Boris Said Earns Seventh-Career Motorock Trans-Am Pole at Infineon Raceway

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BORIS SAID EARNS SEVENTH-CAREER MOTOROCK TRANS-AM POLE AT INFINEON RACEWAY
 
SONOMA, Calif. (June 26, 2004) ‹ Boris Said won the pole for the Trans-Am
100, Saturday at Infineon Raceway. Said (No. 33 Applied Computer Systems/GE
Access Ford Mustang) turned in a 1:14.736-minute lap (94.798 miles per hour)
to earn the top qualifying position, his seventh in his Trans-Am career.

³Weıre really fast,² said Said, who competed in the Southwest Tour race
today prior to qualifying and will race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup event
tomorrow. ³This is a busy weekend. Hopefully, we can win the Trans-Am race
after the Cup race tomorrow.²

Said will start ahead of Tommy Kendall (No. 11 Jaguar R Performance XKR) and
Tomy Drissi (No. 5 AVP‹Only in Theaters Jaguar XKR). 1978 Trans-Am Champion
Greg Pickett (No. 6 Cytomax Jaguar XKR) and Randy Ruhlman (No. 49 Preformed
Line Products Chevrolet Corvette) complete the top-five.

Kendall said this is just one more step in the development of Jaguarıs new
AJ-V8 engine. The AJ-V8, which utilizes a stock block and heads, as well as
fuel injection, made its racing debut in the 2003 season finale.

³Iım very happy with the second starting position,² said Kendall. ³I thought
we had the potential coming into today for the pole. In Portland, we were
the car to beat, but we werenıt the fastest car in qualifying.²

³I think in the back of my head I was still in Portland where I put to many
laps on my race tires, so I was I little more conservative,² said Drissi. ³I
wanted to go back out and be on the front row, but Kendall came out and
bumped me to third. However, to be starting up front with Boris and Tommy is
a great thing and tomorrowıs race should be fun to watch.²

The Trans-Am 100, Round 3 of the 2004 Motorock Trans-Am Series championship,
is scheduled to start at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, immediately following the NASCAR
Nextel Cup race.

Motorock Trans-Am Series Infineon Raceway Qualifying
After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday
At Road Course, 1.968 miles
Sonoma, Calif.
(Car number in parentheses)

1. (33) Boris Said, Ford Mustang, 1:14.736, 94.798.
2. (11) Tommy Kendall, Jaguar XKR, 1:15.099, 94.339.
3. (5) Tomy Drissi, Jaguar XKR, 1:15.277, 94.116.
4. (6) Greg Pickett, Jaguar XKR, 1:15.496, 93.843.
5. (49) Randy Ruhlman, Chevrolet Corvette, 1:15.856, 93.398.
6. (01) Ross Murray, Dodge Viper, 1:16.135, 93.056.
7. (8) Jorge Diaz, Jr., Jaguar XKR, 1:16.298, 92.857.
8. (06) Joey Scarallo, Chevrolet Corvette, 1:16.899, 92.131.
9. (86) John Baucom, Ford Mustang, 1:16.929, 92.095..
10. (75) Tim Cowen, Ford Mustang, 1:17.872, 90.980.
11. (10) Mike Davis, Ford Mustang, 1:18.108, 90.705.
12. (24) Philip Simms, Chevrolet Corvette, 1:18.158, 90.647.
13. (83) Max Lagod, Chevrolet Corvette, 1:18.161, 90.644.
14. (99) Brandon Davis, Ford Mustang, 1:21.199, 87.252.
15. (78) Moneca Kolvyn, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, 1:23.376, 84.974.

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