Mechanical Problems Force Scarallo To Miss Practice

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Susan D. Clark
             (704) 287­3266


MECHANICAL PROBLEMS FORCE SCARALLO TO MISS PRACTICE

CLEVELAND (July 1, 2004) ­ A failed exhaust-system component sidelined Joey
Scarallo, driver of the No. 06 ROH Wheels/Group A Autotrend/Toyo Tires
Chevrolet Corvette, in todayıs first-round practice for the Trans-Am on the
Tarmac.

³The exhaust pipe cracked causing exhaust to run down inside the car where
it made contact with some wires and ignited a small fire,² said Scarallo.
³We are behind a session and it is hard to tell how to set up the car, but
my Baucom Motorsports team has reassembled the exhaust and I am ready to
rock and roll in qualifying this afternoon.²

Scarallo teamed this year with Baucom Motorsports, which fields the No. 86
Ford Mustang driven by owner/driver John Baucom. The Baucom squad is
preparing Scaralloıs car for the 2004 season.

A longtime 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. Scarallo will compete in this afternoonıs
Trans-Am on the Tarmac qualifying session at 6pm EDT at Burke Lakefront
Airport in Cleveland, Ohio.

For more information on Joey Scarallo, please contact Susan D. Clark at
(704) 287-3266. 

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