SHEPHERD, GLADYSZ LEAD MOPAR RALLY EFFORT AT X GAMES

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July 31, 2006


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SHEPHERD, GLADYSZ LEAD MOPAR RALLY EFFORT AT X GAMES

Center  Line, Mich. — Battle-tested Rally veterans Doug Shepherd and Pete 
Gladysz are  ready to bring their 25 years of Rally experience to the new 
generation. The  championship winning duo will carry the Mopar colors in the Rallying 
competition  at X Games 12, scheduled for this week, August 3-6, in Los 
Angeles, Calif. The  team will have the opportunity to expose its sport and the 
Mopar brand to a  wider audience, as broadcast coverage of the Rally Car 
competition is set for  Saturday, August 5, at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.

Shepherd and Gladysz, who also  have day jobs as DaimlerChrysler engineers, 
are no strangers to this extreme  sport. The two drove their Mopar Dodge SRT4 
Rally Car to US SCCA ProRally  championships in the Group 5 and 2-Wheel-Drive 
Class in 2003 and 2004. The 2004  season also saw this team help Dodge earn its 
first US ProRally Manufacturers  Championship in 28 years. 

In this first year of the Rally America  sponsored Rally competition at the X 
Games, Shepherd and Gladysz will do battle  against young guns such as Travis 
Pastrana, a former X Games Moto X gold medal  winner, Rhys Millen and Tanner 
Foust from the Formula D Drift circuit, and  former World Rally Champion Colin 
McRae. The Team Mopar drivers will pilot the  only American made car invited 
to participate in the Rally  competition.

“Everybody in the X Games is generally younger than us,�??  Shepherd said. “In 
Rallying, however, it’s not your age that matters; it’s your  attitude and 
ability to attack the course that delivers the winning times.  Having more 
horsepower than everyone else is a good idea too. We have it with  the SRT4, which 
makes 375 hp with its Mopar Stage III setup.�??

“We intend  to challenge some of the four-wheel-drive teams,�?? said Gladysz. “
It will depend  on the road conditions. If it stays dry and dusty, we have a 
shot at posting  good stage scores. If it gets wet and sloppy, the 
four-wheel-drive cars will put  some time on us. Because this is Southern California in 
the summer, the roads  should be good for us.

“It’s going to be an interesting event, being a  combination of eight 
mountain stages and one stadium stage. We’ll see how well  the top 2-wheel-car in 
this country can compete against some of the dominating  four-wheel-drive cars.�??

Mopar’s efforts in X Games 12 are just another  example of its participation 
in cutting edge motor sports to introduce the  passion of the Mopar brand and 
its reputation for authentic performance to a  wider, younger audience. The 
brand was an early supporter of the Formula D Drift  Series, with Mopar driver 
Samuel Hubinette winning the inaugural 2004 Formula D  championship and 
finishing as runner-up in 2005. The series has grown in  popularity, and Hubinette 
currently leads the 2006 Formula D points  race.

For more info on the X Games or Mopar, log on to  www.rally-america.com, 
www.expn.com, www.mopar.com or  www.moparspeed.com.

Mopar is based in Center Line, Mich., and is the  exclusive original 
equipment supplier of parts and accessories for Chrysler,  Dodge and Jeep® vehicles. 


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