Joey Scarallo Scores Second-Straight Top-Five Finish at Infineon

=SONOMA, Calif. (June 27, 2004) ­ Joey Scarallo, driver of the No. 06 ROH
Wheels/Group A Autotrend/Toyo Tires Chevrolet Corvette, recorded his second
consecutive top-five finish in todayıs Trans-Am 100 at Infineon Raceway.
Completing all 51 laps, Scarallo finished fifth. He is now seventh in
points, just behind Boris Said. He is eight points away from championship
leader Tommy Kendall.

Lap 41 was an exciting lap for Scarallo when he passed Jorge Diaz, Jr. in
turns one and two. ³I was losing the pedal and I was babying the car when
Ross Murray, driver of the No. 01 Dodge Viper, made a move to pass Diaz,
which allowed me the chance to do the same,² said Scarallo. ³There was some
serious side-by-side drag racing happening then.

³It was a tough race in many ways, I had to baby the brake pedal since the
brakes were soft due to cracked rotors,² said Scarallo. ³I babied the car
all the way home.

³After chasing the carıs set up all weekend long, everything turned out
pretty good. It was a good run for us,² said Scarallo.

A long-time racer, Scarallo has been in the driverıs seat since he was 11,
racing karts in the Long Island Karting Association, where he won three
championships in 1993. Scarallo also won championships in the International
Karting Federation in 1996, and he recorded three top-ten finishes in the
U.S. F2000 where he finished 14th in series points. He ran a limited
schedule in 1997, scoring 11th- and 12th-place finishes in his three starts.
Scarallo competed in the Toyota Atlantic Series in 2000.

The oldest of four siblings, Scarallo, 25, lives in Smithtown, N.Y. Scarallo
manages Autotrend Tire and Wheel Company Inc., his familyıs wheel importing
business in Lindenhurst, N.Y. He will compete in the Cleveland Grand Prix
July 2 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio.