Miller Barrett Racing - Watkins Glen race

Miller Barrett Racing led the GT class during the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car
Series race at Watkins Glen International on Friday evening, but a hit from
a Daytona Prototype car took the rookie team out of its first race. Bryce
Miller of Summit, N.J., and Kevin Roush of Upland, Calif., combined for a
strong start in the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car sponsored by Marquis Jet,
IPC Systems and Total Lubricants.

 

Roush drove the first stint, starting ninth on the 17-car GT grid. He worked
up to lead the class after 82 minutes of the two-hour race. He handed off to
Miller, who returned to the track ninth in class after a green-flag pit
stop. Caught in a DP-class battle, he was knocked off track with a hit that
broke the car's right-rear suspension and took the team out of the race.

 

Bryce Miller: "I'm really proud of the team. They did a hell of a job to put
on such a show today in our debut race. Kevin drove his heart out, driving
the car to the front like that. It was fun to watch. We didn't know what
expectations to have coming here – it's really been a continuation of our
testing and development. To start off like this and to have this as a
baseline is a good sign. There are a lot of positive things to walk away
with, but it's certainly a big pill to swallow to have gone from that
position and not finished. But we'll get over it and look forward to the
next races, and hopefully shake some things up here."

 

Kevin Roush: "With this unique NASCAR coupling [a shared race weekend with
two NASCAR series], we didn't get any practice today whatsoever. We found a
gearbox problem this morning, so we had to run the spare 'box, and we also
ran a different differential, different gears and different suspension
setup. We just rolled the dice and came up with a pretty good car. It's
heart-breaking we didn't get the finish the team deserved. They did a really
great job and the car was a dream to drive. Thanks to Marquis Jet and Paul
Miller Porsche for the chance to drive with them. And I couldn't do it
without the support of my sponsors Wheel Enhancement and JSI Shipping."

 

The team's next race will be at le Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montréal on
Aug. 29.

 

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.

 

– brycemiller.net –

 

 
Sylvia Proudfoot

sylvia@spurcom.ca

403 287 3945