Gore, Searcy and Vito looking to give Georgia-based team a winning start to 2011 season

ATHENS, GA. (March 15, 2011) – Comprent Motorsports’ full-time return to the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship commences this week (March 17-18), with a talented multi-car line-up poised to challenge for top honors at Sebring International Raceway. As part of the famed Mobil 12 hours of Sebring event, Jonathan Gore, Ben Searcy and Tim Vito will all pilot L1 class Élan DP01 entries in Rounds One and Two at the historic central Florida road course.

As a former Prototype Lites champion, Comprent Motorsports enters the season-opening doubleheader at Sebring as one of the teams everyone will be keeping an eye on. The attention, as expected, is well justified, as the Georgia-based squad will have three quality drivers under its awning. Gore, who will pilot the No. 14 Comprent Motorsports entry in all 14 rounds this season, enters the 2011 kick-off event having previously visited the series podium four times via limited campaigns. Searcy, driving the No. 50 Combustion Technologies.Comprent Motorsports/ZSports Midwest car, which is being co-run by ZSports Midwest, makes his series debut as the 2009 F2000 Championship Series Rookie of the Year. Vito, getting behind the wheel of the No. 57 Second Harvest Foods/Comprent Motorsports car, meanwhile is a successful SCCA competitor. Given the trio will benefit from Comprent Motorsports vast experience and expertise in the prototype racing ranks, combined with a recent strong test outing, the stage is set for a winning start to the 2011 season.

“We are looking forward to the start of the 2011 race season at Sebring,” stated Comprent Motorsports owner Kevin Kloepfer. “Gore, Searcy and Vito have all looked good in testing, and with continued progress during the event, we should be able to leave the season-opener with a bunch of points and perhaps a win.”

The Comprent Motorsports L1 class cars will first roll on-course at Sebring International Raceway on Tuesday (March 15) via a pair of promoter’s test day sessions. An additional test session will be held on Wednesday morning (March 16), prior to the 2011 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship officially getting underway via an afternoon practice run. Thursday (March 17) will feature the lone qualifying session in the morning, followed by Round One at 4:15 p.m. local time. Round Two of the season-opening doubleheader takes place on Friday (March 18) at 2:05 p.m. local time.

Additional information on Comprent Motorsports can be obtained from the team’s website @ www.comprent.netFor direct contact, please contact Kevin Kloepfer @ 706-543-1797

About Comprent Motorsports:

Under the guidance of Team Principal Kevin Kloepfer, Comprent Motorsports is widely regarded as a leading junior formula car and sports car team and prep shop. Since its inception in 1988, the Georgia-based operation has not only assisted weekend warriors get the most from themselves and their equipment, but also helped train and develop talented young drivers for a career in motorsports. Comprents Motorsports is a proven winner in both the amateur and pro racing ranks, having earned SCCA National Championship titles in Formula Atlantic (1990) and Sports 2000 (2005), as well as the IMSA Lites championship crown (2008) with Jonathan Goring and the SCCA Pro Racing Formula Enterprises Pro Series title (2010) with 15 year-old Sean Rayhall. Enhancing its racing endeavors, Comprent Motorsports is the SCCA Enterprises Customer Service Representative for the northern portion of the Southeast Division, and the official Elite Racing Transmission distributor for the U.S.A. The Georgia-based team will run multiple cars in both the Prototype Lites Championship and Formula Enterprises Pro Series in 2011.