TURPIN WINS HAYES SPORT COMPACT CHALLENGE KICK-OFF

FOR RELEASE: June 12, 2004
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Craig Armstrong (706) 654-1898


BANKS CROSSING, GA Aboard a quick 2003 Mitsubishi, Terry Turpin of
Maysville outlasted eight determined competitors, and took home the Atlanta
Dragway Hayes Sport Compact Challenge trophy on Friday, June 11.

"I wasn't even sure that I wanted to enter the Sport Compact Challenge,"
Turpin said after the contest. "Now I'm glad I did, and I'll definitely be
back. It's not going to be easy winning this deal. There were a lot of
good cars out here tonight, and the way the points are structured, the
season championship is pretty wide open."

The first 2004 showdown for street-legal sport compacts had been postponed
from May 21, but Friday's showing of racer and fan enthusiasm bodes well for
the 10-race series, part of an expanded Year One Fast Friday program.
Points are awarded on the basis of entering the event (1 point), running
closest to your "elapsed time" (ET) category (1 point), and winning the
"Fast Four" shoot-out, where the quickest four cars from two preliminary
time runs race heads-up for the trophy and final championship point.

With extremely hot and humid weather prevailing, street-legal racers also
gamely challenged the Year One Power Hour contest. Royston, GA driver Chuck
Stephens blistered the already steamy-hot track with a 121.02 MPH pass in
his 1977 Datsun 280 Z to take the "Fastest Pass" award, a $50 Gift
Certificate Voucher from Year One Automotive Restoration in Braselton. Matt
Leetch of Buford, a former Power Hour winner this year, picked up another
$50 Year One voucher for his Quickest Elapsed Time quarter-mile pass (11.39
seconds). Lawrenceville's Jonathan Brown copped the third $50 voucher for
his outstanding Reaction Time (.536 seconds) during the 9-10 PM competition
for strictly street-legal cars and pickup trucks.

The next Year One Fast Friday program is scheduled for Friday, June 18, and
will feature another round of the Hayes Sport Compact Challenge, in addition
to the Year One Power Hour. Gates will open at 6:00 PM for both racers and
spectators, with racing action beginning at 6:45 and the Hayes Sport Compact
Challenge starting at 11:15 PM.

Sponsored by Year One Automotive Restoration in Braselton, along with the
Hayes Family Dealerships in Lawrenceville, Gainesville and Cornelia, Atlanta
Dragway's Fast Friday show is primarily an opportunity for drivers of
street-legal vehicles to "race the strip, not the street." Racecars and
motorcycles are also welcome for Test & Tune and grudge match racing on most
Friday nights at "Georgia's House of Speed."


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2004 CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
HAYES SPORT COMPACT CHALLENGE
ATLANTA DRAGWAY
(As of 6/11/04)



1. TIE - Terry Turpin
Keith Fortner
Steven Feren
David Draz
Jay Cerboraz
6. TIE - John Vang
Kris Adams
Troy Keyes