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NOW WITH ONLY ONE RACE
OF THE ROLEX SEASON TO GO

By: Paula Nate
10-11-05

Alton, VA (October 9, 2005) -- At the conclusion of this weekend's penultimate round of the 2005 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, 2005 Daytona Prototype (DP) is still not one hundred percent wrapped up. Sunday's schedule saw the Rolex Series on-track for its final, pre-race tune-up from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. ET, with the green flag on the VIR 400 dropping shortly after 1:00 p.m. ET. The scheduled distance for the VIR 400 is 400 kilometers (250 miles, 77 laps), with a two-hour and 45-minute time limit.

Standing atop the podium today and hopefully getting ready for a repeat at the final race of the season in Mexico City, early November, is the No. 01, CompUSA, Lexus Riley team of Scott Pruett and Luis Diaz. They came in just ahead of the No. 2, Citgo-Howard-Boss Motorsports, Pontiac Crawford driven by the team of Milka Duno and Andy Wallace. Scott Pruett had this to say, "Hoosier gave us a great tire, it was very constant. It was a team effort." Luis said "The tires were running strong all day long. Thanks to Hoosier they give us great tires every race." Luis also said that he was looking forward to going to Mexico City. When asked how large he thought the Grand American Rolex race would be there? Luis answered "It is going to be the biggest event in the entire year in Mexico. There will be almost a half a million fans."

Andy Wallace also wanted to add his appreciation for the great job Hoosier Racing Tire has done all season. He said I'm so impressed with Hoosier Racing Tire. We have not had a single tire problem at all this season."

GT Class

In the GT class, the championship battle has heated up considerably. Going into today's race, two-time GT champion Bill Auberlen was looking for another GT win in the No. 21 BMW Financial Services BMW M3 he will share with Tom Milner, and found it. Coming across the finish line with a first place GT victory and an overall ninth place finish, running his best lap speed in lap number 70, with a 1:57.861, 87.165 mph.

SPEED Channel will provide live television coverage of the Rolex Series VIR 400 beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday. SPEED Channel will also carry the VIR 200 for the Grand-Am Cup Series on a tape-delayed basis at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 13.

Live coverage from throughout the weekend, including Live Timing & Scoring and audio webcasts in English and Spanish will be available via the official web site of the Grand American Road Racing Association, www.grandamerican.com.

Hoosier Racing Tire is proud to be the sole tire provider for the Grand American / Rolex Racing Series.

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