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Thunder Valley Driver of the Month - June, 2001

Introducing Audrey Zavodsky, Thunder Valley Racing's Driver of The Month
for June 2001.

Panoz Racing Series Driver Audrey Zavodsky, Ph.D., begins her 3rd season of
racing under the Visteon banner. This year will be her 5th year of racing
competition. Audrey has a list of successes in racing that include the
inaugural win in the Women's Global GT series and 2 out of 3 first place
finishes in the last 3 years in the SCCA's area 4 Central Division.

Audrey is participating in the Panoz Racing Series that is an outgrowth of
the Panoz Racing School and WGGT series. This series will have within it 2
distinct racing groups. They are the Panoz GT and Panoz GT Pro series. The
overall series will consist of an 8-race schedule. The Panoz GT Pro series
will have 3 races that are conducted along with the American Le Mans
schedule. This series will feature the Panoz GT and Panoz GTS racecars.

Zavodsky's reputation is that she races "clean" and is a consistent fast
driver. As testimony to this Audrey holds track records in the Panoz GT car
at the Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta race tracks.  She applies her racing
and consumer experience, working with car groups to test the various
product features evaluating vehicle systems from a performance perspective
that translates to best in class characteristics.

Racing and Visteon go hand-in-hand with Audrey's success on and off the
race track. She is a Corporate Nurse at Ford Motor Company  with the
responsibility of several of their plants in various locations.  She
believes that employees are the lifeblood of the company and that they
deserve the very best in medical care.

Audrey has flown a F-16 fighter jet with the United States Air Force
Thunderbirds and maintains her contacts with the world famous Thunderbirds.
She uses this connection to encourage the students to look at the Air Force
for career opportunities as well as pointing out that they are a source of
American pride.

Audrey has driven several different brands of vehicles including BMW's,
Toyotas, Datsuns, Mazda RX-7's, Mazda Spec Racers, Mustang Cobra's, Mustang
GT's, CART 101, NASCAR, Dodge open wheelers, Spec Racer Ford's, and others.
She has her sights set on Trans-am and CART as future areas to race in.

Audrey Zavodsky is the June 2001 Driver of the Month in for Thunder Valley
Racing http://thundervalleyracing.com.   Thunder Valley creates
opportunities for women race car drivers and their fans.

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For further information contact:

Christy Sampson
Director of Media & Public Relations
Thunder Valley Racing
(604)669-1984
(604)669-4478 (fax)
csampson@axionet.com