TxSPEED / AWE TUNING PORSCHE: SUCCESSFUL DEBUT:
August 4, 2008 Press Release

The debut of the TxSpeed / AWE Tuning Porsche was a resounding success on August 2-3, 2008. Driver, Jay Matus, competed at the NASA Texas Lonestar Cup, Round 5 on the 2.9 clockwise course of Texas World Speedway. The team ended the weekend with an impressive record:
· Qualified Pole Position in GTS3 for all four (4) races
· Set a Lap Record for Qualifying time in GTS3: 1:52.568
· Earned First (1st) Place in all Four Races

When the weekend started, the race group had eighteen (18) competitors, with ten (10) being in German Touring Series and five (5) competing in GTS3. It was a sunny, hot, humid weekend with temperatures ranging from 102 to 109 degrees - the type of weather that will test the failure point of the parts on race cars and the stamina of the drivers. Matus prevailed through the challenge of extreme temperatures and a recently completed race car build to end the weekend as "last man standing" in GTS3 as none of the other GTS drivers made it to the final race of the weekend.

NEXT - The team has its sights on the NASA National Championships occurring September 11-14, 2008 at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course where there will be a field of nearly fifty (50) GTS cars with approximately fifteen (15) of those competing in GTS3. We are looking forward to spirited competition and a battle to the podium.

Thanks to everyone that has rolled up his or her sleeves and assisted us to get to this point.
* AWE Tuning
* Viking Extreme Motorsports
* European Autowerk
* Moton North America
* J.C. Matus
* Driver Source
* and others that wish to remain anonymous

It has been an adventure from flying to Florida a few days before Christmas 2007 to buy the car to drive it back to Houston . We had enjoyed "her" as a daily driver for about one-and-one-half-weeks before we turned her over to Viking to be transformed over the past six (6) months. We are pleased with the results.

We are also appreciative of being able to recover from the crash at the Houston Grand Prix in 2007 and being back into a Porsche to compete in GTS3. As a side note, the white (crashed) Porsche, had life breathed back into her by Fred Baker Porsche of Ohio. Ironically, they took her out for her first drive the week prior to the racing debut of the TxSpeed / AWE Tuning Porsche. Maybe we can convince Fred to bring her over for a photo shoot at the NASA National Championships.

God's Speed,
Shannon E. Matus
J&S Matus Motorsports, Inc