Walker, Woodside Make Impressive Showing at Irwindale

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


WALKER, WOODSIDE MAKE IMPRESSIVE SHOWING AT IRWINDALE


July 22, 2001 (North Hollywood, Calif.) - Teamwork paid off for Team Walker
Motorsports yesterday at Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway with both Mike Walker
and Sean Woodside turning in impressive results.

Team co-owner Walker was very pleased to start his first Winston West event
from a 15th place position on the grid, outpacing his original expectations.
His qualifying lap of 19.105 seconds was faster than those run by several of
the Winston West regulars.

Walker turned 140 laps in the event before dropping out with mechanical
problems.

"This was a valuable learning experience for us," Walker said after the
race. "We hope for some better luck next time, but we will certainly take
what we learned in this race and apply it to our program."

Walker and the team will evaluate their next Winston West move following an
August test session at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Meanwhile, teammate Woodside collected his fourth Bud Pole Award this
season, making it three in a row.

"The team has given me excellent cars for qualifying the past few races,"
Woodside commented. "This was our fourth pole within the last five events,
which is great for all of us and an example of how far we've come this
year."

Woodside held an easy lead for the first 72 laps of the event, then dropped
out of the top ten for just a few laps as the field reshuffled itself during
yellow flag pit stops. He was back in the top ten within a few laps. On lap
184, in a moment of particularly poised driving, Woodside smoothly avoided a
spinout directly in front of him, shooting ahead several positions. By the
time the checkered flag fell, Woodside had reclaimed all but the first two
positions, finishing the race in third place.

The finish allowed Woodside to slip into fifth place in the series'
championship standings to date.

"It feels great to finally overtake a top-five spot in the point standings,
but we still have our work cut out for us," Woodside said. "The competition
for the top positions is tough, and we'll have to give it everything we've
got for the three races we have left before the season closes."

Team Walker Motorsports will be busy preparing cars for the final three
races of the 2001 season during a short hiatus in the Winston West Series
schedule. The team will be prepared when the series gets back to business
September 1st at Rocky Mountain Raceways.

More information is available at the team's Web site at
http://www.teamwalkermotorsports.com.

Team Walker Motorsports is a multi-team racing operation owned by Donna
Walker and her son, Michael. The team fields the #45 Team Walker/Ron's Rear
Ends/NAPA Chevrolet in the NASCAR Winston West Series, featuring driver Sean
Woodside, and the #23 Team Walker/Ron's Rear Ends/Quixote/Sunset
Expendables/NAPA Chevrolet in Irwindale Speedway's Super Late Model program,
driven by Mike Walker. North Hollywood, Calif.-based Team Walker Motorsports
debuted in 1999 with a limited Late Model schedule.

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