American Le Mans Series

Borcheller Ready for Road America

Terry Borcheller has been a class race leader at Road America. He achieved that in 2001 in a Saleen S7R. Now he wants a podium finish at the same track in a 2005 Saleen. Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., will have his chance during an American Le Mans Series race on Aug. 21, sharing driving duty with Johnny Mowlem of London, England.

Borcheller believes recent results and ongoing aerodynamic development of the car should work in the team’s favor on the 4.048-mile Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wis. He led the GT1 class at the last race, in Portland, Ore., then held second in class until he was caught in another car’s crash, knocking him out of the race.

“I’m really happy with how well the car performed the last two races and how much it has improved. We’ve been only three-tenths [of a second] off the pole time in qualifying in the last two races. We led for 34 minutes at Portland, ran in the top two for almost the whole stint and we actually were in contention to possibly win the race,” he noted.

“We’ve done more aero work because of the high speeds at Road America; hopefully we’ll be able to implement some of those improvements. I’m pretty excited to see what we have for Road America.”

Borcheller will again join his fan friends for a barbecue on Friday evening at Road America, organized by Wisconsin fan Dale Sanky. The event continues to grow as more enthusiasts attend each year. “It should be bigger and better than ever!” Borcheller predicted.