Miller Barrett Racing - Birmingham entry withdrawn

Miller Barrett Racing will not compete in the next GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car
Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race, scheduled for April 10 at
Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. The team has withdrawn its entry
of the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car driven by Luke Hines of Essex,
England, and Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J.

 

The Rolex Series GT class features competition among unibody production cars
like the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (designated as Prep 1) and modified production
or tube-frame chassis like the BMW M6 and Mazda RX8 (Prep 2). Although
series rules attempt to equalize the different manufacturers' cars, the
Porsche has been uncompetitive against the new Prep 2 cars - the
highest-finishing Porsche was three laps behind the class-winning Mazda in
the last series race. GRAND-AM announced incremental rule changes to balance
the field, but the Miller Barrett Racing team owners do not believe the
changes will be sufficient to achieve parity.

 

"We have thoroughly analyzed the impact of the rules changes," team owner
Paul Miller said. "We appreciate the steps GRAND-AM has taken toward making
us competitive, but we don't believe the new rules will allow the Porsche
GT3 Cup to compete on equal footing with the new Prep 2 cars in the GT
class. We owe it to our partners and sponsors to field a competitive car. We
understand that other rule adjustments are under consideration, and we
respectfully await those decisions."

 

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

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