Press Release

Arlington, Texas, November 12, 1998 -- James Hurley of Knoxville, Tennessee will navigate for Jowi Odero-Jowi in the Ramada Express-Casino International Rally scheduled to be held in Laughlin, Nevada on December 4-6, 1998. Hurley and Odero-Jowi have driven together in the past, and have been successful as a team. The last event they ran together was the 1995 Divisional run-off in Paris, Texas. They placed 7th overall; 2nd in U2 (under 2-liter class) driving a Toyota Corolla.

The Ramada Express-Casino International Rally is truly an international event drawing entries from as far as New Zealand. Geoff Argyle, the reigning New Zealand national rally champion and Frank Sprongl, the Canadian national rally champion, will join a strong field of Canadian and US-based competitors to vie for victory in the rally.

This will be Team TPi's first time competing in a FIA sanctioned event. Jowi aspires to compete at the World Rally Championship level, consequently he feels that it is important to compete in the event for the international media exposure. Team TPi would like to compete in more international events in the future and eventually compete in World Rally Championship events.

Team TPi is sponsored by Alamo Autosports of Arlington, Texas, Thermal Research & Development, GAB, Automated Information Retrieval Systems/AIRS, Front Wheel Drive Supply of Hurst, Texas, and Big Billie Barrett Mitsubishi in Mesquite, Texas.

Visit Team TPI's Website at www.re-airs.com/tpi/

For more information please contact Jowi Odero-Jowi:

Tel: (817) 472-8310
Fax: (817) 472-8310
E-mail: [email protected]