Finish Line Customer Loyalty Yields 45% Sales Growth Over Last Year

    NAPERVILLE, Ill.--August 7, 2001--

    Company Expects To Expand Revenues By Expanding Its Sales of Performance Exhaust Systems and Transmission Components In Europe and
    Asia

    Finish Line Performance Exhaust And Transmission Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of high performance automotive parts for the racing and street performance marketplace, announced that products and services sales increased by 45 percent in the same year-to-date period in 2000. The company expects to further new sales into Europe and Asia in the first quarter of 2002.
    Double-digit growth is attributed to recent sales in Asia and Europe and strong and steady national sales from Finish Line's header and transmission operations. Finish Line customers are Classic, Hot Rod, & Racing car enthusiasts.
    "In an extremely challenging U.S. and European marketplace, Finish Line is proud to be one of the leading distributors of high performance automotive parts," said Edwin Cintron, Finish Line President and CEO. "Since 1995, the high performance automotive marketplace has remained extremely loyal to our products and services."