BorgWarner to Present Championship Driver's Trophy, Team Owner's Trophy At Indy 500 Drivers Meeting Saturday

Helio Castroneves and Roger Penske to Be Honored for 2003 Indy Victory

CHICAGO, May 22 -- Back-to-back victories at the Indianapolis 500 have earned Helio Castroneves and Roger Penske each another BorgWarner Championship Driver's Trophy and BorgWarner Team Owner's Trophy, respectively. BorgWarner Turbo Systems President and General Manager F. Lee Wilson will present the awards at Saturday's 2003 Indianapolis 500 Drivers Meeting at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"For the first time in more than 30 years, a driver earned the right to have his likeness sculptured onto the BorgWarner Trophy in consecutive years," Wilson said. "Helio Castroneves won in 2001, and followed that victory with another this past May. Helio wasn't even born when Al Unser last accomplished the feat, in 1970 and 1971." The list of back-to-back winners thus increased to five, the only others having been Wilbur Shaw (1939-40), Mauri Rose (1947- 48) and Bill Vukovich (1953-54).

"Like the Trophy that bears our name, BorgWarner stands for competitive performance, technology excellence, and a history of winning performance," Wilson said. "We couldn't be more proud to honor Helio Castroneves and team owner Roger Penske for their shared, back-to-back victories at Indy. We are delighted to present these tangible symbols of their legendary victories in the demanding and exciting world of auto racing."

The BorgWarner Championship Driver's Trophy, a replica of the BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy, is awarded each year to the winner of the Indianapolis 500. The sterling silver trophy, referred to in the automotive racing world as the "Baby Borg," is 14 inches high and weighs 5 pounds. It rests on a 4-inch by 8-inch beveled black marble base. The base includes space for a handcrafted, 2-inch, 3-dimensional sterling silver image of the winning driver's face, and also includes an inscription of the winning driver and year of victory. BorgWarner established the trophy in 1988, so that each winner of the Indianapolis 500 would have a lasting keepsake of the Speedway victory. (The BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy does not go home with the winner after it is presented in Victory Circle on race day; it stays on permanent display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum). The first Championship Driver's Trophy went to Rick Mears, winner of the 1988 Indianapolis 500.

In 1998, to mark the company's 70th year as a pioneering innovator in the automotive industry, BorgWarner established The BorgWarner Team Owner's Trophy, a companion to the Championship Driver's Trophy. As its name reflects, the Team Owner's Trophy goes to the owner of the racing team that wins the Indianapolis 500, and recognizes the significance of the team owner's role in the Indy Racing League. Like the Championship Driver's Trophy, the Team Owner's Trophy is a replica of the Indianapolis 500 trophy, but has a band of art-deco racing cars accentuated in gold to symbolize the importance of teamwork in auto racing and the automotive business. Its first recipient was 1997 Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk's team owner, Fred Treadway of Treadway Racing.

Wilson noted that had the Team Owner's award been established earlier, Roger Penske would be accepting his twelfth -- Penske Racing was also the team owner of Indianapolis 500 winners in 1972, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, and 2001.

BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 43 locations in 14 countries. Customers include Ford, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai/Kia, Caterpillar, Navistar International, Renault/Nissan, Peugeot and VW/Audi. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.bwauto.com/ . For further information contact BorgWarner Corporate Communications at 312-322-8500.