Terry Borcheller

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Terry Borcheller (born March 22, 1966, in Hialeah, Florida) is an American professional racing driver who races in the Grand American Road Racing Association Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series.

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As a teenager, Borcheller was the World Karting Association national champion in 1983. He began his professional career in the Barber Saab Pro Series in 1991. In 1998 he won the IMSA Speedvision cup in the GS class and the SPEED World Challenge T-1 class championship in a Saleen Mustang. In 2000 he captured the Rolex Sports Car Series GTO class championship in a Saleen Mustang. The following year he drove a Saleen S7R in the American Le Mans Series and won the GTS class championship. The following year he returned to the Rolex series and captured SRP II class honors in a Lola-Nissan. Following the realignment of that series class structure the following year, Borcheller was the champion of that series top class, Daytona Prototype in a Chevrolet powered Doran. The following year he won the 24 Hours of Daytona with teammates Christian Fittipaldi, Forest Barber, and Andy Pilgrim in a Pontiac powered Doran and finished 9th in the championship. He stayed with the Doran team through the 2006 season as the team began to fall behind the teams using the more heavily developed and popular Riley and Crawford chassis.

2011 Rolex Sports Car DP9 Joao Barbosa Terry Borcheller JC France 2011 Road America.jpg
2011 Rolex Sports Car

In 2007 he competed in a handful of races in various levels of Grand Am competition including DP, GT, and Koni Challenge as well as returning to ALMS to race for Team Trans Sport in 11 races in their GT2 class Porsche 911. In 2008 he drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona in the Brumos Porsche then raced full-time in the ALMS in the Bell Motorsports GT1 class Aston Martin DBR9 as well as racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Team Modena DBR9. He also finished out the Rolex Sports Car Series season in the Autohaus Motorsports GT class Pontiac GXP.R

Borcheller has raced at Le Mans five times with a best finish of 3rd in class in 2001 with the Saleen S7R.

He is an avid participant in Christian motorsports ministries such as Racin' for Jesus. He and his family currently reside in Vero Beach, Florida.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1991 Road Atlanta Ford Mustang Ford Showroom Stock GT1324Running

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Saleen-Allen Speedlab Flag of Austria.svg Franz Konrad
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Saleen S7-RGTS24618th3rd
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Konrad Motorsport Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Seiler
Flag of Austria.svg Franz Konrad
Saleen S7-RGTS26626th7th
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Ferrari 360 Modena GTGT26926th8th
2006 Flag of the United States.svg ACEMCO Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi
Saleen S7-RGT133712th7th
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Modena Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Menten
Aston Martin DBR9 GT130230th8th
Sporting positions
Preceded by American Le Mans Series GTS Champion
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
First
Rolex Sports Car Series DP Champion
2003
Succeeded by

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