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Rosser and Collins Give Nissan 350Z First Grand-Am Cup Win in Mid-Ohio 250 LEXINGTON, Ohio (August 8, 2004) -- Driving a car that wasn’t even supposed to race this weekend, Blake Rosser and Kelly Collins combined to give the Nissan 350Z its first major road racing win in the Grand-Am Cup Series Mid-Ohio 250 (SPEED Channel, August 15, Noon ET). The win was the first professional racing triumph for Rosser and gave road racing stalwart Collins yet another career achievement in playing a key role in the milestone victory for Nissan’s latest version of the venerable “Z” sports car. The No. 13 Unitech Nissan 350Z that Rosser and Collins drove to victory first turned a wheel in Thursday’s test sessions at Mid-Ohio when Collins and teammate Stu Hayner put the Nissan through its initial shakedown runs. Rosser and Collins had planned on running the more seasoned No. 23 Nissan 350Z in the race, but assorted mechanical issues coupled with the No. 13 car’s impressive performance out of the box led the team to change directions The Mid-Ohio 250 airs on SPEED Channel Sunday, August 15 beginning at Noon Eastern Time. The Grand-Am Cup Series returns to action for Round 7 of the 10-race 2004 schedule at Homestead-Miami Speedway on the weekend of September 10-12.

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