BimmerWorld Utah Grand Prix - Pre Race report

BimmerWorld Upbeat For Inaugural  SPEED World Challenge Touring Car  
Race In Salt Lake City

Though the BimmerWorld team was disappointed at the outcome of their  
outing at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, having stayed out west to test  
in Utah, the team is upbeat with the progress being made with their  
two new BMW 325i E90 race cars.

The Infineon race saw James Clay undable to start the race due to a  
broken axle. Teammates Matt Richmond and Seth Thomas finished 15th  
and 16th respectively while Paul Goldman finished 22nd.

"Sonoma is behind us," said BimmerWorld owner, James Clay. "I had an  
issue in practice were my foot became lodged between the accelerator  
and clutch pedals in the new car. I managed to gather it up without  
causing too much damage. Then I was unable to start due to the broken  
axle."

"We have to take things like this in stride and chalk it up to  
development," said an optimistic Clay. "These are teething problems  
that you have to overcome. All-inall, we were coming up to speed  
nicely as the weekend progressed. What makes it disappointing is  
knowing how hard the crew worked. The BimmerWorld guys don't give up  
and I couldn't be any prouder of them."

"We're all very upbeat about this weekend at Miller Motorsport Park,  
though," Clay continued. "We stayed out west a few extra days and did  
some testing in Utah and it was very productive. I feel like we are  
really starting to figure the new E90 cars out and the whole team was  
encouraged by the results. Given the fact that the track is brand new  
to all the teams, it levels the playing field tremendously."

Seth Thomas echoed Clay's thoughts. "Sonoma was a decent race weekend  
for us," said Thomas. "My car was very good in qualifying. We changed  
the setup for the race, though, and unfortunately it didn't work out  
as well as we had hoped.  We did learn a lot about the E90 and I  
think we've shown that it will be a fast car."

"Our test at Miller the week after Sonoma and was a great success,"  
noted Seth. "It was a terrific opportunity to learn about the track  
and the new car.  This is going to be a great track to race on and I  
can't wait for the weekend.  This should be the weekend we really  
showcase our new cars"

This is the inaugural Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park in  
Salt Lake City and will run on Saturday, July 15. The race will be  
televised tape-delayed on Saturday, July 22, on SPEED.

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.