Wilden Claims Pole For First Trans-Am Series Start 
Of Season In Johnson Controls 100 At Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (August 16, 2002) - Kenny Wilden, named Thursday to drive the #40 XtremeLens 
Chevrolet Corvette for Derhaag Motorsports, made his return to the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich 
Tires Cup a successful one Friday when he claimed the pole position for the Johnson Controls 100 at 
Road America.

Wilden, a Canadian whose last career Trans-Am start came at Long Beach in 2001, put together a lap 
of 111.644 miles per hour (2 minutes, 10.529 seconds) on the 4.048-mile permanent road course to 
earn the second pole position of his Trans-Am Series career, in his 10th career start. Wilden's earlier 
pole came while driving for the Derhaag team at Laguna Seca in 2000 in a race he ultimately won.

Wilden will start in the seat recently vacated by Justin Bell when the eighth round of the 2002 Trans-Am 
Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup takes the green flag at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday (noon ET Sunday, SPEED 
Channel, tape delay).

"I didn't have a pole-winning car [during practice] this morning," said Wilden, who earned his first two 
championship points of the season, as well as the Jaguar Pole Award, for his effort. "It was pretty 
obvious what the problem was; we had a big understeer problem.

"So, we know what we had to fix. Jim [Derhaag, team owner] and I went through the track layout 
together, he made the changes, and I had a tremendous car this afternoon.

"This is probably the best car I've even had for a Trans-Am race. I'm thrilled for the team."

Wilden will be making his 10th career Trans-Am Series start on Saturday. He owns five top-10 finishes 
and two podium results in his career to date.