The Timken Company Sponsored Team Rahal Wins at Motegi, Brack in CART Lead

    CANTON, Ohio, May 30 Team Rahal driver Kenny Brack led 75
laps, including the last 52 of the race, en route to capturing his first
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) win May 19 at the Firestone Firehawk 500
at Twin Ring Motegi Raceway in Japan.  Team Rahal's efforts in the CART FedEx
Championship Series are sponsored in part by The Timken Company .
Brack's victory is his third top-five result of the 2001 season and pushed
Team Rahal's Shell driver into the lead for the CART Championship with 49
points after four races.
    
Brack started sixth, his first non-front row start of the 2001 season, but
he quickly moved into the lead pack and ran there all race long. Brack took
the lead for good on lap 149 when pole winner Helio Castroneves pitted.  Brack
pitted four laps later, but a stellar pit stop by the Shell pit crew got Brack
back on track in the lead.  Over the last 48 laps Brack held off a furious
challenge from Tony Kanaan and from Castroneves.

    "My knuckles have been blue from banging on the door to victory," said
Brack.  "Now that the door is open it would be nice to keep it open for a
while.  The team gave me a great car today and considering how we struggled
over the course of the weekend this is a great ending.  The Ford-Cosworth/Lola
combo proved again what a great package it is and now the challenge is there
for us to keep the momentum going at Milwaukee."

    The Timken Company has been a partner with Team Rahal since 1998 serving
as an associate and technical sponsor for the Hilliard, Ohio-based Champ Car
team.

    The Timken Company uses motorsports to prove new technologies on the
racetrack. Timken(R) bearings are used in numerous applications throughout
motor racing, including wheels, axles, gearboxes and differentials. Timken(R)
steel and precision components can be found in crankshafts, camshafts, gears,
shock absorbers, brakes and engines.

    The win is Brack's first as a member of Team Rahal and his first since
winning the Indianapolis 500 in May of 1999.  Brack, the 1998 IRL Champion,
has posted six podiums and 12 top-five results in 24 races with Team Rahal and
his victory gives Ford Racing wins in all four CART events held at Twin Ring
Motegi Raceway, Honda's home track.

    Team Rahal and the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series will resume with
the Miller Lite 225 at the famed Milwaukee Mile in West Allies, Wisconsin,
June 1-3.

    Team Rahal is a franchise member of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART).
Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, the team owned by three-time CART Champion
Bobby Rahal and CBS LATE SHOW host David Letterman, currently fields a pair of
Championship Cars for Max Papis and 2000 CART Rookie of the Year Kenny Brack
in the CART FedEx Championship Series. The 90-member team enjoys primary
sponsorship from Shell/Texaco Alliance and Miller Brewing Company.

    The Timken Company ( http://www.timken.com ) is a leading
international manufacturer of highly engineered bearings, alloy and specialty
steels and components, as well as related products and services. With
operations in 24 countries, the company employs about 20,000 people worldwide
and recorded 2000 sales in U.S.of  $2.6 billion.

    Timken(R) is the registered trademark of The Timken Company.