FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2003

USTCC Subaru WRX Leans on Hotchkis Tuning

Martinez, CA: Sheehan Motor Racing proudly announces Hotchkis Tuning’s support of their Subaru WRX entry in the 2003 U.S. Touring Car Championship.

Hotchkis Tuning is a relatively new company that is an extension of Hotchkis Performance. Hotchkis Performance has had great success in meeting the high performance suspension needs of American made cars and trucks for quite some time. Hotchkis Tuning is taking that success and applying it to the sport compact and European sports car markets.

Hotchkis Tuning suspension products are designed for the selective buyer that demands the very best products that dramatically improve traction, handling and control during street and track driving. Hotchkis Tuning currently produces high performance suspension parts and kits for a variety of sport compact cars. Their product line ranges from simple pieces like their swaybar end-links up to comprehensive high performance suspension solutions appropriately named “Total Vehicle Systems.”

Hotchkis Tuning has provided Sheehan Motor Racing with a suspension package assembled specifically for the USTCC Subaru WRX racecar. Included in this package is a Competition hollow front swaybar, three Competition hollow rear swaybars each with three adjustment positions, a swaybar end-link kit that replaces both front and rear sets of end-links, a Competition rear swaybar mount kit and Hotchkis Tuning’s new rear Camber Adjustable Lateral Link kit.

“I am very happy to have Hotchkis Tuning supporting us in our USTCC effort this year,” said Gary Sheehan, the team’s driver. “The Hotchkis products on our car are nicely designed and work well together as a package. They give us a lot of flexibility when setting the car up for a particular track. The race at Portland was the first time we were able to use all of the products together, and we scored our first win of the season. Obviously, this stuff works!”

Hotchkis Tuning and Hotchkis Performance are based Santa Fe Springs, CA and have been meeting the needs of the high performance suspension aftermarket for 12 years. John Hotchkis’ extensive background of racing professional GT and prototype racing cars gives him firsthand knowledge of what is required to make cars handle properly. Visit Hotchkis Tuning’s website (www.hotchkistuning.com) to learn more about their products and for contact information.

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For more information, please contact:

Gary Sheehan
Team Manager
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.teamSMR.com