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Miller Barrett Racing had a great start to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car
Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montréal on Saturday, but a
broken gearshift handle took the young team out of contention. The race was
the team's second in a four-race test program this year in preparation for a
full-season effort in 2010.

 

Dave Lacey of Toronto was unable to qualify the No. 48 Marquis Jet / IPC /
Total Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car because of gearbox problems on Friday, so he
had to start the race from the back of the GT-class grid. Heavy rain made
the 4.361-km (2.708-mile) track treacherous, but that didn't deter him. He
moved from 13th to fifth in class in the first few minutes of the two-hour
race.

 

As the rain stopped and the track dried, Lacey pitted for slick race tires,
but found the car handling wasn't as strong in dry conditions. After 39
minutes, the car's gearshift handle broke, forcing a 21-minute pitstop for
repairs. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., took over and drove the last hour of
the race, using it as a test session to continue the car's development.

 

Dave Lacey:  "We had a good setup for the wet. That showed in the first half
hour of the race. But as the track dried, the car wasn't as good and I
started losing ground to the leaders. Then the shift linkage broke. Bryce
did a great job on his stint. We were dealt a bad card, but we made the best
of it and the [lap] times were there at the end. This is a young team, with
great days ahead of it."

 

Bryce Miller:  "We experienced a lot of growing pains today, but it's good
that we finished the race and got a lot of data. We can use that to continue
our growth and continue to learn, so we can close the gap to where we want
to be. There is still a long way to go, but we'll keep our heads down and
learn everything we can from the next couple of races."

 

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