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Terry Borcheller is one of North America’s premier road racers, having competed
in at least one American Le Mans Series event in each of its nine previous seasons.
... Won the 2001 GTS championship with two victories for Konrad Motorsport in
Saleen S7R. ... Will move back to GT1 for 2008 as part of Bell Motorsports effort
in Aston Martin DBR9 to battle factory Corvettes. … Drove in 2007 for Team Trans
Sport in Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
2008: At Sebring, returned to GT1 competition in Bell Motorsports' Aston Martin DBR9. Drove to third-place class finish with Chapman Ducote/Antonio Garcia after missing mid-race practice time with bent frame rail. ... At St. Petersburg, battled Corvettes early in stint before DBR9 was retired following crash with stationary Primetime Viper. Was transported to local hospital for X-rays but released shortly thereafter. Car too damaged to compete at Long Beach. ... At Lime Rock, returned to action but crash involving No. 1 Audi R10 TDI prototype knocked Aston Martin out of race and the next weekend at Mid-Ohio. ... At Road America, made successful return with runner-up GT1 finish with Ducote. Ran consistent pace and moved to second place when lead Corvette crashed near three-hour mark. … At Mosport, scored third-place GT1 finish behind two Corvettes for second-straight completed race in Aston Martin. Started car and qualified. … At Detroit, drove first and third stints for another third-place class finish. Lost time due to engine misfiring late in race.
2007: Made 11 starts with 10 top-10 finishes with Pappas for rookie Team Trans
Sport operation. ... At Sebring, added Marc Basseng to lineup as car lost radio
communications in race’s latter half before succumbing to suspension woes
for 15th-place finish. ... At St. Petersburg, Borcheller/Pappas finished seventh
in GT2, two laps out of top-five. Was Borcheller’s 60th career start. ... At Long
Beach, started from back of grid and advanced to eighth-place class finish. ... At
Houston, was sixth in class and 18th overall. ... At Utah, slipped to ninth in class
following electrical issues with Pappas at wheel. ... At Lime Rock, recorded first
top-five of season with Porsche running third late in the race before losing two
spots. First top-five since Sebring 2006 for Borcheller. ... At Mid-Ohio, routegoing
sixth-place class finish in competitive GT2 field. ... At Road America, just
missed season’s second top-five by one lap with seventh-place showing. ... At
Detroit, Trans Sport Porsche struggled in traffic at first-year event for sixth-place
finish. ... At Petit, scored season’s best result, a fourth-place finish in route-going
effort. ... At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, finished season with encouraging
fifth-place class finish with Pappas. Duo finished ninth in class championship.
2006: Made one start with Konrad Motorsport. ... At Sebring, finished fifth in GT1
with Tom Weickardt/Jean-Phillippe Belloc in Saleen S7R.
2005: Raced ACEMCO Saleen S7R with Johnny Mowlem in pursuit of factory
Corvettes. Posted five podium finishes and two class poles in 10 starts for thirdplace
championship finish. ... Oil leak ended in 11th hour at Sebring ended
podium hopes for duo and Ralf Kelleners. ... Fourth at Road Atlanta in spring
before running off three straight podium finishes at Mid-Ohio, Lime Rock and
Infineon behind Corvettes ... Began third at Portland but retired after early-race
crash and suffered more misfortune at Road America (lost left-front wheel). ... Sat
on pole position at Mosport and finished third; same position at Petit Le Mans. ...
Weathered power-steering failure at Laguna Seca for fifth-place class finish.
2004: Drove ACEMCO Saleen with Mowlem with seven podiums in nine starts
and third-place in championship. ... Added David Brabham as third driver for
Sebring; finished third in class, the first of four straight - also Mid-Ohio and Lime
Rock. ... Retired at Infineon (mechanical). ... Before three straight third-place
finishes (Portland, Mosport and Road America). ... Fourth at Petit Le Mans before
third-place finish at Laguna Seca.
2003: Teamed with Shane Lewis in ACEMCO Ferrari 360 Modena. Posted seven
top-10 GT finishes in nine starts. ... Fourth-place at Trois-Rivieres highlighted
Borcheller’s campaign, which included fifth at Atlanta. ... Best overall finish was
15th at Trois Rivieres and 17th at Mosport.
2002: Drove for Konrad Motorsport in a Saleen S7R for GTS title defense. ...
Teamed with Franz Konrad/Toni Seiler for second place finish at Sebring and
also finished second (w/Konrad) at Infineon. ... Fastest qualifier twice, including
snapping Ron Fellows’ streak of six consecutive poles, the upset happening at
Fellows’ home track of Mosport.
2001: Championship season saw two victories in eight starts. ... Won at Sebring
in GTS with Konrad/Oliver Gavin for Saleen’s first Series win. ... Won again with Konrad at Mosport. ... Won class championship in the final race of the year when Ron Fellows’ car was excluded
from the event. ... Was on pole position four times with seven fastest race laps.
2000: Five total starts. Competed in both GT and GTS, driving Porsche and BMW in GT and Saleen in GTS. ...
Saleen start at Laguna Seca was competitive debut of current S7R model.
1999: Ran full season in inaugural year of Series. ... Had seven Top-10 finishes in GTS, paced by third place at
Mosport with Ron Johnson. Drove Saleen SR.
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