Pirelli Committed to Winning GTS Championship for Michigan
Team

Spring Lake, Mich., Nov. 24, 2003 – It took two years but
Saleen’s Dream Team is finally ready to challenge the
big guns in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GTS Class thanks to
Jeff Giangrande and ACEMCO MOTORSPORTS as Terry Borcheller and
Johnny Mowlem were confirmed today as the teams principal
drivers for the 2004 season.
Terry Borcheller, six-time sports car champion including
three as a Saleen factory driver, won the 2001 ALMS GTS
Drivers Championship in the Saleen S7Rs inaugural
season by winning the 12 Hours of Sebring, earning 4 poles and
setting 7 fastest laps.
Most recently, Borcheller won the 2003 Rolex Cup Drivers
Championship in Bell Motorsports Daytona Prototype.
Joining Borcheller is Brit Johnny Mowlem. Interestingly
enough, Mowlem replaced Borcheller as Saleens lead factory
driver in 2002 just as Saleen was awarded the contract to build the
Ford GT. Recognized as one of the top Porsche drivers, he
distinguished himself the year before by setting the fastest GTS
lap at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in his first and only drive in a
Saleen S7R. This past season, he finished second overall in the
Rolex 24 at Daytona in a Risi Competizione Ferrari 360, competed in
the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an ACEMCO Ferrari 360 and won Road
America in the White Lightning Porsche.
After two years, the two Saleen factory drivers are together for
the first time on ACEMCOS Dream Team to
contest the entire 2004 ALMS season and all points beyond.
Anyone who has watched the GTS battle the last several years
knows that this is where the competition is, stated
Giangrande, ACEMCOS owner. Were also very
aware of what the privateer Saleen S7Rs accomplished in their first
two seasons of competition winning seven of eight championships, 37
of 72 races and holding the majority of the class poles and fastest
lap records, he continued. With Terry and Johnny on
board, the Saleens will once again become the fastest guns in the
west.

ACEMCO also announced that Pirelli Tires would be
providing the engineering and tire support for the Saleen S7R.
Since mid-season, we studied the performance of the various
tire companies in GTS and GT, commented Giangrande.
It was fairly obvious that Pirelli had an improved product
and were very excited about developing a winning combination
with them.
Since 1995, Pirelli has won 7 Drivers and
Manufacturers Championships each in North American sports
car competition but none since returning from a one-year hiatus in
2002, stated Peter Tyson, Pirellis Vice President of
Marketing Communications. Weve been trying to build a
Dream Team around the Saleen with drivers like
Borcheller and Mowlem since our return and we cant wait
until the green flags fall for qualifying at the 12 Hours of
Sebring in March.
To that end, ACEMCO, Saleen and Pirelli will conduct an aggressive
testing program over the next several months beginning with a
shakedown of the first Saleen S7R next week at Willow Springs, just
north of Saleens Irvine, Calif.-based headquarters. The team
will then move east for extensive tire testing at both Sebring and
Homestead in preparation for the 12 Hours of Sebring.

With more than 50 years of manufacturing experience, ACEMCO
AUTOMOTIVE is a leader in the engineering, manufacture and
assembly of metal stampings for light trucks, SUVs and passenger
cars with three plants located in the western Michigan area.
Products include frame and engine mounting components, as well as
interior metal insert assemblies.
ACEMCOs Team Goal is to provide Customer
satisfaction, manufacturing Excellence and quality products
while Maintaining a clean, safe working environment and
Continuously improving processes to ensure 100%
On-time deliveries.

Pirelli Tire North America specializes in the manufacture and
marketing of high-performance car, light truck and motorcycle tires
and currently has three of its highly advanced MIRS (Modular
Integrated Robotized System) modules in operation in a new factory
in Rome, Georgia, to better serve the American OEM and Replacement
markets.
For more information, visit the Company’s web site at www.us.pirelli.com.

