Miller Barrett Racing - Luke Hines for 2010

I apologize for the incorrect subject line on the previous release. Miller
Barrett Racing is the correct team name. (Miller American Racing is the
corporate name.)

 

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Miller Barrett Racing will have two young, fast drivers behind the wheel of
the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car this season. Luke Hines of Essex,
England, will join Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., to contest the 11 upcoming
races in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. Their GT-class Porsche
will carry the colors of Marquis Jet, Grand Prix Racewear, IPC Systems and
TOTAL Lubricants.

 

Hines and Miller were teammates in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona on
Jan. 30 and 31. That experience showed their compatibility as co-drivers,
leading to the full-season agreement. Miller has raced at all the circuits
on the schedule; Hines will drive each for the first time. They believe the
combination of experience and fresh outlook will be effective.

 

"I am very pleased to have Luke Hines as my co-driver for the season. We
worked well together at Daytona. He is a real professional in his approach
and brings championship-winning experience to our effort," Miller said. "I
think the biggest challenge for Luke will be learning all the tracks on our
circuit here in the U.S., but he knows what needs to be done and we will
support him to accomplish this the best we can."

 

Hines noted, "I've been used to having to pick up a track quickly and it
will help having data from Bryce. More than anything, when you don't know a
track, you rely on the data. And I've got the best driver to look at the
data and the track with. I'm glad that I'll be racing with Miller Barrett
Racing and I'm chuffed about racing with Bryce - I think that we can cause
some trouble! With the team pairing we've got and the team behind us, we've
got an excellent chance of winning."

 

That team includes owners Paul Miller and Eric Barrett, crew chief Paul
Caves and data engineer Mitchell Simmons. Their effort will be bolstered by
the addition of race engineer Lee Penn, who joined the team this month.
Hines and Penn have already won championships together in Europe.

 

"Whoever Lee Penn has worked with has always got big results," Hines said.
"He's just as competitive as the drivers and that's big value for a team,
especially a team that's run with racing fanatics who have racing in their
blood. I  think that's what makes this team different to a lot of the teams,
and that will be another advantage."

 

Hines' career started with championships in karting and Formula Ford, then
continued with a British Touring Car Championship production class title in
2003, team championship in 2004 and runner-up honors in 2006. In 2008, he
finished second in the British GT Championship and notched a fifth-place
prototype finish in the Petit Le Mans. He followed with a podium finish in
his first Formula Le Mans race, in 2009. He has also competed in the FIA-GT
Championship and the 24 Hours of Dubai.

 

Miller's resume includes a Rolex Series GT team championship, a string of
victories and 22 class podium finishes, including the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
He finished second in class, fifth overall in the Total 24 Hours of Spa last
year. In his rookie Rolex Series season, 2007, he co-drove the race-winning
championship GT car and just missed sharing the driver title because he was
in a different car for the Rolex 24. He has wins in the Rolex Series,
American Le Mans Series and IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge, all in Porsche cars.

 

partners

 

Miller Barrett Racing competes with the support of four 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. Grand Prix Racewear is a
respected supplier of motorsport protective clothing and driver accessories,
based at Silverstone Circuit in England. The company offers worldwide
delivery of 15,000 product lines. 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