THIRD VICTORY FOR EMPRINGHAM

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (June 3, 1995) David Empringham of Toronto increased
his lead in the Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic Championship standings
with his third win in five races, this time at the Milwaukee Mile.
Patrick Carpentier of Jolliette, Quebec finished a half-second behind
Empringham after starting at the back of the grid. Rookie Jim Guthrie of
Albuquerque, New Mexico continued to display strong oval ability with a
third-place finish.

"We were running real strong," said Empringham. "Halfway through the
race when I had a considerable lead, I decided to pull it back a fair
bit and try to cool the tires off. Knowing that Patrick was going as
hard as he could to catch up, if there was a yellow, I wanted to have an
advantage in that I hadn't worked my car too hard."

Canadians Empringham and Carpentier split the first four races of the
1995 Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic Championship between them, making
them the obvious favorites for race five at the Milwaukee Mile. But
while Empringham cruised effortlessly and quickly through testing and
practice sessions, his championship competition struggled horrendously.

Nevertheless, Carpentier's lot was better than that of Richie Hearn.
Hearn's Della Penna Motorsports/Food-4-Less Ralt RT-41 suddenly veered
into the wall only minutes before the end of testing on Thursday
afternoon. Hearn suffered a broken third metacarpal on his right hand
and a facial laceration lateral to his right eye and originally was not
expected to be cleared to race. After further examination by Dr. Terry
Trammell (Indy Car Director of Medical Services) he was cleared. Not so
his car, however. The damage too severe for overnight repairs, the Della
Penna team had to rent an older Ralt RT-40 from Stan Wattles' Metro
Racing Systems.

Persistent rains on Friday eliminated the scheduled single-car
qualifying session. The grid was set based on the times from Friday
morning's practice, giving Empringham his first pole of the year
but costing him the point he would have earned for winning the
pole in a scheduled qualifying session. Case Montgomery put the
Microsoft-sponsored Sandy Dells Racing Ralt RT-41 alongside Empringham
on the front row.

The start was delayed one lap when Montgomery's engine cover blew off
as the field approached the starter's stand at the end of the final
pace lap. The debris was cleared quickly, the green came out at the end
of lap one and Empringham quickly showed his heels to the front of the
field.

Montgomery's problems had just begun, though. Three laps later he
slowed, pitted and retired with a broken component in the right rear
suspension.

While Empringham cruised easily in front of Felipe Giaffone and Clint
Mears, Carpentier and Hearn began slicing through the rear of the field.
Hearn, not comfortable in Wattles' older RT-40 and with his injured
wrist, moved up to seventh then began holding place.

Carpentier continued moving. By lap 20 he was in fourth and closing on
the leaders. On lap 39 he took over third. Two laps later he challenged
Giaffone for second, running side-by-side all the way from Turn One to
Turn Three and finally taking the position at the exit of Turn Four.

Carpentier turned the wick up yet another notch and began reeling in
the leader. But Empringham was nearly half a lap in front and seemed
unassailable despite being on cruise control -- until the final lap.
Empringham slowed as he came up an ailing Colin Trueman entering Turn
Three. Carpentier charged, closing rapidly but still half a second short
at the checker.

Carpentier started 12th after struggling with an ill-handling car
earlier in the weekend. He moved steadily through the field, but was
unable to catch Empringham.

"During the race, the car got better and better towards the end, the
more the gas tank got empty," Carpentier said. "It was very good,
because I could go down and up and everywhere on the race track with the
car and I could pass guys entering the corners. I was trying to go as
hard as I could. I knew David slowed down a little bit toward the end to
conserve his position. I was hoping the checkered flag would have been
further down but it was not."

Empringham leads the Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic Championship
standings with 88 points. Carpentier is second (72), Richie Hearn of
Newhall, Calif. third (70), Felipe and Zeca Giaffone of Sao Paulo,
Brazil are fourth and fifth (48 and 42, respectively).

