Petersen/White Lightning Announces Driver Lineup for Road America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Petersen Motorsports/
White Lightning Racing
 Announces Dumbreck for
 Road America




Peter Dumbreck to Join Dirk Müller in a Series of Firsts for the Scottish Driver

ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., July 31, 2007 - Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing 
announced today that Peter Dumbreck (born in 
Scotland but living in Adderbury, England) will co-drive 
the No. 31 MMPIE/PAWS/Petersen Holdings/Michelin 
Ferrari F430 GT in defense of the team's two-straight 
GT2 class victories in the Generac 500 at Road 
America. Dumbreck, who is currently competing in the 
Super GT Japan Series as a Toyota factory driver, will 
join Dirk Müller (a German now living in Monaco) for 
Round Eight of the American Le Mans Series at Road 
America's legendary circuit on August 11. The four 
hour race marks not only Dumbreck's first drive for the 
Michael Petersen (Las Vegas, Nev.) owned team but 
his first stint behind the wheel of a Ferrari F430 GT, 
his first at Road America, his first time in the American 
Le Mans Series and also his first race in the United 
States.

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Despite being a rookie in North America's premier 
sports car racing series, Dumbreck is no novice in 
motorsports. His resume is impressive including an 
unbroken string of factory-driver positions dating back 
to 1999. Dumbreck came to road car-based 
motorsports after an early career winning formula car 
championships for Jackie Stewart's Stewart Racing. 
His first experience with professional sports car 
racing came as a Mercedes "works" driver in 1999 at 
the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the closing of the 
Mercedes Le Mans effort, the German manufacturer 
moved the 1994 and 1996 Scottish Driver of the Year 
to the German Touring Car (DTM) series. He earned 
two victories on his way to third in DTM championship 
in 2001 and would remain with Mercedes until taking 
a factory driver role at Opel in 2003. Once at Opel he 
led the brand's DTM effort finishing twice as its 
highest-place driver in the point chase.

In 2005, Dumbreck was signed as a Toyota factory 
driver and moved back to Japan where he had earlier 
won the 1998 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship. 
Since his Super GT Japan debut, Dumbreck has 
driven to victory at the prestigious Fuji 500km (2006) 
and established himself as a leader in the highly 
competitive series. He also returned to La Sarthe 
again in 2006 as a factory driver for the Spyker GT2 
program. The 1996 Autosport British Club Driver of the 
Year has six career endurance race starts- twice at Le 
Mans ('99, '06) and four times at the 24 Hours of 
Nürburgring ('03-'05, '07).

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing has 
earned three Road America class victories in the last 
four seasons (2003, '05-'06) of American Le Mans 
Series competition. The Dale White (Bozeman, MT) 
managed team is entering its eighth race in the 
Ferrari F430 GT having won one event (Salt Lake City) 
in May.

Quotes

Dale White, Team Manager/Entrant: "While we 
have not had the opportunity to watch Peter race first-
hand, he came highly recommended by Darren 
Turner. Mike and I have the utmost respect for Darren 
so when he was not able to race with us because of 
conflicts we discussed all of our options and decided 
to go with Peter. From our first conversation I knew 
Peter was a great fit for our program. We had a 
number of choices for this drive and we feel 
comfortable with our decision despite the fact that 
Peter has not raced the Ferrari or in the American Le 
Mans Series. When you combine his obvious skill with 
the Thursday test and a four hour race we feel 
confident that Peter will be right where we need him to 
be."

Peter Dumbreck, Driver: 

About the number of "firsts" he will be undertaking: 
"It sounds quite daunting. I hadn't quite 
thought about it that it is my first race with the team, in 
the Series, with the Ferrari or at this track. I suppose it 
will be a bit of an eye-opener for me to get into the 
Ferrari. I have had various driver friends tell me it is a 
little tricky to drive but I have a lot of experience in 
different cars so I think I can get my head around it. 
The main thing for me will be to keep my head down 
and learn."

About learning at Road America: "I 
believe that the circuit suits my driving style. I like the 
faster, flowing circuits rather than the stop-start 
circuits. Every minute I have in the car is going to help. 
The fact that the race is four hours should help me. 
So, it is important that I take my time. At the end of the 
race I should feel I can't drive any faster on that track."

About the American Le Mans 
Series: "Everyone is in there because they 
earned their place. I am not daunted by the 
competition, I know I am as quick as anyone but 
people that have three years of history in the Ferrari 
will have an upper-hand on me. So, I just need to bide 
my time and learn."

About joining Petersen Motorsports/White 
Lightning Racing: "As a racing driver you want 
to get yourself in a position to win races and 
potentially win championships. We don't do this for 
fun, we do this to win. To be given the chance to race 
for Petersen/White Lightning is very attractive. Having 
spoken to Dale for 30 minutes on the phone you could 
tell straight-away that he is very passionate about his 
motorsport. When you talk to someone like that you 
get a good feeling that it is not a business so much as 
a passion. These are the type of guys you want to be 
around because they will do that extra to win races. To 
be given this opportunity is very humbling. I really hope 
that I can repay the faith that he and Mike have shown 
in me. I really want to make the most of it."

The Generac 500 at Road America will start at 5 pm 
(ET) on Saturday, August 11. Television coverage will 
be provided by NBC Sports, August 12 at 2:30 pm 
(ET). The event can be heard live on the American Le 
Mans Series Radio Web, available through the 
American Le Mans Series web site from 5-9 PM (ET).

More on Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning 
Racing can be found at 
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Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing
Tom Moore
Sporting Relations Manager

email: tom@petersenmotorsports.com
office: 615-778-1614 cellular: 615-509-5000

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