ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., August 8, 2008 - Tafel Racing earned its first American Le Mans Series career pole position today in preparation for Saturday's Generac 500 at Road America. Dirk Müller's (a native of Germany now living in Monaco) lap of two minutes, 6.083-seconds in the No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari F430 GTC bettered the previous GT2 class track record by over one second. Dominik Farnbacher (Ansbach, Germany) will start the Bell Micro machine in tomorrow's four hour race. Alex Figge (Denver) put the No. 73 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GTC, shared with Jim Tafel (Alpharetta, Ga.), seventh in class with a time of 2:08.385. Ferraris swept the front row for the second endurance event of the season. The pole position bested Tafel Racing's previous Series best qualifying position, second, earned at the season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring. The Cumming, Ga.-based team has three class victories in 2008; St. Petersburg, Long Beach and the most recent race run, Mid-Ohio.

Müller needed just three laps on the 4.048-mile, 14- turn circuit to earn his 14th career pole position - the most of any driver in GT2 class history. On his first 'hot' lap - 2:06.205 - he was quicker than the 2007 track qualifying record of 2:07.191. Each of the 2000 American Le Mans Series GT2 Champion's two laps were good enough to earn the pole position. The team then parked the car preferring to keep the Michelin Pilot tires, which the Bell Micro Ferrari must start the race on tomorrow, fresh for the 4 PM (CT) green flag. The session ended shortly thereafter to retrieve a stalled car on course. The No. 62 Ferrari F430 GTC turned in a time of 2:06.375 to take second on the GT2 class grid.

A tape-delayed broadcast of the Generac 500 at Road America can be seen beginning at 2 PM (ET), August 10 on SPEED. XM Satellite Radio Channel 144 will broadcast the full American Le Mans Series Radio web broadcast beginning at 4 PM (ET), August 20. Live timing and scoring of each on-track session and the live American Le Mans Series Radio Web broadcast can be found at www.AmericanLeMans.com.