It was the second time for a first visit to Watkins Glen for the CB Motorsports / DLGL Software Pontiac-Riley Daytona Prototype this past weekend. At the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen event in June, the team ran a Lexus powerplant in their Riley chassis. For the CompUSA 200 at the Glen last Friday night, the team returned to this upstate New York racing Mecca with a brand new Pontiac engine installed and ready to go. It was the team's second race at the Glen, and the first with the Pontiac motor. And the results - while not a podium placing - were still cause for some good degree of optimism from the team principals.

Team General Manager John Petherbridge: "Overall, it was a very positive weekend for the team. It marked the return of our car to the series, after taking a break to install the new Pontiac motor. This was the first race we entered after installing and testing the new Pontiac power plant.

"All the drivers were very pleased with the car's performance. We were slightly off the mark in qualifying as we were still working on set up and didn't have the benefit of racing the same chassis and engine combination at the last Glen race. But we did make real progress over the few days we were at the Glen and we really improved our lap times in the evening practice session. And Hugo (Guenette) had the car within 1 second of the race leaders all evening."

Petherbridge knows there is still work to be done. At the Glen, the CB Motorsports / DLGL Software Pontiac-Riley showed it had the legs to run with the lead pack. It also may have shown a damaged muscle in those legs. Petherbridge explains:

"The Glen experience was very satisfactory as we ran within 1.4 seconds of the leaders in qualifying. We started in 15th position and during the race Hugo moved the car up into 10th place. There wasn't quite enough to make more moves though and then we experienced a serious problem. At around the 1 hour and 15 minute mark, Hugo came in and passed the car on to Chris. He rejoined the race under yellow and drove well for 20 minutes but then began to have a hard time driving the car in the second half, falling 2-4 seconds off the pace. The car was shuddering and we later learned the problem was with the differential. Chris fell back to 17th and then pulled back a couple of additional spots towards the end. After the weekend we found the differential had almost completely failed. Had we run any more laps we may well have had to retire so in some ways the timing was fortunate.

"But it was a solid race for us. We used a one pit stop strategy and that worked out well as it helped us move up to 10th. Both Hugo and Chris did a great job, keeping the car out of trouble and staying on the lead lap till the very end. Both drivers are confident that if we can close that one second gap - which we believe we will with a few changes to the car - then the #15 CB Motorsports / DLGL Software entry will start challenging for the top spots."

"This was a huge breakout weekend for us and although to the outside observer our result may have not been so impressive, the fact that we are now running with the pack, instead of being 3-4 seconds off as we had been for the first half of the season means we are moving in the right direction."

"And this was also our first race with our new crew chief, Sean Creech, who worked tirelessly to get the car up to speed since the installation of the new engine. Sean brought along several guys from Metro Racing, including Brett Plazak, Gordon Friend and Matt Lobrutto who all contributed to our strong weekend. The team is also very grateful to our full time mechanics, Christian Manseau, Aaron Edman and Nat Dorsay who worked many hours performing the engine switch from Lexus to Pontiac after the Daytona race. The car ran flawlessly during testing in Ohio and over the weekend at the Glen and this is due in large part to their efforts and contributions."

Jacques Guénette Sr. is the Administrator, President and CEO of DLGL Ltd and shares driving chores with his son Hugo, and team owner Chris Bingham. He was especially upbeat about the improvements the team made this weekend.

"I think that congratulations are in order for the performance at the Glen. Being inside a second of the pole in the night practice, during a good chunk of the race, and even being the fastest car during a couple of laps during the race, is no small accomplishment. It feels like this is all coming together. A new born pride showed its head in the course of that night practice; it was exciting to witness it. Good job!"

Petherbridge: "We are encouraged by what we saw at the Glen. We feel we should move up on the grid by Mid-Ohio. We are tentatively planning another test session at VIR in mid- September. And we have ordered a suspension upgrade now available from Riley, and expect that change will further our cause. We are just waiting for the parts to be manufactured and delivered."

"We are also looking forward to the Ohio race as we have the pleasure of hosting clients from Key Bank and McDonald Financial Group on Saturday for a hospitality event. CB Motorsports will be keen to demonstrate the #15 cars development in front of these guests, and the Rolex Grand-Am community, as we push into the second half of the 2005 season."


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:
Chris Bingham is 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 a Chase Daytona Prototype, along with Johnny Miller and Robert Chase. For more info go to www.chrisbingham.com.

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

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.