October 20, 2006
Immediate Release

Alex Job Racing Qualifies Second for ALMS Finale 

Monterey, California  – Alex Job Racing qualified second today in GT2 for the final round of the American Le Mans Series to be run at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca tomorrow afternoon. 

Mike Rockenfeller took the number 23/Alex Job Racing/Bell Microproducts/Porsche 996 to the 2.2-mile, 11-turn road course for qualifying, in an attempt to back up his GT2 class leading time in the morning practice session.  The young German managed to post a time of 1:24.140, with an average speed of ?.  The effort equals the team’s best qualifying effort of the year, second at Road America.

Mike Rockenfeller was satisfied with his qualifying run.  “I gave it all I had today.  We were able to improve the car between this mornings practice and the qualifying session, so that helps.  I really didn’t have anything for the pole.  My laps were fast, I took it a little too deep into the last corner on my last attempt, but that time would not have put us on the pole.  We have a solid car for the race and we want to close out the season with a win.”

Marcel Tiemann is getting reacquainted with the track.  “I am improving every session.  I know the track from when I was here with Mercedes a few years back.  The grip level of the track with the dirt that comes on takes some getting used to, but the faster turns have a little bank to them so they catch you and give you confidence.  We struggled a little with the car yesterday, but the team was able to work through that and we were really good this morning.  Mike did a great job in qualifying and we will have a first row starting position for the race.”

“Mike did a great job in qualifying,” said Alex Job, team owner.  “The Ferrari is nearly a GT1 car.  The team has taken our usual measured approach to setting up the car.  Mike and Marcel have done a good job in providing the feedback that has shown on the time sheet.  Going away from the first row tomorrow, matches our best qualifying effort of the season.  With the season we have had, Mike, Marcel and the team are motivated to get one more win on Saturday.”

The season finale from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will be televised live on the Speed Channel starting at 5:30 p.m. ET.

ALMS GT2 Laguna Top Qualifiers:

1.         Ortelli/ Salo                            Ferrari                       1:23.611
2.        Rockenfeller/Tiemann       AJR Porsche            1:24.140
3.         Long/Bergmeister                Porsche                     1:24.299
4.         Bertolini/Mediani                  Ferrari                        1:24.370
5.         Maxwell/Brabham                Panoz                        1:24.556        
6.         Milner/Jeanette                    Panoz                        1:24.644
7.         Hand/Auberlen                    BMW                          1:24.847
8.         Pechnik/Neiman                  Porsche                     1:25.203
9.         Marks/Sellers                        Panoz                        1:25.738
10.       van Overbeek/Henzler        Porsche                     -  no time

2006 Alex Job Racing GT2 Finishes

Bell Microproducts [NASDAQ: BELM] is a global Fortune 1000 company servicing the information technology sector through strategic distribution partnerships with leading product manufacturers.  Specializing in storage technologies, applications and solutions, Bell Microproducts is the world’s largest storage-centric value added distributor.  The company transforms technology products into information technology (IT) solutions by providing channel partners and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a range of design to deployment services. For more information visit www.bellmicro.com.

AJR thanks team sponsors Bell Microproducts, hirewise, ProVest and partners DHL Global Mail, Mobil 1, Michelin, adidas and ZF Sachs.

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