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<\/p>\nControversy ends TRG one-two<\/p>\n
Daytona Beach, FL (January 27, 2011) – TRG Porsche ace Dominik Farnbacher will start the No. 66 TRG\/Porsche from the pole in GT for this weekend’s Grand-Am Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16 Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona.<\/p>\n
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After the GT qualifying session, Andy Lally in the No. 67 TRG\/Sargent & Lundy\/South Point Hotel & Casino\/Porsche had the fastest lap time.\u00a0 However, in post qualifying inspection the blue and black Porsche was found to have the rear spoiler mounted too far to the rear by only one millimeter and the time was disallowed.\u00a0 The infraction ruined what would have been a TRG one-two at the front of the GT field.<\/p>\n
Dominik Farnbacher, the 2008 GT class winner at Daytona, inherited the pole in GT.\u00a0 His lap time of 1:48.781 has the 67 car in perfect position for the start of the twice-around-the-clock race.\u00a0 Farnbacher is joined in the 66 by Ben Keating, Tim George Jr., and Lucas Luhr.<\/p>\n
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“It is too bad for Andy and the team, they deserved the pole,” Farnbacher said.\u00a0 “I am happy to start from the pole.\u00a0 We still have it for TRG.\u00a0 Without Kevin I wouldn’t be here right now, so it is nice that TRG still has the pole.\u00a0 My lap was really good.\u00a0 The car was phenomenal.\u00a0 It was really good in the Horseshoe and really stable under braking into the Bus Stop.\u00a0 The only issue I had was with the brake bias.\u00a0 I was having some tire lock-up and the brake bias was not really helping.\u00a0 I had to brake a little earlier to stay safe and it worked out to having a pretty good lap.”<\/p>\n
The 67 team was able to backup their practice speeds as they were the fastest GT car in each of the two free sessions today.\u00a0 Lally, a two Rolex 24 Hour winner, laid down a fast lap of 1:48.487 on his fifth circuit of qualifying to secure, at the time, the pole position.\u00a0 The post qualifying infraction sends Lally to the back of the GT field for the start on Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0 Lally’s teamed in the 67 with Steve Bertheau, Brendan Gaughan, Spencer Pumpelly, and Wolf Henzler.<\/p>\n
“This was a really nit-picky call,” Lally said.\u00a0 “We went down to tech to measure the wing before qualifying, we knew we were close, but we thought we were within the spec.\u00a0 We have such a good car.\u00a0 We now have to make our way through the 30 car GT field safely.\u00a0 We did this last year.\u00a0 We started from the back in 2010 and by the first pit stop we were third.\u00a0 We will have to do that again.\u00a0 On the positive side the crew has really been hustling to give us a great car.\u00a0 Kevin has been working his tail off to field fast cars as you can see on the timing sheet.\u00a0 My team is made up of veterans and we have been working hard on the set-up of the car since the test back at Homestead.\u00a0 I had a dream lap, I caught a sniff of a draft down the back stretch and that gave us that little extra push for the fast time.”<\/p>\n
Ryan Eversley put in a lap of 1:49.451 in the No. 4 TRG\/Children’s Tumor Foundation\/Porsche that will have him starting from the seventh position.\u00a0 Eversley ran his fastest lap of the day by more than a second.\u00a0 Eversley is partnered in the No. 4 with Ron Yarab, Daniel Graeff, Richard Zahn, and Kenny Wallace.<\/p>\n
“I was easily a second faster in qualifying,” Eversley said.\u00a0 “We weren’t that happy with the handling of the car in practice.\u00a0 We talked with Kevin and the crew guys and we got the thing dialed in – it’s a bullet.\u00a0 It is nice to start in the top 10 for the race.\u00a0 At the start we will be racing with good guys toward the front of the field that don’t make dumb rookie mistakes.\u00a0 Being in the top 10 is really important to our effort and everyone at the Children’s Tumor Foundation.\u00a0 I was able to get a huge tow from one of the RX-8s and I was just flying into Turn One.\u00a0 It was amazing the draft that I got.”<\/p>\n
Jeroen Bleekemolen drove the No. 54 TRG\/Black Swan\/GMG\/Porsche to a time of 1:49.554 that will see him come to the green from the sixth row in GT.\u00a0 The 54 guys were third in each practice session, but a mechanical gremlin that couldn’t be remedied prior to qualifying held the team back.\u00a0 Bleekemolen shares the car with Tim Pappas James Sofronas, Bret Curtis, and Patrick Pilet.<\/p>\n
“In practice we were really going well,” Bleekemolen said.\u00a0 “We were still trying to improve and then we had something go wrong with the car which has us about a second off.\u00a0 We will find the problem and fix it for the race.\u00a0 We will be right up there with the fast guys.\u00a0 In qualifying it was the best that we could do.\u00a0 It is disappointing.\u00a0 I compete with these guys all of the time and I am able to run with them.\u00a0 We have a top three car, we just need to find the problem and we will be good for the race.”<\/p>\n
