Multi-car accident foils high hopes for Wallace, Duno!

Lexington, OH (August 27, 2005) … The EMCO Mid-Ohio Road Racing Classic at
the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has proven to be both good and bad for the #2
CITGO Racing Team. Last year, a late-race charge resulted in a 2nd-place
finish for the duo of Andy Wallace and Milka Duno at the 2.258-mile track.
On Saturday, a multi-car accident on lap 15 ended the hopes of the CITGO
Team of a second consecutive podium finish at Mid-Ohio.

Milka Duno qualified the #2 CITGO Pontiac Crawford on Friday afternoon and
posted a fast lap of 1:24.998 / 95.635 mph. Her qualifying effort placed the
CITGO Team 18th in the 44-car starting field for the event.

From the start, Duno turned very competitive lap times and began to steadily
move up in the running order. When caution waved on lap 10, Duno was running
in the 13th position. Restarting 12th on lap 13, Duno was looking to march
toward the top ten. Ultimately, she would reach as high as 11 th overall and
advance the #2 CITGO Pontiac Crawford seven positions from her start.
Unfortunately, that march ended when Duno spun and was hit by the #6 Michael
Shank Racing Riley. Several cars made evasive moves to keep from making
contact with these two cars. However, the #81 Porsche driven by Mae Van Wijk
made heavy contact with the CITGO Pontiac Crawford and the Mears entry. The
resulting damaged ended the EMCO Mid-Ohio Road Racing Classic for the CITGO
Racing Team.

"I am so disappointed," Duno stated. "We had such a positive start to the
race. I managed to defend my position and make up six places in the early
laps. I made a mistake and spun. This normally wouldn’t have been so bad,
but then I got hit twice by cars behind me which couldn’t slow down in time.
I am so sorry for the CITGO Racing Team. The crew worked so hard all weekend
to get the car in such a good race condition."

The next event for the CITGO Racing Team will be at the Phoenix
International Raceway on Saturday, September 10th. Speed Channel will
provide tape-delayed coverage of the 250-mile event at 4 PM ET on Sunday,
September 11th.