Sheehan Motor Racing Wins Round 3 of the U.S. Touring Car Championship at Summit Point Raceway

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July 1, 2002

Sheehan Motor Racing Wins Round 3 of USTCC at Summit Point Raceway

Gary Sheehan took the victory in an abbreviated race at Summit Point Raceway
in his Subaru of America sponsored WRX. Gary Hutto finished in 2nd place
driving the Global Motorsports Group BMW 328i and David Lang claimed the
final podium spot with his Miracle Auto Painting Honda Prelude.

The Summit Point event took the majority of the U.S. Touring Car
Championship (USTCC) competitors on the longest trip of the season. Most of
the teams are based on the west coast, and hauling their racecars and gear
to West Virginia made for grueling 6,000 road trips across the country.

The teams had to quickly come to grips with a track they hadn’t been to
before. Practice and qualifying times were close on Saturday, but Sheehan
grabbed the pole position in the Sunday qualifying session with a fastest
lap time of 1:25.455, nearly 1.5 seconds faster than the competition. David
Lang qualified 2nd with a time of 1:27.880. Gary Hutto and Dave Davis filled
row two with times of 1:27.972 and 1:27.977 respectively. The remainder of
the field qualified with times between 1:28 to 1:30.

At the start of the race Sheehan jumped into the lead while Hutto and Davis
got past Lang. Sheehan got through turn 1 cleanly while Hutto and Davis
tangled, sending them both into the grass but able to continue, giving Ali
Arsham in his Honda Civic a shot at 2nd. It was short lived as Arsham
overcooked turn 5, giving 2nd place back to Hutto.

Hutto gradually closed the gap to Sheehan until the USTCC cars began lapping
slower cars from the two other classes that were on the track. Sheehan dealt
with the traffic much better than Hutto, quickly increasing his lead from
0.6 seconds to over 7 seconds. At just about half distance in the race, two
cars blew their motors separately and oiled down five of the track’s 10
turns. Officials black-flagged the race to evaluate the condition of the
track. With an estimated clean-up time of 45 minutes, officials waved the
checkered with the competitors in the pits, bringing the race to an end. At
just over half distance, the race was considered a complete race and full
championship points were awarded.

“It’s unfortunate that the race was ended prematurely, but I’m pretty happy
with where we ended up,” said race winner, Gary Sheehan. “Our car was
awesome today and I was having good luck getting through the heavy traffic.
I had a comfortable lead before the race was black flagged and it would have
been tough for Gary (Hutto) to make up that distance.”

The pole position and race win points awarded to Sheehan Motor Racing puts
them back into the championship lead as the series approaches it’s midpoint.
TeamSMR now has a 20 point lead over 2nd place Gary Hutto and the Global
Motorsports Group team.

A recent schedule change puts the 4th race of the season just around the
corner at Buttonwillow Raceway on July 13th and 14th. This gives the teams
just enough time to scramble back across the country and prepare themselves
and their cars for the high temperatures and dry weather that is typical of
California’s Central Valley during the summer months.

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For more information, please contact:
Gary Sheehan - Sheehan Motor Racing/Team Manager
gary@teamSMR.com
www.teamSMR.com