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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">08/08/2004</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Auberlen Sets New Record </FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Sixth Consecutive Class Victory</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>Auberlen Sets New Record With Sixth Consecutive Class Victory</B><BR> <BR> No. 21 Prototype Technology Group BMW M3 driver Bill Auberlen established a new Rolex Sports Car Series record for consecutive victories in any class by earning his sixth straight GT triumph in the EMCO Gears Mid-Ohio Road Racing Classic. Auberlen started from the pole, and he and co-driver Justin Marks never relinquished the lead. They finished more than a lap ahead of the No. 77 G&W Motorsports Porsche GT3 RS of Spencer Pumpelly and Mark Greenburg.<BR> <BR> “I think we've had more competition this weekend than we have had this year,” Marks said. “Those No. 77 guys did a great job keeping it in contention. To be honest, we were worried about them. The PTG team knows how to win endurance races. The pit strategy was perfect, and we got lucky that the car was so fast. That's what got us to victory.”<BR> <BR> Chris Gleason, RJ Valentine and Ian James finished third in the No. 66 The Racer’s Group Porsche GT3 RS. Auberlen’s triumph coupled with a fourth-place class performance by Boris Said and Joey Hand in the No. 22 PTG BMW M3 gave Auberlen sole possession of the GT driver points lead. <BR> <BR> “It feels good,” Auberlen said. “You don't set out to do that (set a record). That just comes with a great team, a great car and luck. We've pretty much have had that for six races. It's unbelievable. I think Cort (Wagner) and I held the race record in the Ferrari, and that was a feat. Now to win six, that's awesome. I think that puts me in the lead for the championship too. I'm happy.”<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>