DETROIT, Mich. -- As the 2007 KONI Challenge Series season winds down, the teams that run the Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged in the ST class have only two chances left to rack up additional wins against some of the world's most competitive brands (a feat that's already been accomplished this season). Although Miller Motorsports Park near Toole, Utah is one of the more challenging tracks on the circuit with 24 corners distributed throughout 4.5 miles, Jamie Holtom and Eric Curran who share the No. 01 Georgian Bay Motorsports/SCADAPack Cobalt have had success at the desert road course, with Holtom putting the car on the pole position in the series' first-ever qualifying session there.

"Even though we've had several rule changes since the series last raced at Miller, we're expecting to have a successful outing based on our performance there a year ago," said Dwight Woodbridge, KONI Challenge Series program manager for GM Racing. "It's a technical track and that favors our cars and detail-oriented teams. It will be hot, no doubt, but probably no worse than at Barber Motorsports Park where our cars seemed to perform quite nicely despite the heat."

Holtom and Curran recorded their first win of the season at Barber Motorsports Park, a track at which they were also on the pole position. If past performance is any indication of things to come - and it often is - Holtom and Curran should feel confident about going into this event.

"That was a pretty phenomenal lap I put down here last year," said Holtom. "I think I managed to qualify a second ahead of the field. Hopefully we'll be able to repeat that. With the long straightaways, the competition adjustments that Grand-Am has made have helped quite a bit, so we feel we're more in contention than we were. I think with the combination of good high-speed handling - which is what Miller is all about - and the straight-line speed that the Cobalt has been able to improve on, I think we can do well."

With both the ST and GS classes competing at the same time, speed differentials between the faster GS cars and ST cars plays a role. Being lapped by the race leader (most likely a GS car) while in any position except first in class could have potentially negative results, so pit strategy will play an important role in this event.

"With the combined field, you don't want to be passed by the leader if you're not the first car in the ST field," explained Holtom. "Unless you're leading the ST field, getting passed by the race leader is bad because if a full-course caution happens, you can end up a lap down. Then you'll have to use pit strategy to your advantage to try and get back on the lead lap.

"With so much of the course being wide-open throttle - there's a really long straightaway - it will be interesting to see whether we can make it on one stop. If we can't and have to do two pit stops, and then most of the field will as well, we'll have to capitalize on that situation."

Kurt Kossmann will again co-drive the No. 53 Predator Auto Sport Chevrolet Cobalt sponsored by Auto Tech with Tyler Givogue. Although Kossmann has not been in a Cobalt for the last few months, he's been driving competitively in other series and looks forward to coming to Miller for his first experience at the track.

"The last time I ran this car was at Mosport, but I've been behind the wheel over several other front-wheel drive cars since then," said Kossmann. "Neither Tyler or I have been to Miller before but we've both been watching videos on YouTube of the course. We're feeling pretty good about it.

"We've been told the sand is a big issue. Towards the end of the race, if people have been dropping wheels - and sometimes they do on purpose - or if it gets a bit windy, it turns into a very slippery track. It's something that can catch you off guard if you're not looking for it. You have to watch for a little glimmer on the track and then think about altering your line."

Two other Cobalt SS Superchargeds are entered in this event, the No. 138 GS Motorsports car of Gunter Schmidt, Andrew Danyliw and Steve Kent and the No. 06 Project Motorsports Cobalt of Derek DeBoer, Tom Smurzynski and Mallory Smurzynski.

The combined class KONI Challenge Series race takes place on Friday, September 14 at 3:00 p.m. MDT and will run 200 miles (45 laps) or to a time limit of 2.5 hours.