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.