Miller Barrett Racing - Utah preview

Miller Barrett Racing will field its class-leading driver duo again in this
week's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Miller Motorsports Park in
Tooele, Utah. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., and Kevin Roush of Upland,
Calif., will share driving duty in the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car,
carrying the colors of Marquis Jet, IPC Systems and Total Lubricants. The
Sept. 19 race will be the third of four test races this season for the
rookie team.

 

Miller and Roush combined forces in the team's first race, at Watkins Glen
International last month. They had a strong start, with Roush leading the GT
class, until a wayward Daytona Prototype knocked the car out of the race.
The team struggled with gearbox issues at the next race, in Montréal, but
completed a successful test last week.

 

"We are excited to have Kevin back in our car after his performance at The
Glen, where he led several laps in our debut race. He knows our car now and
that familiarity will help us at Utah," Miller said.

"After our recent test, the team was able to again make some forward strides
to improve the car. I am quite excited for this next race, but it's also
still a development program and it's important for us to not become
distracted by our competition during these select races. Being a young team,
we need to maintain our focus on improving processes, teamwork and the car,
so we have an established systematic protocol going into the 2010 season."

 

Roush usually travels cross-continent to race, so the 4.486-mile Utah road
course is like a home track for him. He predicts a fast pace on Saturday,
with the race distance changed from the previous 1000 kilometers to 250
miles, shortening the race time from seven hours to two hours 45 minutes.

 

"I am really excited to be racing with the Miller Barrett Racing team and
Bryce again, especially at this Miller Motorsports Park facility, which is
world-class," Roush said. "I have been here several times, including the
last couple of 1000-km Rolex races, which were great events. Racing again in
the desert Southwest almost feels like a home track for me. As long as it is
not blazingly hot out there, the Porsches should be competitive.   

 

"This year, being more of a standard 2:45 sprint format, teams are going to
have to execute and cars run trouble-free, drivers pretty much flat-out the
entire time, to have any chance of a solid finish. This will provide a good
test for all departments of the new MBR team and everyone is fired-up for
the challenge."

 

details

 

The two-hour 45-minute Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race is scheduled
for Saturday, Sept. 19, from 3:30 pm to 6:15 pm MT (5:30 pm to 8:15 pm ET)
on the 4.486-mile Miller Motorsports Park road course in Tooele, Utah. The
race will be telecast live on SPEED at 5:30 pm ET. Live timing/scoring will
be available 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