ORANGE COUNTY, CA. -- (National Distribution) May 13th, 2008.

O'Connell Racing (OConnellRacing.com), a southern California based Grand-Am Rolex Series and NASCAR road racing team announced today the team's entry into the Rum Bum.com 250 to be held at the historic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in scenic Monterrey, California.  The team will campaign it's General Environmental Mgmt/Taleo Grill Porsche 997 GT-3 in the Rolex Series race.  Team drivers Kevin O'Connell and Kevin Roush will co-drive for the race.  Roush commented, " We had a high speed push at Mexico City that persisted the entire weekend.  We took the time to go back to a set up in the car that worked for us well at Daytona and we think we will be quick at Laguna as a result.  We both have a lot of time here and it is one of our favorite tracks on the west coast."  

For 2008, the race will include both the production based GT machines as well as the Daytona Prototypes after series officials elected to split the groups up for the 2007 race.  O'Connell commented, "This should prove to be a very different race than 2007 having the DP's mixing it up with the GT cars.  I expect many cautions and we are preparing our internal race strategy accordingly, but I think it will be exciting racing for the fans."
 
About O'Connell Racing: O'Connell Racing is a professional California based road racing team that competes in North America in the Grand Am Rolex Series and in the NASCAR Nationwide series. The team races in select events in both of these respective series in a focused effort to bring the highest visibility, media and branding opportunities to its marketing partners and sponsors: General Environmental Management, Inc., Taleo Grill, Mothers Polishes-Waxes-Cleaners, Rubb-n-Repair, Wrenchmints, MicroFiberStuff.com, Neo Synthetics, Sparco USA, General Pacific Group,LLC., Xoodlz, Inc,  PAOCO and Arnett Designs.

Contact:
Roy Montgomery (949) 721.1769