The next race will be in conjunction with the Grand Prix Molson
du Canada Formula One race weekend in Montreal June 10. TELECAST
INFORMATION: The fifth race of the 1995 Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic
Championship, held at the Milwaukee Mile on June 3, will be telecast as
follows: ESPN, June 20, 1:00 a.m.; ESPN2 June 18, 5:00 p.m. and June 19,
2:30 p.m.; CTV (Canada), June 17, 3:00 p.m. The race was also broadcast
in French on RDS (Canada) on a same-day delay basis.


CARPENTIER TO TALK TO PACIFIC, ELF: Lynx Racing driver Patrick
Carpentier will be busy next week during the Canadian Grand Prix in
Montreal. In addition to his duties driving the Lynx Racing Ralt RT-41
in the Atlantic series, Carpentier has discussions scheduled with
representatives from Elf Petroleum and from the Pacific Formula team.

"I'm really excited about the opportunity," said Carpentier. "We are
just beginning discussions. We will be having other talks as the season
progresses. I would like very much to become a test driver for one of
the Formula One teams."

VAN NIMAN IN CAST: Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic Championship Chief
Steward K.C. Van Niman was in a walking cast at Milwaukee after breaking
his ankle in a post-race accident at Nazareth.

CAMERON TO DRIVE IN MONTREAL: Lynx Racing team manager Steve Cameron
will return to active duty as a driver at the Montreal race. Cameron
will drive a Reynard 92H for the new Prototype Atlantic Racing team.
Prototype is a printed circuit board manufacturer with offices in
New Hampshire and in Montreal. The effort will be based out of the
Cameron/McGee garage along with Lynx Racing's entry for Patrick
Carpentier.

"It will be fun to get back into a car in a racing situation," said
Cameron. "I still drive quite a lot but all in testing. Peggy Haas (Lynx
Racing principal) is quite supportive. My duties as team manager for
Lynx Racing are really mostly administrative. Jimmy Griffith engineers
the car and the crew is self-sufficient. Most of what I do on a race
weekend is helping Patrick understand what he is feeling in the car and
helping him communicate that to the crew. I'll be running in C2 class so
it's not like I'm competing against Patrick. In reality driving myself
should help because I'll have more direct information on how the track
is."

"The last time I ran in Montreal was in 1992, also in a Reynard. I
finished second and Patrick actually finished right behind me. He spent
the entire race trying to figure out a way by me. I think I'll let him
by a little bit easier this time around!"

PIT STOP COMPETITION HEATS UP: Once again this year several teams from
the Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic Championship will compete in two
pit-stop competitions on the streets of Quebec and Trois- Rivieres. In
Montreal the teams for David Empringham, Patrick Carpentier, Jonathan
Clues, Felipe and Zeca Giaffone, Tony Nabico and Bernie Schuchmann
will be competing. Since Atlantic races are springs, high-speed pit
stops are not common for the Atlantic teams so the Giaffone/Phillips
Motorsports team of Felipe and Zeca Giaffone will stop at Grattan
Raceway in Michigan on their way from Milwaukee to Montreal to practice
their pit lane ballet.

SORRY GUYS, I'M BUSY: Bernie Schuchmann is a former Canadian parachuting
champion, attended Harvard Business School as the first step toward
building a business that would support his racing career. Schuchmann
declined an invitation to attend this year's reunion, however. Not
that he was upset with his classmates, mind you. It was just that the
reunion conflicted with Schuchmann's appearance in the Milwaukee race.
As penance Schuchmann carried Harvard Business School Reunion signage on
his Sandy Dells Racing-prepared Swift DB-4 and sent a videotape greeting
to the attendees from the track.

ATLANTIC ALUMNI NEWS: 1993 Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic rookie of
the year Jacques Villeneuve won the Indianapolis 500. Former Atlantic
standout Bobby Rahal finished third. Eight former Atlantic regulars
(Villeneuve, Rahal, Danny Sullivan, Hiro Matsushita, Scott Goodyear,
Jimmy Vasser, Paul Tracy and Michael Andretti) and one other Atlantic
winner (Davey Jones) started the 500. Five of these drivers combined to
lead 123 of the 200 laps.

Also on the Memorial Day weekend, Bill Auberlen (who may return as early
as next week in Montreal) won the GTS2 class in the IMSA race at Lime
Rock Park.


Arley Dealey
Media Officer, Player's Ltd./Toyota Atlantic Championship