Alex Job Racing Looking for Sebring Four-Peat

Tavares, Florida -- Alex Job Racing is poised to win its fourth Mobil 1 Twelve
Hours of Sebring in a row and begin their run to a third consecutive American
Le Mans Series GT championship when the green flag drops next week. Adding
to the drama will be Lucas Luhr, driver of the number 24 McKenna/mail2web.com
/Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, will be going for a record breaking fourth
straight class win.

Luhr is going for a record fifth class win in a row, which would surpass legendary
Porsche driver Bob Holbert. Currently the two are tied with four consecutive class
wins each. Luhr has a chance to be the sole Sebring record holder of five straight
class wins in a row. "Bob Holbert is a legendary Porsche driver, being recognized
in the same history book as him will be a special memory in my career," said Luhr.

Sascha Maassen returns to Sebring, but this time he will not be partnered with
his longtime teammate Luhr. Maassen, ALMS's winningest driver, will be teamed
with Timo Bernhard and Jorg Bergmeister, while Luhr will partner with Marc Lieb
and Romain Dumas. In 2001, Maassen set the GT class qualifying record with a
time of 2:06.764 and an average speed of 105.07 mph. Also in 2001, Maassen,
Luhr and Emmanuel Collard set the GT class race distance record with 326 laps
(1,206.2 miles) completed.

"We are looking forward to going for our fourth 12-hour win in a row and our
sixth Sebring victory. It will be an interesting race with our two cars, we will
have Lucas and Sascha racing against each other," said Alex Job, team owner.
"The GT field gets increasingly competitive every year. The Porsche teams keep
raising their level of performance and the Ferrari is becoming a real threat."

Although the team will not participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 3.7-mile,
17-turn central Florida circuit can be a bigger test of driver and car. "Sebring is
very tough! A 12-hour race there is harder on the car and the driver than any
24-hour race. Because Sebring is quite bumpy in a lot of sections and you have
very fast portions where, over the course of the race, your fitness and
concentration is important. On top of that you have to deal with the heat
and humidity," said Timo Bernhard.

The updates to the Porsche have the drivers anxious to compare their new car
to the competition. "One of the big advantages of the Porsche is its engine
placement. The motor in the rear gives us a big traction advantage, the ability
to put the power to the track. The other big advantage has been the braking
performance of the Porsche. Combine these traditional Porsche attributes with
the new sequential gearbox, this gives us a very strong package," said Sascha
Maassen.

The race will be televised Saturday, March 20, on Speed TV starting at 10:00a.m.
Speed will carry the complete race, over 13-hours of coverage.

Luhr and Holbert:
Lucas Luhr Class Wins Bob Holbert Class Wins AJR Sebring 12-Hour Wins
2000 - Porsche 1961 - Porsche 1995 - Porsche
2001 - Porsche 1962 - Porsche 1999 - Porsche
2002 - Porsche 1963 - Porsche 2001 - Porsche
2003 - Porsche 1964 - Cobra 2002 - Porsche
2003 - Porsche

AJR Sebring History:
· 5 Sebring wins in 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, the team also won the fall race in
1998, the year before the ALMS started

· Fastest race laps at Sebring in 1999 (Randy Pobst), 2001 (Sascha Maassen),
2002 (Lucas Luhr), 2003 (Jorg Bergmeister)

· Four Sebring pole positions in 2003, 2002, 2001, and 1999

· Six podiums at Sebring

AJR Sebring driver pairings:
#23 McKenna/mail2web.com/Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Jorg Bergmeister
Timo Bernhard
Sascha Maassen - Sebring and Petit Le Mans

#24 McKenna/mail2web.com/Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Romain Dumas
Marc Lieb
Lucas Luhr - Sebring and Petit Le Mans

AJR thanks team sponsors McKenna Porsche, mail2web.com, and partners
Mobil 1, Michelin, Puma and ZF Sachs.

For more information or photos, please contact Kyle Chura at chura@aol.com
or at (248) 821-0468.


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