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{{short description|American professional racing driver|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}
'''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]].

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 [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] Speedvision cup in the GS class and the [[SPEED World Challenge]] T-1 class championship in a [[Saleen]] [[Ford Mustang|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 Cars|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 (chassis)|Doran]]. The following year he won the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] with teammates [[Christian Fittipaldi]], [[Forest Barber]], and [[Andy Pilgrim]] in a [[Pontiac (automobile)|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 Technologies|Riley]] and [[Crawford (chassis)|Crawford]] chassis.
[[File:DP9 Joao Barbosa Terry Borcheller JC France 2011 Road America.jpg|thumb|left|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 G6|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 [[Christianity|Christian]] motorsports ministries such as [[Racin' for Jesus]]. He and his family currently reside in [[Vero Beach, Florida]].

==Racing record==

===SCCA National Championship Runoffs===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year !! Track !! Car !! Engine !! Class !! Finish !! Start !! Status
|-
| 1991 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Ford Mustang]] || [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || Showroom Stock GT || 13 || 24 || Running
|}

===24 Hours of Le Mans results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! {{24hLM|2001}}
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Saleen]]-[[Tim Allen|Allen]] Speedlab
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Konrad (racing driver)|Franz Konrad]] {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Oliver Gavin]]
|align="left"| [[Saleen S7]]-R
| GTS
| 246
| 18th
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd'''
|-
! {{24hLM|2002}}
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Konrad Motorsport]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Toni Seiler {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Konrad (racing driver)|Franz Konrad]]
|align="left"| [[Saleen S7]]-R
| GTS
| 266
| 26th
| 7th
|-
! {{24hLM|2003}}
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Risi Competizione]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony Lazzaro (racing driver)|Anthony Lazzaro]] {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Ralf Kelleners]]
|align="left"| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]] GT
| GT
| 269
| 26th
| 8th
|-
! {{24hLM|2006}}
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} ACEMCO Motorsports
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Johnny Mowlem]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Christian Fittipaldi]]
|align="left"| [[Saleen S7]]-R
| GT1
| 337
| 12th
| 7th
|-
! {{24hLM|2008}}
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Modena
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Christian Fittipaldi]] {{flagicon|NLD}} Jos Menten
|align="left"| [[Aston Martin DBR9]]
| GT1
| 302
| 30th
| 8th
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportStats>{{cite web|title=Terry Borcheller Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/terry-borcheller/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Terry Borcheller|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/terry-borcheller-4615|publisher=[[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.terryborcheller.com Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081115141354/http://www.americanlemans.com/drivers_and_teams/Driver.aspx?ID=113 American Le Mans Series driver bio]
*[http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/drivers/driver.cfm?did=2197 Grand Am driver bio]

==External links==
*{{DriverDB driver|terry-borcheller}}

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{{succession box|title=[[American Le Mans Series|American Le Mans Series GTS Champion]]|before=[[Olivier Beretta]]|after=[[Ron Fellows]]|years=[[2001 American Le Mans Series season|2001]]}}
{{succession box|title=[[Rolex Sports Car Series|Rolex Sports Car Series DP Champion]]|before=First|after=[[Max Papis]] [[Scott Pruett]]|years=[[2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season|2003]]}}
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{{24 Hours of Daytona winners}}

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