BimmerWorld Mid-Ohio Wrap-Up

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Contact: johnt@c2group.com

BimmerWorld Fights Through A Tough Weekend Finishing Just Outside The  
Top 10

Through wind, rain, mud and a new track surface, the BimmerWorld team  
battled through it all this weekend to deliver BMW its highest  
finishing position in the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge  
Touring Car race at Mid-Ohio. James Clay, driving the #36 BimmerWorld  
Perfect Friction BMW 325i lead the BimmerWorld team, finishing 11th.

"While I was glad to see we had the highest finishing BMW this  
weekend," noted BimmerWorld owner, James Clay, "I honestly was hoping  
for more. This was a challenging weekend, to say the least. With the  
weather and the resulting paddock conditions, our crew worked very  
hard fighting the rain and mud, as well as the standard tuning tasks."

"I was pleased with the job Seth [Thomas] did in the new E90 car,"  
Clay added. "I think the foundation is there for a fantastic  
performer. I welcome Sonoma [Infineon Raceway], which is  
traditionally a BMW track, as the next stop on the SPEED World  
Challenge tour!"

Seth Thomas took charge of sorting out the team's new E90 car that  
debuted at this weekend's event. Seth qualified the #38 BimmerWorld  
Perfect Friction BMW 325i 15th and finished 15th.

"The BimmerWorld E90 325 is a great racecar," remarked Thomas. "The  
weather didn't help show its true potential though.  We chose not to  
take the car out for wet sessions, so we lost valuable setup time.  
Regardless, I think we had the car pretty close by race time."

"The Performance Friction Brakes and Sunbelt motor package proved to  
be ready to race the first weekend out," added Seth. "To not have any  
major problems the first weekend on track says a lot about the  
BimmerWorld crew and how well they prepare the cars."

"The race left me anxiously awaiting the next round at Infineon,"  
Seth concluded.

David Scott, in his SPEED World Challenge debut brought home the #39  
BimmerWorld Perfect Friction BMW 325i in 29th.

"My first World Challenge weekend was a real treat," said a jubilant  
Scott. "The team gave me a great car, and it got better all weekend.  
And, the Performance Friction brakes are probably the best race brake  
package I have ever experienced. While the weather was often less  
than cooperative, I think Mid-Ohio did a great job with the off- 
season resurfacing. Grip was good and got better throughout the  
weekend."

"I had an excellent launch in my first-ever standing start,"  
continued Scott, "and I made a number of passes by the entry to the  
Keyhole.  Unfortunately, I got bumped and spun off track into the  
Keyhole's gravel, and had to play catch-up to the entire field. This  
would end up being a common theme, as I got bumped and spun off track  
two more times. So, 29th was a bit disappointing, especially  
considering how stellar the car and BimmerWorld crew performed."

Sunday's race will be broadcast on SPEED Channel Saturday, May 27 at  
8 p.m. (EDT). The fourth round of the 2006 SCCA SPEED Touring Car  
Championship is scheduled for June 23-25, at Infineon Raceway.

BimmerWorld is pleased to have support from the top performance  
companies in the industry: Silkolene, Ground Control,  
Bimmerforums.com, Performance Friction, BBS, Moton, Diffsonline, and  
JB Racing.

BimmerWorld is a leading retailer of high performance street and  
racing BMW parts. Our race program continually drives development for  
BimmerWorld's increasing line of BMW race and street performance  
parts. BimmerWorld customers expect the very best.

To learn more about BimmerWorld and their extensive line of BMW  
performance products, go to their website at: www.BimmerWorld.com  
Additional BimmerWorld Racing information and bios are available at:  
www.BimmerWorldRacing.com.

Regarded as the most relevant and top production car road racing  
series in the world, the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships are  
broken into two distinct sub-series that run separately from one  
another- SCCA SPEED GT and SCCA SPEED Touring Car. Each Championship  
is run in a 50-minute "sprint" race format, featuring recognizable  
cars, world-class drivers and standing starts. For more information  
about the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships, please  
visit www.world-challenge.com.

Photo Credit ~ Jim Sykes