HALL, DANIELS SPLIT MAZDA RACEWAY MIATA CUP SEASON-OPENING DOUBLEHEADER

MONTEREY, Calif. (May 2, 2005) – Justin Hall, of Davis, Calif., and Jim Daniels, of Germantown, Tenn., split the season-opening SCCA Pro Racing Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Presented by Hankook doubleheader this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, part of the U.S. Sports Car Invitational weekend.

Driving the No. 12 Off Camber Racing Mazda Miata 1.6, Hall captured his second-straight Laguna Miata Cup win on Saturday to go with his win in 2004. Hall started third in the field of 43 entries, and battled polesitter Todd Buras, of Atlanta, Ga., for the majority of the race before taking the 0.855sec. win in the 17-lap, 38.046-mile contest.

While Hall and Buras, driving the kkrr.com/bsiracing.com entry, battled for the lead, Brad Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., held a close third until the closing stages of the race, when the lead duo gradually pulled away. Steven Gorriaran, of Providence, R.I., and Christian Miller, of Newark, Calif., completed the top five.

Perhaps the most impressive drive of Saturday was turned in by Mountain View, California’s Terry McCarthy, who started 42nd after a mechanical problem in qualifying to finish seventh, behind Jon Prall, of Los Gatos, Calif. McCarthy earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award for his spirited drive.

Sunday again provided close, clean racing action, with Daniels taking the win in his BSI Racing Mazda Miata 1.8 after a race-long battle with Hall. After a DNF on Saturday, Daniels started from the pole, but it was McCarthy that held the point for much of the beginning of the race in his FMG/880 Trailer/Rebello Racing Engines entry until a quick spin in turn nine relegated him to the bottom half of the top 10.

Daniels was able to spoil Hall’s attempt to sweep the doubleheader by beating him to the checkered flag by just 0.302sec. After McCarthy’s drive from the back of the pack on Saturday, Buras turned in a similar effort, coming from his 38th starting spot to finish third, earning the Sunoco Hard Charger and taking the track record with a fastest lap of 1:49.339 (73.686 mph) on the race’s penultimate lap.

Former series Champion Bobby Carter, of Brentwood, Calif., improved from his 12th starting position to finish fourth—just 0.001sec. ahead of McCarthy.

Rounds Three and Four of the Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Presented by Hankook Pacific Tour Championship are scheduled for Portland International Raceway July 29-31.

The Atlantic Tour of the Miata Cup begins this weekend, with a doubleheader scheduled as part of the Road Atlanta Drift Atlanta weekend May 7-8.

For more information, please visit www.scca.com/Pro.

Attached: Image of the start of Saturday’s Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Presented by Hankook Round One race. Eventual winner Justin Hall looks to the inside of polesitter Todd Buras in his silver No. 12 entry. Image may be reproduced with proper credit © 2005 Doug Reed/Hankook Tire.

Final Results

MONTEREY, Calif. – Final Results from Saturday’s 17-lap, 38.046-mile SCCA Pro Racing Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Presented by Hankook Pacific Tour Round One race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with finishing position, starting position in parenthesis, driver, laps complete and distance behind first car on that lap.

