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(August 29, 2010) -- ORBIT / Paul Miller Racing dominated the GTC class in American Le Mans Series competition at Mosport International Raceway on Sunday, but a hit from a prototype car took the team's No. 48 Marquis Jet / GPR Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car out of the race. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., started from the GTC pole position, after setting a class qualifying record on the 2.709-mile road course in Bowmanville, Ont. He led every lap through his 73-minute stint. Luke Hines of Essex, England, then took the wheel and increased the lead to 29 seconds. Just before the two-hour mark of the planned two-hour 45-minute race, a prototype car hit Hines, slamming him into the safety barrier. The race was red-flagged to attempt repairs to the barrier, but they could not be completed in a timely manner, so the race ended at 2h19. The early finish was a tough blow to the ORBIT / Paul Miller Racing crew, who had to rebuild the race car on Tuesday, repairing extensive damage from a high-speed crash when another car forced Miller off track during the ALMS race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Aug. 22. When the car's engine broke during practice on Friday, the team borrowed another engine from a local GT3 Cup competitor and the crew again worked late, to be ready for Saturday qualifying. The crew will now have to rebuild the car for the final race of the 2010 ALMS season, the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., on Oct. 2. |
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(August 28, 2010) -- Bryce Miller earned his first American Le Mans Series pole position on Saturday, posting the fastest GTC class time during qualifying for the series race at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ont. Miller drove the No. 48 ORBIT / Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car to the class pole with a record lap time of one minute 22.495 seconds on the 2.709-mile road course, at an average speed of 107.308 mph. Miller, of Summit, N.J., will share driving duty with Luke Hines of Essex, England, during the two-hour 45-minute race on Sunday. Their Porsche sports the colors of Marquis Jet, Grand Prix Racewear, IPC Systems and TOTAL Lubricants. "I really enjoy this circuit. It’s a great circuit with a lot of character," Miller said. "It's exciting to be in the qualifying position at this track and pull a great lap here. It can be an unforgiving track. It’s great for the team. The car has been technically sound, but we just really had the luck come our way." |
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(August 24, 2010) -- The ORBIT / Paul Miller Racing crew will test their speed before and during the upcoming American Le Mans Series event at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ont. The experienced crew will log long hours rebuilding the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car that was damaged during the ALMS race on Sunday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. They plan to have the car ready for testing at Mosport on Wednesday, representing their sponsors Marquis Jet, Grand Prix Racewear, IPC Systems and TOTAL Lubricants. The team's drivers – Luke Hines of Essex, England, and Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J. – are anxious to get on track, both to set up the car for the two-hour 45-minute race on Aug. 29 and to get up to speed on the fast 2.459-mile road course. Miller last drove at Mosport in 2006; Hines is a Mosport rookie. "I haven't been to Mosport since 2006. It is a very challenging circuit with lots of elevation change," Miller said. |
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