Pruett Again Atop Infineon Speed Charts

June 21, 2003

SONOMA, Calif. ‹ Scott Pruett continued his assault on Infineon Raceway¹s
speed charts, as he recorded the fastest time in Saturday¹s second-round
practice for Sunday¹s Trans-Am 100, Round 5 of the Trans-Am Series for the
BFGoodrich® Tires Cup championship. Pruett, driver of the No. 7 Jaguar R
Performance XKR, toured the 1.949-mile road course in one minute, and 13.690
seconds at an average speed of 97.218 miles per hour. Pruett was also
quickest in first-round practice Friday.

Tomy Drissi (No. 5 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Jaguar XKR) was second
fastest, ahead of Boris Said (No. 33 ACS/GE Access/Sun Microsystems Ford
Mustang), Johnny Miller (No. 64 Eaton Cutler-Hammer Jaguar XKR) and Michael
Lewis (No. 12 Westward Tools/The Crank Jaguar XKR).

³The car is just awesome,² said Pruett, who is also competing in Sunday¹s
NASCAR Winston Cup Series race here. ³We picked up where we left off
yesterday, and should fast in qualifying. The car was great coming off the
truck, and we¹ve made only minor changes thus far.

³We worked on race setup yesterday, and qualifying setup today. We should be
right there later today."

Drissi was ecstatic about being second quickest here. Drissi recorded a
one-minute, 14.537-second lap at 96.113 mph.
³We are seven tenths faster than yesterday,² said Drissi. ³We ran fairly new
tires‹they had 30 miles on them or so‹and we worked on making it a good race
car. At this track, the end of the race is everything, so we wanted to make
sure that we¹ll have a car at the end Sunday.²

Said, who won the pole for Sunday¹s Winston Cup race Friday, said he¹ll be
ready to go for Sunday¹s race, which is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.,
following the NASCAR run. Said¹s fast lap time was one minute, 14.754
seconds at 95.834 mph.

Qualifying for the Trans-Am 100 is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. today,
following the Southwest Tour race.

Notebook:
n Because of their multiple responsibilities this weekend and the distance
between the NASCAR and Trans-Am Series pits, logistics are key for Scott
Pruett, Boris Said, and Johnny Miller. Today¹s session followed second-round
Winston Cup practice, in which all three Trans-Am Series regulars drove. A
host of vehicles, including a tow truck and the Trans-Am Series Jaguar
X-Type Safety Car helped ferry the three from the frontstrech to the
Trans-Am Series paddock. All made it just in time for Trans-Am Series
practice.

n Said is doing triple duty this weekend‹racing in the Southwest Tour,
Winston Cup and Trans-Am Series races, while Pruett and Miller are doubling
up, running the Winston Cup and Trans-Am Series events. All turned in
respectable times during second-round Winston Cup practice. Said was eighth
fastest, just behind Pruett. Miller was 30th quick. Meanwhile, 2000 Trans-Am
Series Drivers¹ Champion, who is standing by as relief driver for Bill
Elliott, turned his first laps this weekend in a Winston Cup car.