GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION
COMPLETES FINAL EVENT OF THE SEASON IN CA

FONTANA, CA (October 30-31) -- The Grand American Road Racing Association completed its final event of the season over the weekend at California Speedway. In the Grand-Am Cup Series which competes exclusively on Hoosier tires, it all came down to the Lexus Grand American 250 in determining this year's champion in both the Grand Sport (GS) and Sport Touring (ST) classes. When the race was over, two come-from-behind champions were crowned while one of the most exciting seasons in series history comes to a close. While in the Rolex Series, the driving-duo of Marc Bunting and Andy Lally only had to each compete under green flag conditions to claim the SGS class championship. A lap two caution enabled a driver change and the championship was won when the race went green again on lap number five. This is the first season the SGS class has been in competition in the Rolex Series and also runs exclusively on Hoosier tires. Next year, the Hoosier brand will be the only tire used by all classes in both the Grand-Am Cup Series and the Rolex Series.

GRAND-AM CUP SERIES - GS CLASS

FONTANA, CA (October 30) -- Forty-eight cars began Saturday's Lexus Grand American 250 with 30 of them competing in the GS class. Terry Borcheller entered the race leading the driver rankings by just four points over Craig Stanton. The race was won by Greg Wilkins and Dave Lacey in the No. 17 Doncaster Racing Porsche 996 followed by No. 44 TheRaceSite.com Racing Porsche 996 driven by Will and Wayne Nonemaker. Finishing in third place was Blake Rosser and Kelly Collins driving the No. 23 Unitech Racing Nissan 350Z. The championship contenders had their problems, however, with Craig Stanton (and co-driver David Murry) finishing 13th after encountering mechanical woes, while Terry Borcheller (and co-driver Devon Powell) finishing in 17th place after being involved in an accident. Amazingly, the former driving partners of Stanton and Borcheller ended the year tied with 260 points each. The championship was then awarded to the driver with the most victories which was Stanton who had six wins to Borcheller's four. Interestingly, three of Stanton's wins came when he was co-driver with Borcheller. 

GRAND-AM CUP SERIES - ST CLASS

FONTANA, CA (October 30) -- The excitement was much of the same in the ST class portion of the race with Will Turner and Don Salama entering the final event just eight points ahead of Sylvain Tremblay and David Haskell. Eighteen of the 40 cars on the track for the event were competing in the ST class. When the race was over, Tremblay and Haskell had secured a runner-up finish. The question was, was it good enough to overcome the 8-point deficit? It turned out to be enough when the point leaders entering the event made contact with another competitor on lap 75 of the race resulting in a disappointing 10th place finish. The dramatic events had David Haskell and Sylvain Tremblay capturing the 2004 ST class driver championship. Bob Beede and Bob Endicott won the race driving the No. 27 Bill Fenton Motorsports Acura RSX-S followed by Haskell and Tremblay. Daniel Colembie and Ken Dobson finished in third place driving the No. 12 TC Kline Racing BMW Z4.  

ROLEX SERIES - SGS CLASS

FONTANA, CA (October 31) -- Thirty-nine cars were in competition in the Rolex Series Lexus Grand American 400k at California Speedway on Sunday with 11 of them competing in the SGS class which runs exclusively on Hoosier tires. Marc Bunting and Andy Lally entered Sunday's race with a large enough lead in the driver standings that they needed only to each take a lap under green flag conditions to capture the 2004 championship in the SGS class. The pair accomplished their mission in just five laps of the event when Bunting brought the No. 38 TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car into the pits when a lap two caution came out. Andy Lally jumped in for a turn at the wheel and when the race went green on the fifth circuit, the pair had captured the SGS class championship. With the title secured, the duo enjoyed a nice Sunday drive leading most of the race until a late-race pit stop resulted in a second place finish behind Californians Gene Sigal and Harrison Brix driving the No. 4 Grease Monkey Racing Porsche GT3 Cup. It was their first-ever Rolex Series win. Following class champions Bunting and Lally to the finish line was TPC Racing's No. 38 Porsche GT3 Cup driven by Michael Levitas and Randy Probst in third place.

The 2004 season was the first and last for the SGS class. The class will be combined with the GT class next year in the Rolex Series.

Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. was proud to have participated in the Grand American Road Racing Association this year as one of three exclusive tire providers. The entire Hoosier organization is also looking forward to being the exclusive tire supplier to all classes competing in both the Grand-Am Cup Series and Rolex Series beginning in 2005.

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