming up with him
now is awesome," Roush said.

 

"I have every confidence that each member of the Miller Barrett team desires
to come out strong and I know they have been working long and hard toward
their Rolex debut. Certainly, we will all give 100 per cent to make it a
success. Special thanks to Bryce, Paul Miller, Wheel Enhancement and JSI
Shipping for helping make this possible."

 

details

 

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 7
from 6:30 to 8:30 pm ET, on the 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International road
course in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The race will be televised on SPEED at 8 pm on
Friday, Aug. 7. Fans can access live timing/scoring at grand-am.com.

 

partners

 

Bryce Miller races with the support of three international sponsors. Marquis
Jet is the recognized leader in private jet cards because it's the only
program that offers exclusive access to NetJets - the gold standard in
private aviation - 25 hours at a time. IPC Information Systems is a leading
provider of mission-critical communications solutions to financial services
firms. Total Lubricants is the world's fourth-largest publicly traded
integrated international oil and gas company.

 

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Sylvia Proudfoot

sylvia@spurcom.ca

403 287 3945