It was a day of bright sunlight, smashed headlights, flying fur, and unfortunate get-togethers at the Watkins Glen International race circuit during the running of the Crown Royal 250 event on the Grand American Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Series schedule. The increasingly popular Daytona Prototypes once again shared the race track with the GT class cars. But some of the 39 cars (Correction, make that 39 cars and one groundhog) in the field failed to remember the simple axiom that two physical bodies can not occupy the same space at the same time.

It was a law of physics that Hugo Guénette and Terry Borcheller - driving the #15 CB Motorsports / DLGL Software Pontiac-Riley - made sure they never forgot and that allowed them to thread ever so carefully through or around the debris-strewn race track and take home a solid 4th place finish.

Team owner Chris Bingham could not be at the Glen for this round of the 2005 schedule due to important business commitments. Veteran racer Terry Borcheller was brought in to take his place when his regular ride, the Kodak-Bell Motorsports entry, had to be withdrawn from the entry list. It was an outstanding choice for the CB Motorsports team as Mr. Borcheller used all of his considerable talent to keep the team in the hunt right to the end.

Bingham: "The whole team did an awesome job! And how Hugo and Terry managed to avoid all the wrecks that did-in so many other good cars and teams is hard to figure out. It had to be a combination of incredible luck and driving talent that let our car miss so many incidents and stay clear of trouble. I can't say enough about the heads-up driving and effective team strategy we had going for us today."

In the early stages of the race Hugo Guénette kept the team's chances alive by running consistent trouble-free laps and staying close to the front of the pack. As car after car either rubbed a wall or bumped a fellow competitor, Guénette managed to stay out of trouble until he could bring the car in and hand over the 'defensive driving' chores to Borcheller.

Borcheller: "Wow! It was a nice treat that things went our way the whole race from the car, the team, Hugo my co driver, the yellows, and all the way around. I hope to drive this car again. My thanks go out to all the guys!"

A massive pile up occurred at the top of the esses late in the race and a number of cars from both classes were taken out of competition. Borcheller was able to steer around the heart of the crash scene and keep the car out of harm. Considering how many cars were caught up in the disaster, coming right after a restart with the field all running in a tight pack, any and all drivers who made it through cleanly are to be commended. At the very least they should consider themselves lucky.

One unlucky 'entrant', who did not appear on the official entry list, was a local Watkins Glen area community inhabitant - wearing a full length fur coat on a sunny fall day - who made the regrettable decision to cross in front of "Mad Max" Angelelli at a most inopportune time.

With just a few laps remaining in the race, and a determined Scott Pruett in the #01 CompUSA - Ganassi Racing Lexus-Riley riding his rear bumper, Angelelli was on the back straight flying along at or near top speed when a "Mr. Groundhog" attempted to 'pass' him. He ran across the track with all four furry paws working feverishly to build enough speed to get him to the other side. but Max was faster.

The resulting impact removed a portion of the body work on the #10 SunTrust car, including the right front headlight. Unfortunately, Mr. Groundhog's entire fur coat was torn into pieces. And of course, he was still wearing it at the time.

But Max was able to continue on and keep Pruett behind him, eventually taking the race win, which moved him and co-driver Wayne Taylor closer to clinching the season long championship.

The #15 car is sponsored by DLGL HRIS Software and the Key Bank/McDonald Financial Group. Both sponsors had to feel elated that the accidents that led to six full course cautions never included the blue and white Pontiac-Riley. And having their favorite car finish in fourth place, on the lead lap and just under 9 seconds behind the race winning - and championship leading #10 SunTrust car - surely was cause for celebration. This was the highest finishing position for the team this season and they saw the checkered flag wave with just 0.49 seconds between them and a podium placing.

Guénette:" What a great finish! Things seem to be going our way the last couple of races. Once again the team did an awesome job, and it was a real pleasure to co drive with Terry."

Bingham: "It was an incredible finish for us. We came so close to finishing third. I think a key decision - one that made up for our bad call in Phoenix - was to take on fuel only in the remaining laps. That put us up front. I think it was the move of the race, not to mention Terry and Hugo's great display of driving!"

The next race on the schedule is the VIR 400 on October 9th at Virginia International Raceway located just outside of Danville, Virginia.


