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DESIGN, DEVELOP, BUILD, RACE, WIN FIRST SEASON 2004 3-TIME WINNERS TRIUMPHS AND CHALLENGES Contents IN CADILLAC’S DEBUT SEASON Triumphs and Challenges in Our Debut Season . 2 Impressive Debut in Speed World Challenge GT – Sebring . 4 A year ago we were getting ready to begin Team Cadillac’s first racing Charging Hard – Lime Rock . 6 season. The development program had gone well, and we expected good things, but until the green flag drops, nobody knows for sure. We didn’t Status Quo at Mid-O – Mid-Ohio . 7 need to worry, because we are fortunate enough to have some of the Overcoming Adversity – Infineon Raceway . 8 best people in the business working at Pratt & Miller. Groundhog Day – Portland . 9 Fast, Close, Tough – Mosport, Race 1 . 10 The Cadillac team’s first season was amazingly successful, thanks to the quality of all the people working on this program … all the way Fellows Out Front – Mosport, Race 2 . 11 from initial development through every one of the 2004 races. Most Weight Hurts – Road America . 13 new racing teams hope they can at least be competitive in their first Back in the Game – Road Atlanta . 14 season, and maybe, with a bit of luck, chalk up one win. We won the Everybody Knows We’re Here – Laguna Seca / Awards . 16 first time out in a one-two finish, which was a huge statement, but Team Personals . 18 it made the rest of the season a challenge to say the least, due to “competition adjustments.” Even so, as usual the challenge brought Capabilities + Quality = Growth – Jim Miller & Gary Pratt Q&A .
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