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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">04/01/2004</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Champions Quickest On First Day Of Pre-Season Testing</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Istook/Aines Audi Tops Grand-Am Cup Field</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"><B>2003 Champions Quickest On First Day Of Pre-Season Testing</B><BR> <BR> <B>Istook/Aines Audi Tops Grand-Am Cup Field</B><BR> <BR> Bell Motorsports, winner of last year's North American Road Racing Championship, continued to prove its dominance on the racetrack by posting the fastest lap time during the opening day of Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series pre-season testing at Daytona International Speedway. The Bell Motorsports No. 54 Chevrolet Doran JE-4 clocked a 1:49.209 lap at 117.356 mph around the Speedway's 3.56-mile road course during the morning session.<BR> <BR> Daytona Prototype driver champion Terry Borcheller is joined this weekend by Forest Barber, Andy Pilgrim and Milka Duno in the No. 54 Chevy of Bell Motorsports.<BR> <BR> The No. 58 Red Bull Porsche FABCAR of Brumos Racing turned the second-fastest time of the day with its 1:49.369 lap at 117.181 mph in the late afternoon session. The Red Bull Daytona Prototype is piloted by David Donohue and Darren Law and Porsche factory drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr.<BR> <BR> Orbit Racing was quickest in the GT class on Friday. The No. 44 Porsche GT3 RS clocked a 1:55.599 lap at 110.866 mph.<BR> AASCO Motorsports had the fastest time in the Super Grand Sport class, as its No. 16 Porsche GT3 Cup turned a 1:57.217 lap at 109.336 mph.<BR> <BR> The Grand-Am Cup Series also held two testing sessions on Friday, with the Istook/Aines Motorsports No. 04 Audi S4 topping the field with its 2:06.598 lap at 101.234 mph. Don Istook, Randy Pobst and Blake Rosser are sharing driving duties in the Audi during testing.<BR> <BR> The Grand-Am Cup Series Sport Touring division was led by the new No. 70 Mazda RX-8 of SpeedSource. The Mazda of Sylvain Tremblay and David Haskell turned a 2:15.032 lap at 94.911 mph<BR> <BR> <B>Best Testing Times - Saturday</B><BR> <BR> 1. (54) Barber; Borcheller; Pilgrim; Duno, DP, Bell Motorsports Chevrolet Doran, 01:49.206<BR> 2. (58) Donohue; Law; Maassen; Lucas Luhr, DP, Red Bull - Brumos Porsche Porsche FABCAR, 01:49.369<BR> 3. (27) Theys; Lienhard , DP, Doran Lista Racing Lexus Doran, 01:49.919<BR> 4. (01) Pruett; Papis , DP, CGR Grand Am Lexus Riley, 01:50.375<BR> 5. (6) Martini; Wagner; Newton; Erdos; Collins, DP, Michael Shank Racing Toyota Doran, 01:50.495<BR> 6. (59) Haywood; France; Sharp; Goodyear, DP, Brumos Racing Porsche FABCAR, 01:50.661<BR> 7. (4) Leitzinger; Forbes-Robinson; Brule; Johnson, DP, Howard Boss Motorsports Chevrolet Crawford, 01:50.664<BR> 8. (2) Wallace; Earnhardt Jr; Stewart , DP, Howard - Boss Motorsports Chevrolet Crawford, 01:50.832<BR> 9. (09) Goad , DP, Spirit of Daytona Racing Chevrolet Crawford, 01:51.158<BR> 10. (9) Mears Jr; Borkowski; Luyendyk Jr; Ham, DP, Mears Motor Coach Ford Multimatic, 01:51.991<BR> 11. (70) Wellman; Tremblay; Huang; Hall, DP, SpeedSource Ford Multimatic, 01:52.121<BR> 12. (79) Jeannette , DP, Gunnar Racing Porsche FABCAR, 01:52.946<BR> 13. (5) Pruskowski; Pruskowski; Bentley; Kitch Jr, DP, Essex Racing Ford Multimatic, 01:53.899<BR> 14. (80) Marshall; Marshall; De Simone , DP, G&W Motorsports BMW Picchio, 01:54.453<BR> 15. (3) Grala; Lloyd; Block , DP, Cegwa Sport Lexus Fabcar, 01:54.776<BR> 16. (7) Lewis; Baldwin; Robinson; Southard, DP, Southard Motorsports BMW FABCAR, 01:54.779<BR> 17. (44) Policastro; Pontoriero; Liddell; Mowlem; Mike Fitzgerald, GT, Orbit Racing Porsche GT3 RS, 01:55.599<BR> 18. (66) Buckler; Bernhard; Bergmeister , GT, The Racers Group Porsche GT3 RS, 01:56.066<BR> 19. (74) Neiman; Pechnik; Van Overbeek; Cunningham, GT, Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup, 01:56.282<BR> 20. (73) Engelhorn; Quester; Peter; Montermini, GT, BE Racing Ferrari 360GT, 01:56.611<BR> 21. (15) Kitch; Gaylord; Hessert , DP, Essex Racing Ford Multimatic, 01:56.627<BR> 22. (75) Neiman; Pechnik; Overbeek; Cunningham, GT, Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche GT3 RS, 01:56.631<BR> 23. (67) Nielsen; Nearn; Burnstine; Matthews, GT, The Racers Group Porsche GT3 RS, 01:56.761<BR> 24. (16) Stanton; Murry , SGS, AASCO Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup, 01:57.217<BR> 25. (57) Stevenson; Vance; White , GT, Stevenson Motorsports/ Auto Assets Porsche GT3 RS, 01:57.580<BR> 26. (21) Auberlen; Said; Marks; Hand, GT, Prototype Technology Group BMW M3, 01:57.850<BR> 27. (99) Schumacher; acharias , GT, Schumacher Racing Porsche GT3 RS, 01:58.079<BR> 28. (91) Julien; Dumoulin , SGS, Doncaster Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, 01:58.309<BR> 29. (68) Valentine; Kroczek; Zimroth; Halliday, GT, The Racers Group Porsche GT3 RS, 01:58.324<BR> 30. (119) Pootmans; Wilkins , SGS, Doncaster Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, 01:58.931<BR> 31. (83) Mountain; Wilson , GT, Cirtek Motorsport Porsche GT3 RS, 01:59.067<BR> 32. (24) Heinricy; Nowicki; Tom Bambard; Richard Berry, GT, Specter Werks/Sports Corvette, 01:59.200<BR> 33. (37) Littlechild; Adam; Pobst; Lally; Levitas, SGS, TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, 01:59.410<BR> 34. (13) Cawley; Davis; Gibbs , SGS, Foxhill Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, 01:59.714<BR> 35. (17) Webber; Kunz , SGS, AASCO Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup, 02:00.024<BR> 36. (71) Lacey; Wilkins , SGS, Doncaster Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, 02:00.093<BR> 37. (38) Bunting; Lally; Pobst; Levitas; Adam, SGS, TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, 02:00.260<BR> 38. (30) Lazzaro , GT, Risi Competizione Maserati, 02:00.446<BR> 39. (88) Couceiro; Amaral; Barbot , GT, ASM Team Porsche GT3 RS, 02:00.503<BR> 40. (33) Earle; Assentato; Longhi , GT, Scuderia Ferrari of Washington Maserati, 02:00.812<BR> <BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>