ORBIT / Paul Miller Racing - Mid-Ohio front row

ORBIT / Paul Miller Racing earned its second American Le Mans Series GTC
class front-row starting position in three races, just missing the class
pole position by 0.3 seconds. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., qualified the
No. 48 Marquis Jet / GPR Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car second in class with a fast
lap of one minute 25.260 seconds on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course in Lexington, Ohio. The start matches his qualifying effort at Miller
Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, in June. He and his co-driver, Luke Hines
of Essex, England, went on to lead the GTC class in Utah and set a class
race lap record.

 

At Mid-Ohio on Friday, Miller took the provisional GTC pole position on his
second qualifying lap, but relinquished it as he encountered traffic on what
should have been his fastest lap, when the tires were up to temperature.
Hines and Miller have been strong all week, holding a close second place in
class through testing and practice sessions. Miller said that bodes well for
the race.

 

"The car was good in qualifying, but we had traffic," he said. "On our first
flying lap we had a clear track, but when the tires were perfect, we had
traffic. We held back at the start to get a hole and we got the fast lap on
the clean lap. On the next lap, I encountered traffic - one of the GT2
Corvettes was checking up, trying to find a hole for himself - so it was
just a throw-away lap, unfortunately. That's a little bit frustrating, but I
think everyone is still really happy with the performance of the car and the
lap times. We should have a good race car."

 

Hines will drive the first stint in the two-hour 45-minute race on Saturday,
followed by Miller.

 

details

 

The two-hour 45-minute American Le Mans Series race is scheduled for
Saturday, Aug. 7, from 3 pm to 5:45 pm EDT on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports
Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race will be broadcast live on
radiolemans.com and on Sirius XM satellite radio. Live streaming and
timing/scoring will be available at imsaracing.net. A feature show will be
telecast on CBS Sports on Sunday, Aug. 15, from 12:30 pm to 2 pm EDT.

 

partners

 

Bryce Miller and Luke Hines compete 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
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integrated international oil and gas company.

 

- orbitracing.com, paulmillerracing.com, brycemiller.net,
lukehinesracing.com -

 

 

 

 

Sylvia Proudfoot

sylvia@spurcom.ca

403 287 3945