Petersen/White Lightning Launches Euromilhoes Dakar 2007 Effort

Two-Time Le Mans Champs to Open Rally with Inspection and First Stages This Week LISBON, Portugal January 2, 2007 Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing will ring in the New Year with a new challenge: the Euromilhoes Dakar 2007. The world famous rally charts its course from Lisbon, Portugal to Dakar, Senegal beginning on January 6. It will conclude 15 days later, January 21, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. In the interim, driver/owner Michael Petersen (Las Vegas, Nev., USA) and his co-driver Matthew Stevenson (Ipswich, England) will pilot the primary race vehicle, No. 351, on nearly every race surface imaginable; asphalt, gravel, dirt and hundreds of miles of sand dunes. Prior to departing on the world’s most extreme motorsports event, the Petersen/White Lightning entry will undergo scrutineering/technical inspection. They will then complete the first two stages on the European continent before arriving in Africa where they will run the remainder of the 15- stage race. The team, having celebrated the holidays with family in the United States arrived in Europe today. Technical inspection, known as scrutineering, for the No. 351 MMPIE/PAWS/?.com/BF Goodrich entry takes place in Lisbon on January 4 at 11 AM (local time). Upon clearing inspection, No. 351 will be impounded until the start of the first stage on Saturday.