Pirelli 2003 World Rally Championship

Subarus Solberg Wins First Drivers Crown and
Pirellis 19 th World Championship

Rome, Georgia, Nov. 10, 2003 – Petter Solberg drove his
Pirelli-fitted Subaru Impreza WRC to a dominant victory yesterday
at the Rally Great Britain, 14 th and last WRC event for the 2003
season. This was the Norwegians 4th win this season (most in the
series) and 5th of his career, thereby earning him the 2003 FIA
World Rally Drivers Championship. Citron scored its
first World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.
On the very tricky gravel stages of Wales, Pirelli scored a really
impressive result. This 130 th win of P Zero tires in the World
Championship history becomes even more precious if you consider
that Solberg won 13 stages out of 18 of the last WRC event. On the
slippery Welsh gravel, Pirelli fitted the Imprezas WRC with its P
Zero KM tires in soft and super-soft compounds which offered the
maximum performance and durability under the conditions. The P Zero
supremacy was confirmed by four-time World Champion Tommi
Makinens 3 rd place, and also by the fantastic 7 th place
scored by Manfred Stohl at the wheel of and old
Peugeot but nevertheless capable of fighting at same level with the
works 206 WRCs.
With this victory, Pirelli recorded its 19 th World Rally Crown: 8
for Drivers and 11 for Manufacturers. This years
success brings even more satisfaction, considering that Subaru and
Pirelli had been unable to win a single rally until May, and from
then one they scored 4 wins out of the 8 remaining events. Some of
these victories clearly came thanks to a superb tire performance,
as happened in Cyprus, on the flooded Corsican asphalt and once
again in Great Britain. A special thanks to the Subaru
Team, commented Paul Hembery, head of Pirelli Motorsport.
With them, Pirelli scored a total of 6 World Rally Crowns in
10 consecutive WRC seasons.
This was Pirellis second championship of the
week as Guy Mannino, president of Pirelli North America, received
the J.D. Power & Associates trophy for Highest in
Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction last Tuesday
evening at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

RALLY GREAT BRITAIN – Final standings
1 Solberg-Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003 3h28m58.1
2 Loeb-Elena Citron Xsara WRC +43.6
3 Makinen-Lindstrom Subaru Impreza WRC2003 +2m58.8
4 C. McRae-Ringer Citron Xsara WRC +5m28.1
5 Duval-Prevot Ford Escort03 WRC +7m16.1
6 Loix-Smeets Peugeot 206 WRC +8m06.5
7 Stohl-Minor Peugeot 206 WRC +3m33.0
8 Kresta-Tomanek Peugeot 206 WRC +3m59.6

2003 RALLY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – Final standings
DRIVERS: 1. Solberg p. 72; 2. Loeb 71; 3. Sainz p.63;
4. Burns 58; 5. Martin 49; 6. Gronholm 46; 7. C. McRae 45; 8.
Makinen e Duval 30; . . .
MANUFACTURERS: 1. Citron p.160; 2. Peugeot 145; 3.
Subaru 109; 4. Ford 92; 5. Skoda 20; 6. Hyundai 12

PIRELLI’s 19 WORLD RALLY CROWNS

Photos of Sunday’s victory can be downloaded from www.RacingPR.com using “Pirelli” for the Username and
Password.

Pirellis Says: Ask For An Inch and Youll
Get 24 More

Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 4, 2003 – Lets all admit it.
The Hummer H2 is a pretty outrageous vehicle. Its got
in-your-face-styling that dares lesser SUVs to kick sand in its
grille.
And while its 315/70R17 tires are anything but wimpy, whens
the last time you saw a Hummer H2 sporting stock wheels and tires?
Right! Just about never.
And if youre thinking about making a statement
with your H2, check out Pirellis booth (40919) at the SEMA
show for a preview of Dub plus 5, a Pirelli Scorpion
Zero tire that stands 25 inches tall.
Fitted to a unique Giovanna Bragg alloy wheel, Pirellis
315/40VR25 XL (120) M+S radial was designed specifically with the
Hummer H2 tuner market in mind. And because Pirelli believes that
size must never take precedence over safety and innovation, this
25-incher has an XL (extra load) designation, meaning it has a load
index designed to safely support the weight of vehicles such as the
H2 and other light trucks and SUVs. Some over-20 inch
tires on the market these days might look trick, but if they
dont have a load index equal to or greater than the OE tire
they are replacing, you should consider them all show and no
go.
The Scorpion Zero 315/40VR25 features Pirellis exclusive
Double Z tread design, which provides maximum dry
traction along with total wet traction capabilities. Specifications
for the tire follow:

Scorpion Zero and Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico, the first U.S. MIRS
SUV pattern, are also available in the following 20-, 22-, 23- and
24-inch rim diameters:

Pirelli recently received three Best Buy awards from
the editors of Consumer Digest magazine, including the Scorpion
Zero for the light truck/SUVcategory.
Photographs of the Scorpion Zero can be obtained at www.RacingPR.com using Pirelli as the Name
and Password.

Pirelli is centered on three core businesses, Tires, Energy and
Telecom Cables and Systems, in which it is among the world leaders
and innovators, with companies across five continents. Pirelli Tire
North America specializes in the manufacture and marketing of
high-performance car, light truck and motorcycle tires and is
currently producing tires at its highly advanced MIRS technology
(Modular Integrated Robotized System) factory near Atlanta,
Georgia, to better serve the American OEM and Replacement markets.
For more information, visit the Company’s web site at:
www.us.pirelli.com.