Dateline:Atlanta, Georgia USA

Scott Holton won the Professional Improved Touring (PRO-IT) Class B
(ITB) Championship for 1997.

Scott is the owner and driver of the Leading Wedge Motorsport 1975
Triumph TR7 Coupe.  He also owns a 1980 TR8 gold convertible and is a
member of the TR8 Car Club, the Georgia Triumph Association and the
Vintage Triumph Registry.

Scott was presented his Championship Trophy and prize money at the
annual Atlanta Region Awards Banquet on December 6, 1997.
Second and Third finishers in the ITB Class were Doug Smith, Plymouth
Fire Arrow 2.6, and Thomas Gearing, Nissan 200SX, respectively.

The PRO-IT Race Series is sanctioned by the
Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and managed by the Atlanta Region.
This was the fourth year for this Series to run at Road Atlanta, the
premier road racing circuit in the US. In 1997, the PRO-IT Series
held 7 races of 50 miles each. Five different Classes race together
with fields of over 50 cars.

Each car competes within it's own Class for Championship points.
Prize money is won at each race based on Class finishing position and
a year-end fund split among the top three finishers.

Scott won 2 of this year's seven races and had additional results of
a 2nd, a 3rd, and 2 4th place finishes to win the Championship by
40 points. He also took 3 ITB Class qualifying "poles".
In the PRO-ITB class, Scott regularly competes against BMW 2002's,
Volkswagen GTI's, Volvo 142's, Alfa Spiders, and other 2-liter coupes
and convertibles. Throughout his 3 years competing for this
Championship, his overall Class finishes have been excellent, taking
Second in both1995 and 1996 and winning in 1997.

The Leading Wedge TR7 was, and still is, regarded as uncompetitive
against its better known and regarded rivals. It has taken 5 years
of extensive suspension and tire development to move from the
back-of-the-grid to Class Champion. Running exclusively on YOKOHAMA
performance radials, the Leading Wedge TR7 is qualified and raced at
nearly identical lap times.

The success of the team has been built on the inherently rigid TR7
chassis, the grip of the YOKOHAMA radials and top-end speed available
with the over-drive transmission.
Motor and transmission preparation is performed by Reliable
Automotive of Smyrna, Georgia, USA.
Scott takes on the task of improving the suspension and handling.

The Team's 1998 plans include defending their PRO-IT Championship and
a serious run for the Championship in the Endurance Race Series
(ECR). The ECR Championship consists of 1-1/2 hour races at tracks
throughout the Southeast USA.  Tracks include such famous facilities
as Sebring, Daytona Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, as
well as Road Atlanta.

This is the first time in many years that a Triumph TR7/8 has won a
Championship. Highly successful in the 1970's with a SCCA National
Championship in D Production; a Third in IMSA; excellent finishes in
Playboy 24-hour Races; and several Professional Rally Championships
in the 1980's, these cars have become rare competitors in the United
States.
Today, a few TR8's are competing in SCCA in the Improved Touring "S"
Class along with TR7's in ITB, and the occasional Pro Rally.

Scott Holton ( sholtons4@mindspring.com )