Timken-Sponsored Team Rahal Wins at Milwaukee

Jourdain leads CART Series

CANTON, Ohio, June 2 -- Michel Jourdain, Jr. dominated the Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 Saturday night, setting a Champ Car World Series record of 234 laps led, and posting his first career win. The victory vaulted the Team Rahal Gigante driver into the Champ Car championship lead by ten points over Paul Tracy (77-67).

The win is the 15th in Timken-sponsored Team Rahal's history. This marks the sixth consecutive season that Team Rahal has won a race. Jourdain's win also marks the third straight season that a Team Rahal driver has left Milwaukee as the Champ Car points leader.

"This is so sweet," said Jourdain. "The car was so good, and we were able to pull out a big lead on everybody. I knew we had the fastest car, and if I didn't make a mistake, no one would get past me."

The Timken Company has been a partner with Team Rahal since 1998, serving as an associate and technical sponsor for the Hilliard, Ohio-based Champ Car team.

The Timken Company uses motorsports to prove new technologies on the racetrack. Timken(R) bearings are used in numerous racing applications, including wheels, axles, gearboxes and differentials. Timken(R) steel and precision components can be found in crankshafts, camshafts, gears, shock absorbers, brakes and engines.

Team Rahal ( www.rahal.com ) is a franchise member of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). Co-owned by three-time CART Champion Bobby Rahal and CBS LATE SHOW host David Letterman, the team currently fields a single-car effort in CART for Michel Jourdain Jr. as well as an entry for 1999 Indy 500 winner and 1998 Indy Racing League champion Kenny Brack in the IRL.

The Timken Company is a leading international manufacturer of highly engineered bearings, alloy and specialty steels and components, and a provider of related products and services. Following its February 2003 acquisition of The Torrington Company, Timken employs 28,000 people worldwide in operations in 29 countries. In 2002, the combined companies had sales of approximately $3.8 billion.