Intersport Racing News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2007
Contact: John Thawley ~ johnt@c2group.com

Intersport Racing Returns to LMP1 Division of American Le Mans Series

DETROIT -  Ending nearly a month of speculation, Clint Field,  
principal of Intersport Racing and 2005 American Le Mans Series LMP2  
Class Champion, announced today the team will return to the LMP1  
class of the American Le Mans Series for 2007. Intersport won the  
LMP2 class championship in 2003 and 2005. The team also won the LMP2  
class at the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The team will run a Judd powered Creation CA06/H. The car is a mid- 
engine, rear wheel drive utilizing a carbon fiber and aluminum  
honeycomb monocoque chassis. The Judd GV5 is a 5 liter normally  
aspirated V10 and generates approximately 600+bhp at 9000 RPM.

"We've thought long and hard about the team direction and have said  
for the past few years that we'd like to be in LMP1," noted Clint.  
"Granted, the numbers in LMP1 are down right now, but long term we  
felt the class will see renewed growth. This is as good a time as any  
for us to develop our program. We know we can make the car fast...  
that's never been a problem for us. The focus is going to be on  
making sure were durable and reliable. I think our guys are very much  
up to the challenge."

"We chose the Creation after a lot of soul searching and study of  
last year's performance and lap times," Fields added. "All-in-all,  
the car was very fast under most conditions. I think what really  
tipped the scales in favor of the Creation was the car has excellent  
mechanical grip. Looking at the schedule and the types of tracks we  
encounter in the American Le Mans series, we feel that will be an  
advantage for us."

The team will take delivery of the car in next few days and begin  
their preparation for the season kickoff at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours  
of Sebring. Clint will be joined in the car for the 2007 Twelve Hours  
of Sebring by Jon Field and Richard Berry.

At Sebring in 2006, Clint drove to his 13th victory in 36 career  
starts as the No.37 machine rallied from a back-of-pack start to take  
P2 lead just two hours into the race. Field took second place in the  
fourth hour when one of the Audis retired. The team relinquished  
second place to the Penske-powered Porsche in Hour 10, but reclaimed  
the second position when the Porsche stopped on the track and was  
retired. In round 2 at Houston, Field and his teammate practiced  
patience to the nth degree and the reward was their second podium in  
as many starts.

Clint had the best year of his youthful and productive career in  
2005, with five victories en route to his first class drivers  
championship making him the youngest prototype champion in American  
Le Mans Series and IMSA history. A class winner at the 24 Hours of Le  
Mans at the age of 20 (in 2004) Field is one of the brightest young  
stars in all of motorsports. Kuhmo tire will continue as the tire  
provider for Intersport Racing.

"Kumho's development has come a long way in the past couple of  
years," said Clint. "The performance of the van der Steur Radical got  
our attention at [Mazda Raceway] Laguna Seca, and it's obvious the  
tires were very competitive. We tested the Kumhos after the season  
and they stacked up very well against the other tires we tested. They  
are already competitive, but we're looking forward to helping Kumho  
further develop the tire and making it even more competitive."

The American Le Mans Series features 12 races in 2007, including the  
prestigious season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (March 17)  
and the 1,000-mile/10-hour Petit Le Mans. All other races are sprint  
endurance formats, ranging from an hour, 40 minutes at Long Beach to  
four hours at both Road America and the Series finale at Mazda  
Raceway Laguna Seca. All events are televised by CBS, NBC or SPEED.

The Series recently announced its decision to use ethanol-enriched  
fuel for the 2007 racing season. The organization has partnered with  
the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) to make E10,  
"the official ethanol-enriched fuel" of the Series.

Very Berry Exotics will be back on board sponsoring the team along  
with Kumho Tires and Klein Tools.

Very Berry Exotics specializes in buying and selling some of the  
world's more exotics and hard to find automobiles. Not only do they  
sell cars already in the inventory, Very Berry Exotics will search  
for automobiles that are their customer's dream cars. Company owner  
Richard Berry founded Very Berry Exotics in 2004 and is himself a racer.

Established in 1960, Kumho Tire Co., Inc., of Seoul, South Korea, had  
2005 sales of $2.2 billion. Kumho manufactures and distributes a  
complete line of tires for passenger cars, light trucks and heavy- 
duty trucks. Kumho has manufacturing facilities in Korea and China  
and operates technical centers in Birmingham, England, and Akron,  
Ohio. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, CA,  
Kumho Tire U.S.A is the U.S. distribution arm of Kumho Tire Co. In  
addition to its 830,000 square foot headquarters and central  
distribution facility in Rancho Cucamonga, the company operates four  
additional distribution facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus and  
Dallas. For more information, visit the Kumho Web site at  
wwww.kumhotire.com.

Based in Chicago, Klein Tools is a family-owned and operated company  
which has been in business since 1857, designing, developing,  
producing and marketing worldwide quality tools and protective  
equipment to meet the demanding needs of trade professionals who earn  
a living with their tools. The company, which initially grew as the  
premier plier manufacturer for the telecommunications and electrical  
industries, offers hand tools used in construction, electronics,  
mining, electrical, communications, aviation, security, audio/video  
and other fields.

Klein Tools, which employs approximately 1,000 people nationwide,  
began its motorsports association to support the marketing efforts of  
the company and its distributorships in key markets. Klein Tools’  
motorsports sponsorship has also led to the development of products  
specifically designed for the motor racing industry including spark  
plug pliers and protective wheel gun covers now used by sports car  
and open wheel racing teams.

The American Le Mans Series is the premium brand of motorsport in  
North America, featuring high-tech sports cars from the most  
prestigious automobile manufacturers in the world. Its unique four  
classes of competition showcase exotic, open-top prototypes and  
sophisticated production-based GT cars, all competing on the track at  
the same time. The American Le Mans Series competes at the premier  
road racing tracks across North America and at selected temporary  
street circuits in major urban markets. With a 2007 television  
package that includes five network broadcasts on CBS and NBC and  
seven telecasts on SPEED, plus live broadcasts across Europe, the  
Series delivers a global marketing platform that is unmatched in  
motorsports. The Series, founded in 1999 by Georgia entrepreneur Don  
Panoz, represents a mirror image to the prestigious 24 Hours of Le  
Mans, the world’s most famous and authentic automobile race. The  
American Le Mans Series features elite marques such as Audi, Porsche,  
Corvette, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Panoz, and premium brands such as  
Michelin, Yokohama, Kumho, Lowe’s, Shell and many others.



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John Thawley  ~  Creative Communications Group ~ 248.356.5699