1, (3), Justin Hall, 17,

2, (1), Todd Buras, 17, 0.855

3, (5), Brad Rampelberg, 17, 9.485

4, (11), Steven Gorriaran, 17, 12.509

5, (7), Christian Miller, 17, 13.568

6, (8), Jon Prall, 17, 23.611

7, (42), Terry McCarthy, 17, 32.785

8, (4), Tom McCarthy, 17, 35.429

9, (20), Brad McAllister, 17, 40.426

10, (17), Pratt Cole, 17, 40.745

11, (12), L. Pat Sandlin, 17, 43.402

12, (9), Rob May, 17, 43.589

13, (10), Tom Nastasi, 17, 43.885

14, (21), Andrew Staveley, 17, 44.372

15, (15), Mike Cronin, 17, 47.287

16, (13), Carlo Sparacio, 17, 48.209

17, (28), David Tuaty, 17, 56.363

18, (14), Robert Karges, 17, 56.57

19, (16), Hugh Golden, 17, 57.352

20, (18), Steve Bottom, 17, 57.91

21, (30), Angelo Zucchi, 17, 01:14.3

22, (23), Jeff Courtney, 17, 01:15.6

23, (25), Gavin Riches, 17, 01:20.1

24, (24), Tim McQuiston, 17, 01:22.5

25, (19), Robert Michaelian, 17, 01:22.7

26, (35), Robert Murillo, 17, 01:32.1

27, (22), Barry Ellis, 17, 01:32.5

28, (26), Kevin Nai-Chia Chen, 17, 01:44.6

29, (31), Chris Romney, 17, 01:51.5

30, (37), Bob Turnage, 17, 01:52.8

31, (32), Charles Putman, 17, 01:53.1

32, (36), Ben McCracken, 17, 01:53.8

33, (41), Frank Rossi, 16,--1 Lap--

34, (40), Michael Grande, 16, 0.923

35, (33), Mark Powell, 16, 3.013

36, (38), Neal Heffron, 16, 12.232

37, (43), Derek Burseth, 16, 44.510

38, (29), Tomy Drissi, 14,--3 Laps--

39, (39), Steve Kelso, 14, 4:15.394

40, (34), Jeff Bader, 13,--4 Laps--

41, (2), Jim Daniels, 10,--7 Laps--

42, (6), David McAnaney, 5,--12 Laps--

43, (27),Bobby Carter, 1,--16 Laps—

MONTEREY, Calif. – Final Results from Sunday’s 17-lap, 38.046-mile SCCA Pro Racing Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Presented by Hankook Pacific Tour Round Two race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with finishing position, starting position in parenthesis, driver, laps complete and distance behind first car on that lap.

1, (1), Jim Daniels, 17,

2, (2), Justin Hall, 17, 0.302

3, (38), Todd Buras, 17, 7.308

4, (12), Bobby Carter, 17, 14.491

5, (4), Terry McCarthy, 17, 14.492

6, (3), Steven Gorriaran, 17, 18.141

7, (13), Jon Prall, 17, 19.209

8, (5), Brad Rampelberg, 17, 22.239

9, (8), Tom McCarthy, 17, 22.347

10, (7), David McAnaney, 17, 22.661

11, (6), Christian Miller, 17, 23.473

12, (15), L. Pat Sandlin, 17, 33.261

13, (14), Rob May, 17, 33.627

14, (9), Carlo Sparacio, 17, 34.014

15, (17), Andrew Staveley, 17, 35.455

16, (16), Mike Cronin, 17, 43.796

17, (19), Robert Karges, 17, 44.934

18, (18), Tomy Drissi, 17, 45.368

19, (25), Tom Wickersham, 17, 54.628

20, (26), Jeff Courtney, 17, 55.218

21, (23), Angelo Zucchi, 17, 56.206

22, (27), Kevin Nai-Chia Chen, 17, 57.334

23, (30), Robert Murillo, 17, 01:12.1

24, (22), Hugh Golden, 17, 01:13.3

25, (31), Mark Greenisen, 17, 01:13.3

26, (35), Ben McCracken, 17, 01:15.1

27, (32), Brian Alan Forster, 17, 01:15.1

28, (29), Charles Putman, 17, 01:18.2

29, (28), Tim McQuiston, 17, 01:19.3

30, (24), Steve Bottom, 17, 01:20.1

31, (37), Michael Heintzman, 17, 01:21.9

32, (33), Steve Kelso, 17, 01:29.6

33, (20), Jeff Bader, 17, 01:34.8

34, (34), Mark Powell, 17, 01:35.7

35, (36), Chris Romney, 17, 01:44.6

36, (11), Brad McAllister, 7,--10 Laps--

37, (10), Pratt Cole, 6,--11 Laps--

38, (21), Robert Michaelian, 6, 3.784