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Press Release: Jonah Street and Team Top Rally PanAm survive Romania, and shine in Hungary.

Hello,

Jonah Street and Team Top Rally PanAm continue to shine at the Central  
Europe Rally.  Please read the attached press release and feel free to  
contact us for more details.

regards
Charlie Rauseo
Rally PanAm

Press Release April 23, 2008

Central Europe Rally:
Jonah Street and Team Top Rally PanAm struggle through Romania, and  
shine in Hungary.

Veszprem, Hungary.  Four days into the Central Europe Rally, the  
competition moves from Romania back to Hungary.  The Romanian stages  
were short, muddy, rocky, technical, and even sometimes snowy.  This  
was not ideal for the big KTM 690 Rally bikes of Rally PanAm and most  
of the other top teams.  These motorcycles were designed for the  
deserts of Mauritania and Morocco.  Riders on smaller, enduro-based  
bikes played their advantage and dominated the four Romanian special  
tests.  Jonah Street held his own, bringing the big bike home safe  
each day, and not too far from the leaders.

Today the rally left the Romanian mountains and returned to the plains  
of Hungary.  Jonah enjoyed the change in terrain, which he thought  
was, ?more like the Baja races at home.?  He finished 3rd on today?s  
second special test, placing him in a solid 6th Overall.  Street had  
fallen to 8th Overall yesterday after several Romanian specials.

For the next 3 days, the rally remains in Hungary, where the team  
expects to do well and continue to move up the standings.  The Central  
Europe Rally finishes at Lake Balaton on April 26.

This rally is the first of the new Dakar Series, with US Television  
coverage on Direct TV Channel 101.  Following success in this event,  
Rally PanAm hopes to compete in the entire series, including the 2009  
Dakar Rally in South America.

Team Top Rally PanAm Is the only American motorcycle team now  
competing in rallies, and is backed by Top Oil Company, Klim gear,  
Scuderia West, Rally Management Services, Gore-Tex, APL, Motion Pro,  
Baja Designs, Transfer Flow, Ready Racing, Scott Goggles, Renazco  
Racing, MX1West, ICW, DP Brakes, Megla Designs, Aladdin Freight, KTM  
Twins.com, JJE Constructors, Michelin, Linkfinity, Iridium, JoeHauler,  
SPS Suspension, and Harry?s Custom Paint.


For more information, see:
www.rallypanam.com
or, contact:
Charlie Rauseo
Rally PanAm manager
charlie@rallypanam.com
(+1) 415-710-9386