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                    Driver Change far Paran-Lista Racing;
                van de Poele te Substitute for Lienhard Sr.
                   Due to Latter‘s Business Commitments

            BRASELTON, Ga., June 27 -       In a very late development, Eric van de Poele
     of  St.  Jean-Geest,  Belgium will  substitute for  Fredy Lienhard Sr.  of  Niederteufen,
     Switzerland this weekend behind the wheel of the Doran-Lista Dallara MG W27  at the
     Chevy Grand Prix of Atlanta at Road Atlanta Motorsports Park.
            Lienhard Sr. is in America this weekend, but he is in the Boston area hard at
     work at meetings for the company he owns, Lista, the world  leader in the manufac-
     ture and distribution of  modular storage systems, and just couldn’t get away for this
     raw.
            Lienhard Sr.  hopes to  resume his driving duties at the next ALMS  race, the
     Infinean Grand Prix of Sonoma at lnfineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. on July 27.
            This development gives the Doran-Lista Dallara MG #27 an all-Belgium squad
     of drivers here  at Road Atlanta, as  lead driver  Didier Theys was  born in Nivelles,
     Belgium.
            “I’m  very  glad  to  be  here,” said  van  de Poele,  who  along with  Theys  and
     Lienhard Sr.  helped the team finish seventh in class and overall at the  Mobil 1 12
     Hours of Sebring in March.  “It’s a great opportunity.”
            In Friday’s test session at Road Atlanta, the team ended up fourth in the LMP
     900 class and sixth overall out of 35 cars that  recorded lap times.  Both Theys and
     van de Po&    were in the car Friday, and together they turned 42  laps.   The fastest
     one was lap 40,  when van de  Poele was clocked at an average speed of  122.528
     mph around the demanding, 12-turn, 2.54-mile road course.
            “The car was  very good out  of  the  box,” Theys  said  at  the  end of  the  day.
     “Kevin and the team came here very prepared and well organized; not only the car,
     but also the rest of the equipment.
           ‘We had a little bit: of  understeer today, but we think we can fix that for tomor-
     row,” he  continued.  “With the heat and humidity here, the track was very slippery, but
     that is the same for everybody.  I’m looking forward to a good race.”
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            “The car is   comfortable already,” van de Poele concurred.  “I think the car and
     the team are fantastic.  The car is very easy to drive. I 8m really looking forward to
     doing well in the race.”
            van de Pmle, a former Formula 1  driver, has many endurance sports car vi&
     tories, including two overall at Sebring.   Me also has an overall victory in the Grand
     Prix at Road Atlanta presented by Lease Plan on April 18, 1999 in a Riley & Scolt Mk
     Ill Judd.    Ironicatly, the car  that finished  second  to  van  de  Poele  and  Domenim
     Schiattarella that day was the Doran-Lista Ferrari 333 SP driven by Theys and Mauro
     Baldi.
            Like Sunday’s race, the time allotment for the April 1999 race at Road Atlanta
     was two hours and 45 minutes, and by virtue of their victory here four years ago van
     de  Po&    and Schiattarella hold several records hare for events of  that length: the
     fastest winning  speed  (710.073 mph); the  smallest  margin of  victory  (24.347 see
     onds); and most laps completed by the winner (120).
            What’s more, van de Poele started at the rear in that race. “It was an amazing
     race,” he recalled.  “Road Atlanta is the racetrack where I have had most SUCCESS at
     in America.”
            Until this year, that race marked the only overall privateer victory in the ALMS,
     too.
            van de  Poele also has an overall victory at the Petit Le Mans here at Road
     Atlanta in a Ferrari in 1998.
            van de Paele won  his class at the 24 Hours of  Le Mans in 1998, 2001 and
     2002. He ha5 driven more than $0 different race cars on more than 75 racetracks
     around the world.
            Qualifying will be held tomorrow at 340  p.m. after two hours of  practice at 9
     a.m. and 2 p.m.
            Sunday’s race will be broadcast live on CESfrom 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern
     time.   Highlights will be shown on EurrsSport at 20;00Central European Time an July
     13.
            For mare information, see www.lista.com, ww.doranracing.com, www.amer-
     icanIemans.com,  www-imsaracing.net, www.roadatIanta.com and www. restartcorn-
     m un ications. corn,
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