DIAZ FASTEST IN FIRST-ROUND PRACTICE

Aug. 29, 2003


DENVER ‹ He waited until the very last lap, but it was the one that counted,
as MotoRock Trans-Am Tour for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Rookie of the Year
points leader Jorge Diaz, Jr. set the fastest time in first-round practice
Friday for Sundayıs MotoRock Mile High 100, part of the Centrix Financial
Grand Prix of Denver. Diaz, driver of the No. 8 Don Q Rum Jaguar XKR, turned
a 1:13.484-minute lap at 80.687 miles per hour. In fact, Diazıs time was
faster than Stu Haynerıs qualifying record of 1:13.612, set last year.

³I feel great,² said Diaz. ³It is two triumphs in one. It was a lot of fun.
I love the track. In fact, Iıve always loved tracks that have walls on both
sides. It feels nice.²

Boris Said, making his return to the Series this weekend in the No. 33
ACS/GE Access/Sun Microsystems Ford Mustang was second fastest with a
1:13.543-minute lap, ahead of Johnny Miller (No. 64 Eaton Cutler-Hammer
Jaguar XKR). Hayner (No. 2 GMAC Commercial Finance Chevrolet Corvette) and
Scott Pruett (No. 7 MotoRock Jaguar XKR) completed the top five.

³I like this track,² said Said, who won last yearıs Denver Trans-Am Series
race. ³Itıs a tight, twisty track. I havenıt been in a Trans-Am car for
awhile, and I like the cars a lot. This is (sponsor) GE Accessı hometown, so
weıre going to do everything we can to put on a good show for them and
hopefully repeat.²

³We had a lot better car than we had last year,² said Miller. ³We had set
the car up to make some tuning adjustments during the session, and I think
we did that. We accomplished what we wanted to do.²
Second-round practice for Sundayıs MotoRock Mile High 100 is scheduled for
4:30 p.m. today. The MotoRock Mile High 100, Round 9 of the 2003 MotoRock
Trans-Am Tour for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, will take the green flag at
approximately 4 p.m., following the Champ Car World Series race.

Notebook:
Johnny Miller (No. 64 Eaton Cutler-Hammer Jaguar XKR) and Jorge Diaz (No. 8
Don Q Rum Jaguar XKR) reacted positively to this morningıs announcement that
MotoRock LLC has become title sponsor of the Trans-Am Series.

³Iım excited about MotoRock,² said Miller. ³Man, that helps us. That will
really grow the Series. Iıve been doing this sponsorship thing on my own for
many years. Thatıs the only way I can race. To have partners in this, that
are going to give the Series the resources and the clout it needs, is just
great.²

³Iım very happy about MotoRock,² said Diaz. ³I think itıs a good match.
Miami is going to be a good race, and one that I really enjoyed last year. I
ran as high as second last year before I had a host of troubles.²