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G Squared Motorsports Prerace: Ellis and Smith together for remainder of season


*NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES*
*PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE: G SQUARED S&S BUELL*
*RIDER: CHIP ELLIS*

*21ST ANNUAL NHRA TOYO TIRES NATIONALS *
*MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY - READING, PENN.*
*SEPTEMBER 15-18, 2005*

Ellis and Smith together for remainder of season
as G Squared Motorsports prepares for Reading

MOHNTON, Penn. (September 13, 2005) - Chip Ellis, who was runner-up in 
the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle, a special bonus race at Indy, and 
Matt Smith, who came within an eyelash of winning the Indy Mac Tools 
U.S. Nationals, will be G Squared Motorsports teammates for the three 
remaining Pro Stock Motorcycle events on this year's NHRA POWERade Drag 
Racing Series schedule.

Skull Gear and Torco Race Fuels stepped up their involvement and along 
with Red Line Oil will back Smith and his G Squared S&S-powered Buell 
for the remainder of the 2005 season, beginning at this weekend's 21st 
annual NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, near Reading Penn.

"We appreciate Evan Knoll, president and owner of Torco Race Fuels and 
Skull Gear, for stepping up and insuring that Matt Smith will have a 
ride through the end of the season," said George Bryce, co-owner of G 
Squared Motorsports.  "I think that the combination of Ellis and Smith 
will be a hard duo to beat over the remainder of this year's schedule.

"We look forward to sharing the data from two bikes at Reading and feel 
that this will put us on more even footing with the other two-bike 
teams.  We've been dyno testing here at our shop since Indy and will 
have both bikes ready to go.  We've learned a lot, especially with 
Chip's new ride that he debuted at Indy.  We expect both bikes to do 
better at Maple Grove."

Ellis, who will ride the G Squared S&S Buell, enters the Toyo Tires 
Nationals, the 13th of 15 races on the season-long NHRA POWERade Drag 
Racing Series, No. 6 in the POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle point 
standings with 674 points, only 18 points out of the top five.  
Meanwhile, Smith, aboard the G2 Red line Oil/Skull Gear/Torco Race Fuels 
Buell, enters this event No. 12 in the point standings with 487 points.

*QUALIFYING:* Qualifying gets underway for both Ellis and Smith, aboard 
their G Squared Buells, with two Pro Stock Motorcycle sessions on 
Friday, scheduled for 2 and 5 p.m. Qualifying concludes with two 
additional sessions on Saturday, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.  The 16 quickest 
qualifiers begin their quest for the Pro Stock Motorcycle title on 
Sunday with eliminations for all classes starting at 11 a.m.  *Times are 
local Reading time -- Eastern Time (ET) and subject to change at anytime. * 

*TELEVISION:* Qualifying highlights for the 21st NHRA Toyo Tires 
Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 17) from 4-6 
p.m.  ESPN2 will also air three hours of same-day television coverage of 
eliminations beginning at 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 18).  The 
elimination show repeats on ESPN2 early Friday morning, Sept. 23, from 3 
until 5 a.m.  Also, tune in to NHRA2Day on ESPN2, the weekly show that 
gives you the latest information about the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing 
Series.  NHRA2Day can be seen on Sunday morning, Sept. 18 at 11:30 
a.m.   *Television times are Eastern Time (ET) and subject to change at 
anytime.  Check local listings.*

*G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS:*  When Harley Davidson accelerated their effort 
in NHRA, *S&S Cycle* decided in 2002 to join the battle.  Because of his 
vast R&D experience, coupled with his racing background, S&S asked 
*George Smith* to head their project to field a competitive S&S V-Twin 
bike on the NHRA circuit.  Smith immediately asked *George Bryce,* who 
had been working with S&S Cycle on a similar project, to join the new 
endeavor and *G Squared Motorsports was formed in 2003*.  Both Smith and 
Bryce knew if they collaborated on the project, joining the resources, 
knowledge and talents of S&S and Star Racing, they could produce a 
competitive bike to race in Pro Stock Motorcycle competition on the NHRA 
POWERade Drag Racing Series.  *The G Squared/S&S-powered V-Twin Buell 
debuted in 2004.*