Bell Battles To Third Place Finish 
at Portland

PORTLAND, Oregon  (August 4, 2001) -- Justin Bell, driver 
of the #40 Justin Bell GT Motorsports Experience Chevy 
Corvette, claimed his first ever Trans-Am Series podium 
finish Saturday in Portland. Bell originally crossed the finish 
line in fourth place behind race winner Tommy Archer, Paul 
Gentilozzi and Johnny Miller but a post-race review by series 
officials determined that Miller had passed Bell under the 
yellow during the final lap of the event.

"At Sears Point we started in 28th and finished fifth, so we 
were hoping to come here and have a good qualifying," Bell 
said. "That didn't happen and we qualified 11th. I enjoyed it 
today and it was great for team." We had fun out there 
today.” With his highest finish to date in the series, Bell 
extends his lead in the Rookie-of-the-Year points battle 
over Dan Miller and Paul Fix.

Simon Gregg, driving the #59 Stonier Transportation Corvette for Derhaag Motorsports, finished in
12th place Saturday after improving four positions from his 16th place starting spot.

The next race, round eight of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, will be held at Road 
America on August 18th. The Johnson Controls 100 is part of the FedEx Championship Series 
Motorola 220 weekend.. The race will be broadcast on Speedvision on Saturday August 24th
at 2pm eastern time.