Thursday Test session (resent - due to errors)

Revolution Motorsports Test Road America
Team readies for the long & winding Road America

Elkhart Lake, Wis. –  Aug 21, 2003 – As the 2003 Trans-Am Series for 
the BFGoodrich Cup prepares for round eight at the historic Road 
America, most teams arrived early to take advantage of a promoter’s 
test day. Teams are allowed to use the test session to work on 
development ideas and take the extra time working on setups.

“This is an excellent opportunity for the crew to try new things,” 
commented Revolution Motorsports team owner, Don Sak. “The Cleveland 
and Trois Rivieres events run very tight schedules. All of your time is 
spent getting your race setup dialed in. Here, we’ll have an extra day 
and three long practice sessions to work on new ideas.”

The team used the first 40-minute session to work on the base setup of 
the cars. But in the second session Crew Chief, Shane Duhaime, pulled 
the #2 GMAC Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging Corvette onto pit lane 
and switched out the car’s hood.

“We’ve been talking about the aero disadvantage for most of the 
season,” pointed out Sak. “We’ve attempted to make our position known 
to the series… we know what we are doing on this car. We ran very good 
times with the car in 2002 and we’ve run better times in 2003. In fact, 
we have consistently been the fastest Corvette in qualifying at every 
2003 event. What troubles me is my guys have to overdrive the car to do 
that. That is not safe. We shouldn’t have to operate at unsafe levels 
in order to compete. We feel we are operating at a severe disadvantage.”

“We decided it was time we found out for ourselves exactly what is 
going on,” continued Sak. “The most obvious difference is the hood 
louvers. The Jaguar is allowed to have them. The Mustang is allowed to 
have them. The Corvette is not. Having talked to people from other 
racing series and some people at GM, we were told the louvers would 
resolve the high-speed under steer we’ve been experiencing.”

After the adding the hood in second session, Stu Hayner reported his 
impressions.

“Well, the car was setup exactly as we ran it in the first session,” 
said Hayner. “The car was good right off the trailer. We did a few laps 
in the second session and then changed the hood. I was really caught 
off guard,” he laughed. “I knew it would make a difference… but I never 
imagined it would be this much. The car had so much front down force 
that the back wanted to pass the front. It was really loose. In one 
sense we kind of wrote off a practice session… but it was worth it. Now 
we know.”

For the third session, the team made a tire change and dialed in just a 
little wing.

“We don’t want to dial the car out trying to maximize the benefits of 
the hood,” remarked Duhaime. “After all, this is just an experiment… we 
have to race the car according to the current rules package. But we 
wanted to gather our own information. We now know that the January 
tunnel did not accurately portray racetrack conditions. It was done 
without a rolling floor. Without a rolling surface the louvers slip 
under the radar.”

Duhaime continued, “We’re quite confident that on a track like Road 
America there is a lot more in this car. But we need the Series to give 
the Corvettes the same consideration given the other cars. The Jags and 
the Mustang run hood louvers. They either be allowed for all cars or 
none at all.”

Revolution Motorsports will participate in the weekend’s events at Road 
America. Stu Hayner will be attempting to close the gap in points as he 
chases down Jorge Diaz and Mike Lewis. Hayner will drive the #2 GMAC 
Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging Corvette.

Bobby Sak will continue his rookie of the year battle with Jorge Diaz 
and . Sak drives the #10 Revolution Motorsports Corvette.

This weekends Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup will air on 
SPEED at 12:30pm EST Sunday, August 24.

Revolution Motorsports in association with Trenton Forging competes as 
part of the Trans-Am Series for the BF Goodrich Tires Cup. All events 
are nationally televised on SPEED. The Trans-Am Series is the oldest 
form of American sports car racing.

GMAC Commercial Finance offers loans, leases ($1 million and up), and 
accounts receivable management services to a variety of clients in 
diverse industries around the world.  For more information about GMAC 
Commercial Finance visit our website at gmaccf.com or call 248-356-4622.

You can find out more at www.trans-amseries.com. For complete driver 
biographies and information on Revolution Motorsports, please visit .

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