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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">14/08/2004</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Lexus Finishes 1-2 At The Glen</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Magnussen, Frisselle Beat The Rain</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/doran-27-glen-r-04(1).jpg"></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>Lexus Finishes 1-2 At The Glen</B><BR> <BR> <B>Magnussen, Frisselle Beat The Rain</B><BR> <BR> Amidst changing conditions late in Friday’s Sahlen’s 200 at the Glen, only two drivers, Lexus-powered Jan Magnussen and Burt Frisselle, opted for racing slicks on the wet track and the risk paid off with a victory for Magnussen, a second for Frisselle and Lexus’ first-ever one-two finish in Grand-American Rolex Series Daytona Prototype competition.<BR> <BR> The victory was the first of the season for Magnussen and teammate Didier Theys, along with their Doran-Lista Racing team after a pair of seconds earlier this year. For Frisselle and Oswaldo Negri, the second-place finish marked the best showing to date for the first-year Michael Shank Racing (MSR) team. The triumph was Lexus’ fourth win in the last five races and gives Lexus a two-point lead in the Rolex Series Manufacturer’s Championship. This marks the first time that Lexus has led the championship in its debut season of racing in America’s premiere sports car series.<BR> <BR> Magnussen had been running just outside of the top five when he changed from rain tyres to slicks on Lap 59. Carving his way through the field, the Dane finally passed for the lead on Lap 67 of the 72-lap contest. One circuit after Magnussen made his change, the MSR team also decided to make the switch to slicks, allowing Frisselle to make a similar charge up to second.<BR> <BR> Ganassi Racing drivers Scott Pruett and Max Papis combined to finish fifth in their No.01 CompUSA Lexus. They led a race-high 25 laps before the rain arrived. The final result stopped a streak of five consecutive top-two finishes for the duo. Pruett and Papis maintain a 19-point lead in their quest for the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series championship. In addition, their No.01 CompUSA Ganassi Racing Lexus entry remains in the top spot in the team standings by a similar margin with just four races remaining on the 2004 schedule.<BR> <BR> The second Ganassi entry of Jimmy Morales and Luis Diaz didn’t fare as well in the No.02 CompUSA Lexus. They suffered an off-track excursion early in the event and struggled to a 12th-place finish. The first half of the race was run in dry conditions before the sky opened up and sent cars scurrying to the pits. The rain eventually cleared later in the race, but the racing line remained wet until the final few laps.<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>