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Doran Racing Qualifies Fifth and Tenth
For Saturday's CTSCC Race at CTMP

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, July 10 — Brad Jaeger celebrated his 30th birthday on Friday by qualifying fifth for Saturday afternoon's Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Driving Doran Racing's #14 Nissan 370Z that advertises Nissan's GT Academy, Jaeger was just 0.229 of a second off third place and 1.336 off the pole.

The Charlottesville, Va.-based driver turned the 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course in 1:27.797 to record his fastest lap on lap six of the seven laps he turned in the 15-minute qualifying session.

His co-driver, B.J. Zacharias of Cincinnati, topped the charts in the first practice session on Friday morning with a 1:27.538. The #14 was seventh in the second practice session Friday afternoon with a 1:28.722.

A sister car, the #41 Doran Racing Nissan 370Z, will start tenth in tomorrow's 2.5-hour race after Nick McMillen of Salem, Ore., posted a 1:30.138 during qualifying. He had a problem with the car's ABS system during the session, but both he and his co-driver, Steven Doherty of Plainfield, Ill., have high hopes for tomorrow's race. Both are making their first starts at this particular track.

The #41 was 11th in the first practice session with a 1:30.197. It was eighth in the second practice session with a 1:29.650, only 0.928 off its sister car, which has been on the podium at the last two events.

Tomorrow's race starts at 1:25 p.m. Eastern time. It will be broadcast live on imsa.com. It will also be shown on Fox Sports 1 at noon Eastern on Sunday, July 19.

Additional information is available on DoranRacing.com and the team's Facebook page.

Post qualifying quotes follow:
Brad Jaeger: "I think all things considered, fifth is a great place to start the race from. The Mustangs are strong, but we're right in the mix. I think we'll have a good race. We want long green runs and to be there at the end.

"The team is awesome; they've been working hard to get the car ready for qualifying and the race, and we hope for a good day tomorrow.

"They had a red-velvet birthday cake for me before qualifying, and I think it helped!"

Nick McMillen: "I followed Brad onto the track on our out lap, and I was trying to pace myself so I didn't get caught in traffic. I got through the first four or five corners on my first flying lap, and I was trying to get more temperature in the tires, but then after the Andretti straight I went under the bridge and all four tires locked up. The ABS light was on. I talked to Kevin on the radio and we tried to reset it, but we didn't have ABS the rest of the session. So, I just tried to drive around and put in a reasonable lap, but I couldn't push it. I didn't get to put in a real flying lap at all.

"The good news is the car felt really good. I think we'll have good pace tomorrow for the race. We'll just have to be clean. I look forward to making passes and to try to move up through the field tomorrow."

For more information about the series, see imsa.com.
For more information on Doran Racing, see DoranRacing.com.
The team also has a Facebook page.

 

 
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