(NEWS RELEASE)

M4 Broaster Chicken Honda’s Benny Solis showed excellent form on opening day of
the 2013 AMA Pro Road Racing season.

The talented team newcomer was second quick in the practice aboard his Honda
CBR600RR, lapping at 1:54.006. The youngster from North Hollywood, California
came back in the day’s second Daytona SportBike session and dropped his time by
more than a second with a quick lap of 1:52.939, good enough for eighth in a
practice session held in high winds with plenty of crashes from other riders.

Solis avoided trouble and will now focus on Friday’s two qualifying sessions.

Meanwhile, Chris Ulrich took to the track on the hugely promising M4 Broaster
Chicken Honda CBR1000RR Superbike on Thursday. After years of racing aboard
another brand of motorcycle, Ulrich is relishing the opportunity ahead with the
new program.

Despite having just one day of testing prior to Daytona, the Californian was
tenth fastest in the opening free practice of the season. He further improved
upon his practice time of 1:43.366 with a 1:42.806 during the afternoon’s first
qualifying session. That mark placed him 13th provisionally with tomorrow
morning’s second session remaining to decide the grid for the season opener.

“It’s a big change — we’re figuring out what makes the Honda chassis tick,”
Ulrich said. “Rolling into Daytona with limited testing isn’t ideal but it’s
the situation that we’re in and we’re pleased with how it is going. We were
tenth this morning and 13th in the afternoon and we did go quicker. We picked
up some very good information and we’re making wholesale changes for tomorrow
to try to get the bike to do what I need. We were taking little chunks out of
it until we figured something out with the front end that we need to do, and
now I expect to make more progress tomorrow morning.”

Commenting on the vast potential of the Honda CBR1000RR, Ulrich said, “It’s a
great platform to go racing with. It’s so great to have a new challenge. It’s
refreshing and I’m excited. This is probably the highest spec Superbike that
I’ve ever raced aboard. We have some engine management stuff to get sorted out
too but we’ll get it all figured out.”

The squad will return to the famed high banks of Daytona on Friday with Solis
set claim his grid position for Saturday’s Daytona 200 and Ulrich competing in
the Superbike season opener.

About Team Hammer: In 2013, Team Hammer, Inc. is competing in its 33rd
consecutive racing season, and is marking its seventh year of offering
technical and logistical support through its Contract Services Department.
Riders on Team Hammer-prepared racebikes have earned 54 AMA Pro National race
wins; 130 AMA Pro National podium finishes; 5 AMA Pro Championships; 133
Overall National Endurance race wins; 13 National Endurance Championships and
assorted other race wins and titles.