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Hooters Mexico Races Aboard With Transnet Racing; Alex Garcia In Mexico

Hooters Mexico Races  Aboard  
With Transnet Racing; Alex Garcia  In Mexico 

“Hispanic Owned  Team Gains Additional Support For Inaugural Debut�?? 

MEXICO CITY, MX (Friday, March 2,  2007) - - Transnet Racing announced today  
the signing of Hooters Mexico in a one-race deal for Sunday’s Telcel  
Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex, the third race of the 2007 NASCAR  Busch 
Series schedule. 
Hooters  Mexico unveiled its first  restaurant in November, 1997, becoming 
one of 19 different countries to hoist  Hooters outside the United  States. The 
start of Hooters Mexico was slow,  but quickly gained attention. The public 
flocked in to enjoy their favorite  sports on television and enjoy leisure time 
with family and friends accompanied  by the traditional Hooters menu. 
While  Hooters Mexico has been known for their laid back neighborhood place it
’s  recently become the concept of Hooter’s Mexico to try to become more of  
a family oriented restaurant, reminding everyone they are a part of the 
Hooters  family.  
Today,  Hooters Mexico has four restaurants, with three of them located in 
Mexico City and one in the port of Acapulco. 
The  organization has expressed their excitement about joining the NASCAR 
Busch  Series (NBS) with Alex Garcia in the No. 98 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in 
their  NASCAR debut and for the third NASCAR Busch race held at Autodromo 
Hermanos  Rodriguez. 
“It’s  exciting to have Hooters Mexico aboard for this weekend’s race,�?? 
said driver  Alex Garcia.�?? “It’s an honor to promote the Hooters restaurants of  
Mexico and we’re hoping to give them  and all of our sponsors a great run on 
Sunday.�??  
Garcia  will perform a meet and greet and sign autographs at the Hooters in 
Satelite, in  Mexico City,  D.F. located at 2150 Manuel Avila Camacho  Blvd 
(Blvd. Manuel Ã???vila  Camacho #2150) on Saturday, March 3 from 6:30-8:30pm local  
time. 
For  more on Hooters Mexico, please visit _http://www.hooters.com.mx_ 
(http://www.hooters.com.mx/)    
Visit  Alex Garcia and Transnet Racing on the web at 
_http://www.transnetracing.com_ (http://www.transnetracing.com/)    
The  Telcel Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex (80  laps-201.44 miles) 
is the third of 35 events on the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series  schedule. First 
round of practice begins Friday March 2. Final practice  continues on Friday with 
an hour (5:00pm-6:00pm EST) session planned with live  coverage on ESPN2. 
Qualifying is slated for Saturday March 3, beginning at  11:30am EST also live on 
ESPN2. The race will be broadcasted live on Sunday with  coverage on ESPN 
(Spanish) and ESPN2 (English) beginning at 1:30pm EST with MRN  handling the 
airwaves also starting at 1:30pm EST. The race will also be  available via Sirius 
satellite radio channel 128 launching at 1:30pm  EST.