Action Express Racing captures another Top Five Finish at the Global Barter 250 held at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Daytona Beach, Florida -May 15, 2012
The #5 Action Express Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype driven by David Donohue and Darren Law battled inside the lead pack all afternoon but finished just off the podium with a solid 4th place finish at the conclusion of the Global Barter 250 event. The #9 Action Express Corvette DP finished the event in 7th place after suffering damage to the car on lap #30. The crew was able to repair the car but when Joao Barbosa took his turn behind the wheel he was three laps down. This was disappointing for the team because the #9 Action Express Entry had been extremely fast all weekend setting the fast lap of the race and posted the fastest practice times in both sessions on Friday.

Terry Borcheller and David Donohue started in the 4th and 5th positions on the grid after Saturday’s qualifying efforts. The AXR team-mates were in the lead pack early in the race. Donohue pressured the front runners several times eventually moving into second place by lap number 25. Borcheller was turning competitive laps until contact with another competitor damaged the suspension components on the left rear wheel. The team was able to repair the car and put Joao Barbosa in for the remainder of the race. Joao consistently turned faster lap-times than the leader and worked his way back to a very respectable 7th place finish.

Darren Law took over driving duties in the #5 AXR Corvette DP with about 1 hour and 40 minutes remaining in the race. Darren’s pace kept him in a very solid and comfortable 4th place position until a full course caution tightened the field on lap 80. The lead teams all took advantage of the caution for pit stops and on lap 85 Darren was back in P-4.

Darren drove a very smart race while under pressure for the final 40 minutes to secure P-4 for Action Express Racing. Darren commented after the race “I think we had a car to win today but we were unable to get the track position we needed and ended up 4th. It was a hard race, we were very competitive, everyone on the team did a great job!”

The Action Express Corvette Coyote DP’s will be back on track in Detroit at Belle Isle at round number five of the 2012 Grand-Am series on Saturday June 2nd. This event can also be seen on SPEED channel at 5:00PM.

Action Express Racing captures its first Rolex DP podium of the 2012 season by securing third place at the Miami Grand Prix

Daytona Beach, Florida April 30, 2012

David Donohue and Darren Law piloted the #5 Action Express Corvette Daytona Prototype to the podium through miserable conditions. Donohue started the race in the sixth position on the grid after qualifying was cancelled on Saturday due to heavy rain. A spin dropped Donohue back to ninth early in the race but he was able to charge back to seventh before turning over the driving duties to Darren Law at the 42 minute mark.

Darren Law immediately began charging through the field and by lap #31 had the AXR Corvette DP in second. A couple of close calls and a trip off course put Law back to fifth at the one hour mark. Law was able to regain two positions before the Grand-Am officials slowed the race with a full course caution at the one 1 Hour and 16 minute mark of the race. The cars continued under caution for an additional 37 minutes before the race was called due to heavy showers and standing water on the course.

“Overall I was disappointed when qualifying was cancelled because we had set the fastest time of the weekend during the practice just before we were to qualify. I think Grand-Am made a great call by stopping the race” commented David Donohue. “There was so much spray, you couldn’t see more than two car lengths in front of you. I couldn’t even see their tail lights but we were really hoping for the race to go the distance as we seemed to be getting closer and closer to the top spot as the race neared the 2 hour mark.” added Darren Law.

While the Action Express Team would have preferred to race the full distance they are in support of the decision that Grand-Am made. Team owner Bob Johnson commented “We had plenty of fuel and our Continental tires were in great shape to go the distance. I feel like we had a great chance to get our first win of the season but the safety of the drivers is our main concern”.

The #9 Action Express Corvette DP suffered a rain related mechanical issue on lap #41. Joao Barbosa had just taken over driving duties from Terry Borcheller on lap #21 and was beginning to move towards the front before the heavy down pour and deep puddles on the track took its toll on the #9 Corvette DP’s electrical system. “This obviously isn’t the way that we planned on finishing the race today” commented Joao Barbosa. “These conditions
are tough on the team, the drivers and mostly on the car” continued Barbosa.

The Action Express Corvette Coyote DP’s will be back on track at New Jersey Motorsports Park at round number four of the 2012 Grand-Am series on May 13th. This event can also be seen LIVE on SPEED channel at 1:00PM.

Contact: Scott Taylor
Team Media / PR
Phone: (407) 448-4488
scott@hi-revracing.com

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Action Express Racing looks to regain momentum at Homestead

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 31, 2012) — The Barber event started very strong for the AXR team with David Donohue turning the fastest time of the day during Thursday’s practice session in the No. 5 Action Express Corvette DP. (1:22.122 at 100.825mph) Joao Barbosa and JC France also had some very fast sessions in the No. 9 AXR Corvette DP.

After strong qualifying efforts by David Donohue and JC France the No.5 and No.9 Corvette Daytona Prototype teams found themselves starting in the 3rd and 8th positions on the grid.

At the start of the race both AXR cars were running competitive times with the 5 running comfortably in the 3rd position until a series of unfortunate events during the second caution period left both cars fighting to regain lost laps. The 9 was unable to recover its lost lap and the race ended with the 9 in position 7, The 5 was just beginning its charge to regain 2 lost laps when contact with another car sent it to the garage for extensive repairs.

The experienced crew at Action Express Racing went to work on the No. 5 Corvette DP and within 30 minutes had the car completely ready to race and back on track but unfortunately were 22 laps down at that point. When asked why they would go to that effort knowing that they did not have a chance to move past the other competitors, Team Director Elton Sawyer replied “It is important for our team, our sponsors and the series to make every effort to keep our cars on the track” Sawyer continued “We want to keep the wheels turning no matter what the circumstances are”.

Darren Law summed up the Barber weekend with “I have to congratulate the Spirit of Daytona guys for their dominating performance, it is nice to see a Coyote, Corvette DP take the win this weekend. Of course I would have liked for it to have been us up there. I am disappointed about how we finished the Barber weekend. We had high hopes coming into this race and were fast all weekend long. The Action Express team has been working very hard on this new Corvette DP car and it is showing a lot of potential.In racing, sometimes things don’t work out but we know we have fast race cars and the wins and points will come. We are looking forward to Homestead as we have always run well there. Our plan is to run up front and try to stay ahead of high risk situations.”

Next up for Action Express Racing and the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series is the Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway, April 27 – 29. The race can be seen live on SPEED, Sunday, April 29, at 1p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT.