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GMI Celebrates the Return of "El Wingador"!

Warrington, PA January 23, 2012

Greisiger Motorsports Racing celebrates the return of marketing partner "El Wingador" to the 2012 Wing Bowl eating competition Friday February 3, 2012 at the Wells Fargo center in Philadelphia. GMI was "El Wingador's" entourage for the 2008 event and the event is now in it's 20th year. He was seven time wing eating champion and returns for the 20th year anniversary for a shot at the $20,000 first prize and a 2012 Chevy Camaro. The event is already a sell out topping 20,000 people!

Bill "El Wingador" Simmons has his own line of wing and hot sauces and is producing a short film documenting the history of this, the biggest eating event in the world. We wish Bill well and look forward to doing promotional charity events with him later this year.

The "wingette" in our race car for the entourage won a new Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycle. The top "wingette" will win the same prize this year.

Triad Magnetics Announces 2012 Partner Backing!

Triad Magnetics announced sponsor support of GMI for 2012 including primary sponsorship of the team Hoops '99 Ford VanDiemen in the SCCA National Championship Series and limited sponsor support for the GMI / K-Hill F-2000 Pro Championship Series with a driver to be announced soon. Triad Magnetics has been a long term GMI partner starting in 2004 with the Cooper Series and for several Pro appearances including the Grand Prix of Cleveland in 2006 with ChampCar.

In 2012 Team Hoops pursues the SCCA National Championship culminating in the "Runoffs" at Elkhart Lake WI joining legendary drivers like Paul Newman, Michael Andretti, and Bobby Rahal on the top step and the gold medal for the penultimate amateur driver. Team Hoops will focus on garnering 20 championship points over 6 race weekends for an invitation to the Runoffs. Strategies will flex the schedule and venues to gain maximum points in the minimal schedule.

The 2012 GMI / K-Hill program joins the F-2000 Championship Series for a full time schedule of 14 races over 7 weekends starting in Virginia International Raceway in April and concluding at Watkins Glen International mid October. This series is now the "Road to Indy" for top young drivers aspiring full time rides in professional racing in America. More announcements pending regarding this program.

As a marketing partner for Triad Magnetics, GMI has launched a Facebook page and a brand new web site to elevate the exposure of the Triad Magnetics brand. GMI will participate in virtual trade shows and other leading edge cyber programs as well as promotional appearances and trackside effort to advance Triad Magnetics with current and potential customers.

Warrington, PA, January 4, 2012.

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Double Podium Weekend for Team Hoops

Team Hoops turned "Lemons into Lemonade" with a double podium weekend at Watkins Glen International, NY for the annual SCCA Regional "Fun One" September 16, 17 and 18, 2011. It capped a great season meeting all the planned goals to set the stage for an SCCA National Championship run for 2012. Bill Hoops gained his SCCA Pro license credentials and was competitive at virtually every race with an old specification FC engine.

The drama started at WGI during qualifying Friday September 16 when, at the conclusion of the final session, the car experienced a significant coolant leak and overheated. Jim Mettler, Race Engineer, quickly identified the problem as an engine mount / water outlet in the cylinder head. A mounting stud failed which sheared off in the head compromising the seal. The proper major repair was not possible given the time constraints which would have required removal of the entire engine / transmission assembly and speciality equipment. Jim improvised a temporary fix which would hopefully hold up for one race at a time only. It was a long shot.

On Saturday September 17, Bill Hoops started from the back of a mixed class 23 car field as qualifying was not an option with the temporary repair. The mission was to finish half the race laps and then do as best he could so the race counted for his credentials. He was amazing passing 16 cars and finishing third in class. We were concerned about the final weight of the car at race impound and weighed in within 4 pounds of being disqualified. Basically the weight of one gallon of race fuel! The car was leaking water again and barely made it to the end of the race. Saturday night was a late one to make a second repair to the leaky engine mount.

Sunday September 18 Bill started again from the back of a 21 car field as we elected not to stress the repair by qualifying, again. Bill passed 18 cars to finish 2nd in class with the engine overheating in the final laps. It was an amazing team effort in driving, operations decision making and engineering!

In addition to a Cinderella weekend, Bill learned to handle up race traffic judging passing zones, speeds and drivers lines to make single and multi-car passes without loosing time. 2011 Mission accomplished!