Pacific Coast Motorsports heads to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course fo
the third round of the 2005 American Le Mans Series this weekend
eager to get back to action and hoping to maintain a perfec
finishing record in the GT1 class.

The 2004 Toyota Atlantic Champions have belied their sports ca
'rookie' status with the privateer #5 Menards-Yokohama Corvett
successfully scoring back-to-back top-ten finishes at Sebring an
Road Atlanta

Sunday's race, hosted on the challenging 2.25-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohi
Sports Car Course, is the second 2-hour 45-minute 'endurance sprint
of the year following last month's Road Atlanta dash and th
season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring marathon.

Quickly adapting to the demands of sports car racing PCM held its ow
in March with Alex Figge and Ryan Dalziel partnered by Canada's Davi
Empringham at Sebring to finish 6th in the GT1 category and 10t
overall

Last month's Grand Prix of Atlanta further demonstrated the team'
dedication in extracting maximum performance from the C5-R package
Despite being up against the might of the all new factory-backe
Corvette C6-R's, Dalziel caught the headlines topping the GT
timesheets in Saturday practice.

While the factory cars ultimately set the pace on race day, Figge an
Dalziel's solid effort saw the #5 Menards-Yokohama Corvette maintai
a 100% finishing record with 9th overall and 5th in GT1 class at th
chequered flag - and both are eager to attack the twists and turns o
Mid-Ohio this weekend

"Mid-Ohio's a great track, it definitely ranks as one of America'
leading permanent road courses," sad Figge. "I don't know man
drivers who don't enjoy racing there and I'm looking forward t
getting out in the Corvette.

"I'm optimistic we're going to have a good weekend there. We've show
we can be fast but I think the key to a successful weekend will b
maintaining a consistent level throughout practice, qualifying an
the race.

"I enjoy racing at Mid-Ohio as it's a great venue and a suitabl
challenging circuit with all its twists and turns!" added Dalziel. "
last raced here in 2003 in Toyota Atlantics and came away with
podium finish.

"It feels like ages since the last race at Road Atlanta so I'm prett
excited to be getting back behind the wheel, not least as we've bee
working hard on tire gains and set-up changes which we're confiden
will improve our performances and keep our momentum going.

Meanwhile, the generous five week break between last month's Roa
Atlanta event and this weekend's Mid-Ohio race has given PCM th
opportunity to take stock of their fledgling sports car campaig
while planning for the future both on and off track.

The calendar gap has subsequently seen Ironclad added to the PC
sponsor portfolio with this weekend's event the first opportunity fo
the team to sport the Ironclad logo alongside principle team sponso
Menards on the car, driver and team uniforms, transporter and pi
equipment

Back on track the team squeezed in a short test last Wednesday, 11t
May, at the Infineon Raceway in their native California where Figg
and Dalziel were both on hand to put the Corvette C5-R through it
paces at the Sonoma circuit - home to Round 5 of the ALMS i
mid-July

"When we raced at Road Atlanta five weeks ago it was the first tim
out with the new aero configuration on the C5-R and it really change
the balance of the car," commented PCM team director Tyler Tadevic
"As a result we were left playing catch-up while we tried to find
workable set-up for the race.

"Arriving at Mid-Ohio we have a great opportunity to be mor
competitive thanks to a productive test at Infineon Raceway las
week. We all came away happy with the test results and th
performance of our Yokohama's.

"We're heading into practice with a good balance on the car, havin
successfully worked on the aero configuration, as well as a new tir
compound to add to our overall competitiveness," he declared

Round 3 of the 2005 American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio Sports Ca
Course gets underway at Noon EST, Sunday 22nd May, with live networ
television coverage courtesy of CBS from 1pm-3pm EST