The CB Motorsports / DLGL Software Pontiac-Riley team includes the following personnel:

Drivers: Chris Bingham, Hugo Guénette, Jacques Guénette
General Manager: John Petherbridge
Crew Chief: Sean Creech
Chassis Engineer: John Mills
Data / Engineer: John Snook
Car Chief: Christian Manseau
Crew Members: Aaron Edman, Nat Dorsay, Ben Kurtz, Dave De Nardo,
Rich Smith, Michel Guénette, Stefan Bedard
AV / Crew: Jonathan Scholtz
Transportation Manager: Sam Dunlap
Truck Driver: Burt Smith
Photographer: Regis Lefebure
Public Relations: Andrew S. Hartwell
Travel: Alexis Curran


Chris Bingham Bio:
Bingham is the team owner and a two-time driver's champion in the Grand-Am GTS class, taking top honors in 2001 and 2002, in the Park Place Racing Ltd. Saleen SR7. In Grand-Am, Bingham had 21 starts with 14 podium finishes, 11 wins and 2 season championships. He has also raced in Indy Lights and in the NASCAR Busch series. An injury while riding recreational watercraft put him out of commission for several months but he eventually recovered and was able to run in the VIR Rolex event in 2004, in a Daytona Prototype. Bingham will run the entire 2005 season with his own DP program with partners DLGL Software.

Bingham and his wife, Cherish, and their young son Race, live in the Bellevue, Washington area

www.chrisbingham.com

Hugo Guénette Bio:
The R&D Director for DLGL Software, Hugo Guénette has driven a Daytona Prototype at four events. He drove the Picchio at the 2004 Daytona 24 hours, finishing 7th in class. He also drove the Picchio at Phoenix, and again at Mt. Tremblant. His most recent drive in a DP came at California where he qualified the Chase DP 15th but was unable to race the car due to mechanical difficulties.

Guénette has raced in vintage events with HSR, Grand-Am Cup in the GTS class, in the Canadian Touring Championship (for Hyundai Canada), in the F125 Karting Quebec Championship, Canadian Formula Ford races and ¾ scale stock cars in the MBNA Cup Lites series. Prior to racing on four wheels, Guénette was a competitor on the AMA Superbike and Pro 750CC Supersport motorcycle tour.

Guénette lives in Canada with his wife and two daughters.

Jacques Guénette Bio:
Jacques Guénette Sr. is the Administrator, President and CEO of DLGL Ltd Software. He has a varied array of racing experiences including the F1600 and F2000 Race Series at the Jim Russell school at Mt. Tremblant, the Canada Challenge Cup (running in several events in a Porsche 911 and 935), and in vintage racing with HSR - taking first place in the 2001 HSR Enduro at Daytona and the HSR Thundersports TS3, also at Daytona.

Guénette has also driven in Grand-Am Cup events in the GTS class running in several races between 2001 and 2003. In 2004 he co-drove the Chase DP at Homestead and the Picchio DP at Mt. Tremblant.

Guénette, 58, lives in Laval, Q.C., Canada with his wife Diane, their 3 children, and 6 grandchildren


CB Motorsports Sponsor information:
Primary sponsor for the Lexus-Riley is D.L.G.L., an HRIS provider based in Canada. D.L.G.L. offers integrated software solutions for human resources management, bringing Payroll, Pension, Time Capture and Employee data elements together in a seamless environment. D.L.G.L. provides 100% web-based HRIS solutions for large employers across the North American market. Clients include such names as the Canadian Pacific Railway, Chevron Texaco, CAE, Celestica, Avon, Tim Horton' s, as well as a number of major financial institutions and banks, among others.

D.L.G.L. will be using the racing program for both internal and external promotions, giving a few lucky employees of DLGL - and its clients - an opportunity to participate with a top notch racing effort, an experience none of them will ever forget.

The D.L.G.L. mission is specialization in the conception, implementation and complete support of advanced, user-friendly, integrated HR / Payroll / Time Capture & Scheduling / Pension / Recruitment Systems for large and very large employers, using the best available proven industry standard tools, with a total commitment to quality before volume, in the North American marketplace.