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NASCAR Stars Edwards, Ambrose Will Have to Wait to Take Firs Green Flag
While driving around the track on the car's recon lap, the No. 77 Alfac/iRacing Ford Dallara spun in Turn 11 and hit the wall hard. With the front of the car severely damaged, Edwards and co-driver and fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pilot Marcos Ambrose did not turn one lap in the car.
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NASCAR Stars Edwards, Ambrose To Test Doran Racing Daytona Prototype Tuesday at Virginia International Raceway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regulars Carl Edwards and Marcos Ambrose will make their Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Daytona Prototype testing debut Tuesday, driving the Doran Racing No. 77 McDonald's Ford Dallara on the North Course at Virginia International Raceway.
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Doran Racing Wins Bengals Charity Karting Event
Brad Jaeger and Kevin Doran teamed with Cincinnati Bengals linebacker coach Jeff FitzGerald to win Friday's Shayne Graham Celebrity Raceoff on the kart track at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati in Batavia, Ohio.
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Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona
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EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio
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Sahleen's Six Hours of The Glen
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DORAN/McDONALD'S TEAM JUST MISSES TOP-10 FINISH IN VERIZON FESTIVAL OF SPEED AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (May 18, 2009) – Coming off a pair of competitive 5th- and 7th-place finishes in Rounds Two and Three of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the Doran Racing / McDonald's team just missed scoring a top-10 finish in Round Four of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the Verizon Festival of Speed at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Persevering through gearbox and handling issues, the #77 Doran / McDonald's Doran-Dallara Ford co-driven by Memo Gidley and Brad Jaeger qualified and finish 11th.

ON FORM AND UP TO SPEED, DORAN RACING HEADS FOR MEMO GIDLEY'S HOME-TOWN TRACK AND THIS WEEKEND'S VERIZON FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (May 11, 2009) – With competitive 5th- and 7th-place finishes in Rounds Two and three of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the Doran Racing / McDonald's team is on form and up to speed heading into this weekend's Verizon Festival of Speed at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca… the very track where Doran co-driver Memo Gidley got his start in racing.

WET AND WILD -- ANOTHER TOP-7 FOR DORAN RACING IN THE NEW JERSEY RAIN AT THE VERIZON WIRELESS 250
Millville, NJ (May 3, 2009) – The Doran Racing / McDonald's team battled through conditions more suited to jet skis than race cars and scored another top-7 finish at this weekend's Verizon Wireless 250, round 3 of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Brad Jaeger, co-driver of the #77 Doran Racing/ McDonald's/Doran-Dallara Ford, qualified the car 10th on the grid for the start of the 250-mile main event and drove several stints, running consistently with the leaders and as high as second in the early stages of the race. The team called him in for a pit stop and driver change when two cars spun into the tire barrier, but the expected yellow flag was never displayed and the #77 car dropped a lap down. Gidley continued to battle his way back through the pack, finally finishing 7th after a long and difficult day.

WITH THE MOMENTUM OF A TOP-5 FINISH AT VIR, THE DORAN RACING / McDONALD'S TEAM HEADS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S VERIZON WIRELESS 250 AT NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK
Millville, NJ (May 3, 2009) – New Jersey Motorsports Park (April 30, 2009) – With the confidence and momentum of a well-earned top-5 finish in last weekend's Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR, the #77 Doran Racing / McDonald's team, with co-drivers Memo Gidley and Brad Jaeger, are already at New Jersey Motorsports Park preparing for an even stronger performance in this weekend's Verizon Wireless 250.

DORAN RACING/McDONALD'S AND GRAND-AM TO HOST VISIT BY KIDS FROM "THE BRONX FLASH TRACK CLUB" DURING THIS WEEKEND'S VERIZON WIRELESS 250 AT NJMP
New Jersey Motorsports Park (May 2, 2009) – The Doran Racing/McDonald's team, in conjunction with officials from the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, will host members of "The Bronx Flash Track Club" during this weekend's Verizon Wireless 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Included in the race day activities for club members will be a Grand-Am organized garage tour and a special 'insiders tour' of the Doran Racing paddock conducted by Memo Gidley, co-driver (with Brad Jaeger) of the #77 Doran Racing/McDonald's/Doran-Dallara Ford.
Carrying the momentum of a top-5 finish in last weekend's Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR, the Doran Racing team has qualified 10th for the start of tomorrow's 250-mile Verizon Wireless 250, scheduled to take the green flag at 1:00 pm, Sunday, May 3. The race will be broadcast live on SPEED TV.

DORAN RACING SCORES TOP-5 FINISH IN BOSCH ENGINEERING 250 AT ROUND 2 OF
GRAND-AM ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES AT VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Virginia International Raceway (April 27, 2009) – the #77 Doran Racing / McDonald's team, with co-drivers Memo Gidley and Brad Jaeger scored a strong 5th-place finish in today's Bosch Engineering 250, Round Two of the 2009 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series. This marks the continuation of a Doran Racing streak at VIR; in this event last season, the team scored one of eleven top-10 finishes, including eight in a row.

AFTER LEADING THE 47th ANNUAL ROLEX 24, ENGINE PROBLEMS SIDELINE THE #77 DORAN / McDONALD'S CAR
Daytona, FL (January 26, 2009) – After leading the race, and with a top-5 finish in sight after 18 hours of almost trouble-free racing in the 47th Annual Rolex 24, the #77 Doran Racing / McDonald's Doran-Dallara Ford succumbed to the same engine 'gremlins' that felled six of the seven Ford-powered Daytona Prototypes in the 49-car starting field. The problem in each case was ultimately traced to the failure of a crankshaft position sensor stator wheel in each of the 500 horsepower Ford V-8 engines.