DUNO AND TEAM TO START 5TH TOMORROW AT ROLEX 24
Teammate Carpentier Qualifies CITGO Racing Team 5th on Grid

January 26, 2007, Los Angeles, CA...The CITGO Racing Team will start tomorrow's famous 24-hour endurance race at Daytona 5th on the grid. Duno's teammate Patrick Carpentier earned the #11 CITGO Pontiac Riley a starting spot in the top-five during qualifying on Thursday. Darren Manning and Ryan Dalziel will join Duno and Carpentier to complete the four-driver team for the 45th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona this Saturday and Sunday, January 27 and 28.

The drivers and crew have completed all on-track sessions in preparation for tomorrow's 1:30pm ET start and will now enjoy the fan interaction and pre-race ceremonies scheduled for Saturday morning and leading up to the start of the race. Duno, Carpentier, Manning and Dalziel are looking forward to the opportunity to meet race fans in person during the official autograph session that will begin at 10:30am. Next will be the Rolex Driver introductions and pre-race ceremonies on the grid until 1:00pm ET.

FOX Sports and the SPEED Channel will combine to air live fifteen hours of the big race. At 1:00pm ET on Saturday live FOX Sports coverage will begin and will include 30 minutes of extensive pre-race programming and the first hour of race action. SPEED's coverage will be broken into three segments totaling 13.5 hours - from 2:30-6:30pm ET on Saturday, then again from 8:00-10:00pm ET the same evening, and then resuming at 6:00am ET on Sunday and continuing until the checkered flag and post-race interviews.

Live Timing and Scoring of all practice and qualifying sessions and the 24-hour race is available on the Internet at www.grandamerican.com.

CITGO, based in Houston, Texas, is a refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. For more information on CITGO visit www.citgo.com.

For the past three years, well-known Latina racecar driver Milka Duno has been featured in Pontiac's advertising campaigns. Pontiac is a division of General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) and markets the G6 sedan, coupe and retractable hardtop convertible; Grand Prix; Solstice roadster; Vibe and Torrent. In 2005, Pontiac sold more than 437,000 vehicles, ranking third among GM divisions in total sales. For the 2007 model year, Pontiac will be launching the turbocharged Solstice GXP. Pontiac also launched the entry-level G5 coupe in the Fall 2006. More information on Pontiac and its products can be found at www.pontiac.com. Information in Spanish can be found at www.pontiac.com/sp.

For additional information on Milka please visit www.milkaduno.com. For more information on the Rolex Sports Car Series please log on to
www.grandamerican.com.