With only three laps in the car prior to qualifying, Ken Dobson took the No. 53 TRG\/Nadeau Motorsports\/North American League\/Porsche out and posted a time of 1:51.983 which will have him starting from the 12th row in GT.\u00a0 Dobson shares the seat with Coulter Mulligan, Jim Michaelian, Bob Doyle, and Dr. Joe Castellano.<\/p>\n
“Qualifying was the longest stint I’ve had in the car,” Dobson said.\u00a0 “I was able to come to terms with the handling.\u00a0 I had a chat with Andy between the last practice and qualifying and I applied the tips he gave me and it worked out pretty well.\u00a0 He pointed out what I was leaving on the table and it helped tremendously.\u00a0 Every lap I was getting faster and there is still more to gain.\u00a0 I only had three laps in the car in practice and with the qualifying laps I now have a total of eight.\u00a0 For the race we have to hold the car in the top 10 and we will see what 24 Hours bring us.”<\/p>\n
Team owner Kevin Buckler is disappointed with the way qualifying worked out in the tech inspection line, but happy with the hard work and results of the team so far this weekend.<\/p>\n
“It is great to have a TRG Porsche on pole to start the Rolex 24 Hour,” Buckler said.\u00a0 “It is a once in a lifetime opportunity though to take the entire front row, one-two, for the start of this monster event and I thought we earned it.\u00a0 One millimeter off on the way the rear bumper was mounted and this is what got us?\u00a0 It would have been better to start one-two, but we will have the 67 up there in no time.\u00a0 This will motivate the drivers and the crew to do that little extra to prepare these cars for the race.\u00a0 Andy had a great lap.\u00a0 He is really dialed in around here.\u00a0 The 67 guys had the car at the top of the time sheet all day.\u00a0 Dominik and the 66 team also did a great job.\u00a0 He didn’t have a ride here up until after the test and he really proved that he is one of the best Porsche drivers there is today.\u00a0 Ryan did a really good job.\u00a0 He improved on his time by more than a second and was our surprise of the day.\u00a0 Jeroen and the 54 guys had some car trouble or he would have been up there pushing Andy and Dominik for the pole for sure.\u00a0 We will put every effort into finding out what happened with their car.\u00a0 The 53 guys are now on pace and the long night practice will help them to get acclimated to the car as well as some running tomorrow.\u00a0 It is great to start at the front.\u00a0 The key will be to run a clean, fast and very clever race.\u00a0 The biggest chess game in the world is about to begin!”<\/p>\n
The Rolex 24 Hour At Daytona will be televised live on the SPEED Channel in two segments.\u00a0 The first segment will air from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 29th, rejoining the action from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 30. MRN will broadcast four live segments, including two hours of coverage at the start and finish of the event, for SIRIUS NASCAR Radio Channel 128 plus more than 60 MRN affiliates throughout North America: 3-5 p.m. and 8-8:30 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, Jan. 29; 7-7:30 and 2-4 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Jan. 30.\u00a0 Six short updates are scheduled for the affiliates: 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. (ET) on Jan. 29; Midnight, 6 a.m., 10 a.m. and Noon (ET) on Jan. 30.<\/p>\n
TRG Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona entries:<\/p>\n
No. 4 TRG\/Children’s Tumor Foundation\/Porsche<\/p>\n
Ron Yarab<\/p>\n
Daniel Graeff<\/p>\n
Richard Zahn<\/p>\n
Kenny Wallace<\/p>\n
Ryan Eversley<\/p>\n
No. 54 TRG\/Black Swan\/GMG\/Porsche<\/p>\n
Tim Pappas<\/p>\n
Jeroen Bleekemolen<\/p>\n
James Sofronas<\/p>\n
Bret Curtis<\/p>\n
Patrick Pilet<\/p>\n
No. 67 TRG\/Sargent & Lundy\/South Point Hotel & Casino\/Porsche<\/p>\n
Steve Bertheau<\/p>\n
Brendan Gaughan<\/p>\n
Spencer Pumpelly<\/p>\n
Andy Lally<\/p>\n
Wolf Henzler<\/p>\n
No. 66 TRG\/Porsche<\/p>\n
Ben Keating<\/p>\n
Tim George Jr.<\/p>\n
Dominik Farnbacher<\/p>\n
Lucas Luhr<\/p>\n
No. 53 TRG\/Nadeau Motorsports\/North American League\/Porsche<\/p>\n
Coulter Mulligan<\/p>\n
Jim Michaelian<\/p>\n
Bob Doyle<\/p>\n
Dr. Joe Castellano<\/p>\n
Ken Dobson<\/p>\n
TRG is a full-service motorsports company offering a total driver ladder approach.\u00a0 This approach starts with track days, goes to club events, up into street stock series and culminates in the ultimate goal of professional motorsports.\u00a0 With sports car focused facilities in Petaluma, California (Infineon Raceway) and Millville, New Jersey (New Jersey Motorsports Park) the team can offer turn-key support as well as arrive-and-drive programs.<\/p>\n
The company’s NASCAR operations are headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina.\u00a0 The team fields a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry and has the capacity to run ARCA, Nationwide and the Camping World Truck Series.<\/p>\n
The Racer’s Group was founded in 1993 and has been competing at the top level of motor racing.\u00a0 The team boasts Rolex Series GT championships in 2005 and 2006 and holds the record for the most wins in Grand-Am with 31.\u00a0 The team’s resume is highlighted by five championships, three Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona victories and a Le Mans 24 Hour win.<\/p>\n
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