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High Tech Trailers to Award Trans-Am Owners Points Bonus at Cleveland

For Immediate Release:  July 11, 2002

Contact:  Dee Duncan DeeD@hightechtrailers.com
                440-357-8964  -  440-796-7223 mobile

High Tech Performance Trailers To Award Owners Points Bonus At Cleveland

Painesville, Oh - High Tech Performance Trailers will present a $10,000
bonus check to the driver leading the Owners' Points at the conclusion of
the Cleveland Race (Round 5) of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires
Cup.

"High Tech is pleased to offer our continued support to the Trans-Am," said
Bruce C. Hanusosky President and CEO. We appreciate the loyalty of the teams
in the series to the High Tech brand."

 Trans-Am on the Tarmac presented by Microchip is part of the Marconi Grand
Prix of Cleveland presented by US Bank.

The Trans-Am Saturday feature marks the fourth consecutive season that High
Tech Performance Trailers has been affiliated with the Series as the
Official Trailer.  2002 will mark the third season that High Tech sponsors
the High Tech Performance Trailers Owners' Championship and the third year
that it has presented a cash prize at the Cleveland event.  In addition,
High Tech awards $50,000 in product certificates at the series' year-end
championship banquet.

To be eligible for the $10,000 cash prize, drivers must run the High Tech
Performance Trailers decal on their car and display the High Tech patch on
their driver and crew uniforms.  Currently Points leader Boris Said, ACS
Express Racing Team (#33 Applied Computer Solutions/Sun Microsystems Panoz
Esperante) and Butch Leitzinger, Tom Gloy Racing (#88 Tommy Bahama Chevrolet
Corvette) have the best shot at garnering the prize.

Round five of Trans-Am from Cleveland is scheduled to air on CBS, Saturday,
July 13, with the green flag start at 4:40 pm on taped coverage, and the
balance of the coverage up to the checkered flag shown live in the 5:00-6:00
PM ET time slot.