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Aug. 2, 2003

DIAZ¹S TROIS-RIVIÈRES QUALIFYING TIME DISALLOWED DUE TO ENGINE CHANGE

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec ‹  The No. 8 Don Q Rum Jaguar XKR of rookie Jorge
Diaz, Jr. will start last in today¹s Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, Round
7 of the 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup championship.
Diaz¹s time was disallowed after his team elected to make an engine change.

Diaz qualified ninth Friday. Diaz was cited under rule 1.7.10.1 in the
Trans-Am Series Rulebook: ³ŠIf a driver changes engines after qualifying,
the driver must forfeit his starting position and start at the back of the
grid. The entire grid moves up, filling the vacant positionsŠ²

Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. today. The
race will air LIVE on SPEED Channel.

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