From a press release issued by Werkstatt Racing, and the contest we held to give this release a snappy headline is now closed, results to be announced later:

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San Francisco, CA, June 16th, 2003—Werkstatt Racing, an independent, woman-owned motorcycle shop in San Francisco announces that concentrated efforts to improve bike handling and horsepower outputs on team bikes and riding skills of their sponsored riders resulted in three podium finishes at the AFM weekend in Thunderhill on June 15th, 2003.

Thanks to exellent race development by team and shop owner Jennifer Bromme and team manager Robbie Hoyt, Werkstatt is proud to announce the following race results from June 15th:

· Sean Crane finished 2nd in 250 Superbike on a stock TZR 250 and is now 1st in points standings in 250 Superbike, and 6th in 750 Production on a Werkstatt-tuned production-legal ’03 Kawasaki 636;

· Mat Harvey finished 3rd in Open Production on a stock Werkstatt blue-printed Suzuki ’02 GSX-R 1000 in his first race of the season starting from the last row and got Top Novice also;

· Evan Harsha finished 2nd in 450 Production on a Werkstatt and Performance Concepts enhanced ’89 FZR 400;

· Mike Leister, racing the oldest bike in 600 Production, a ‘92 Honda CBR 600 F2, is doing 2:02 at Thunderhill and finished 16th in a grid of 60 competing against bikes from ’99 and up;

· Robbie Hoyt started 36th in Open GP and finished 21st;

· Jennifer Bromme, only woman racing 750 Production, is now Top Novice in 750 Production, with a 12th place finish in 750 Production and 18th place finish after starting 27th in 750 Superbike on a stock ’01 GSX-R 750.

Werkstatt established themselves as an up-and-coming independent race tuner in San Francisco after winning the 4-hour AFM Endurance Race at Infineon Raceway in 2002.

For 2003 the team consists of Sean Crane, Mike Leister, Brian Lowe, Mat Harvey, Robbie Hoyt and Jennifer Bromme.

Since Werkstatt was opened in 1994 by Jennifer Bromme, Werkstatt has grown bigger and slowly developed into a force to be reckoned with at the racetrack. Technical expertise, race experience and hard work of the owner Jennifer Bromme and long-time employee and future part-owner Robbie Hoyt are now starting to translate into racing success.