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Concord, North Carolina, (October 17, 2009) – Mike Bliss brought the TRG Motorsports No. 71 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet Impala SS home in 24th place in tonight’s running of the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Bliss started the race from the fourth row in the seventh starting position. The run up to the first round of pit stops had the Oregon native running strong in the top ten. On the first stop an issue on pit road cost the team several positions returning Bliss to the fray in 24th. On lap 61 he had a small brush with the Turn Four wall, but there was no real damage the TaxSlayer.com Chevy.

“The car was tight on longer runs,” Bliss said. “It went back and forth all night with the handling, from tight to loose. In this series you have to capitalize on track position. We had a few issues and one of those was mine when we scrapped the wall and we had to fix the right rear crush panel.”

Later in the race, on lap 61, Bliss had to take to the infield of the tri-oval to miss the spinning 16 car.

“The 16 car got pitched down off the track and I went low and had to go through the grass, which caused us to pit again late in the race to clear the front grill. We were all over the place tonight, tight to loose, into the wall and through the grass. It wasn’t a bad run we were not too far off with the car. The adjustments we were making were very minor. We were in the race. We just needed a couple of breaks to have a really good run. All in all I had a good experience with the TRG Motorsports guys this weekend.”

TRG Motorsports team principal Kevin Buckler was satisfied with the way the race went.

“Mike did a great job all weekend,” Buckler said. “He put us up front in qualifying for a seventh place starting spot. We expected a little more in the race. With all that happened in the race 24th was not bad tonight. Mike drove his heart out and gave a full effort behind the wheel. The guys worked real hard on the car all week and had it right for the race. We just needed a couple of things to go our way to stay up toward the front but it didn’t happen. We will go on to Martinsville next weekend.”

The team will travel to Martinsville Speedway to run the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Tums Fast Relief 500 on Sunday, October 25.

TaxSlayer Pro’s computerized tax return system, which was introduced to professional tax practitioners in 1992, is the first chapter in the company’s story. The second was in 1998 when they used the basic technology from the professional package to develop their own individual version for online preparation and e-Filing. Growing out of an established firm with a solid reputation of over 30 years in the Tax Preparation business, TaxSlayer.com has the full expertise of a professional tax service behind every return. The TaxSlayer.com individual program is a fully featured online tax preparation step-by-step system that is designed for the individual taxpayer. This program provides all of the forms, calculations and communication links to allow you to prepare and e-File a tax return electronically with the IRS. Additional information can be found at www.taxslayer.com and www.taxslayerracing.com.

TRG Motorsports is based in Mooresville, North Carolina. Currently the team fields a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry as well as a limited Camping World Truck Series effort and an ARCA RE/MAX Series team. The Racer’s Group was founded in 1993 and has been competing at the top level of sports car racing. TRG’s Porsche sports car program is run out of the company’s headquarters in Petaluma, California. The team has the most wins of any team in the Grand-Am Rolex Series with 28, including the 2005 and 2006 Rolex Series GT championship trophy to go along with wins in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona (three) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The TRG Motorsports crew is comprised of Mike Brown, Jim Burns, Paul Clapprood, Dennis Croxell, Bobby Dell, Marc Hendricksen, Richard “Slugger” Labbe, Andy Pugh, Tim Rice, Jesse Sanders and Joe Zanolini.

TRG Motorsports would also like to thank Racehost.com and Adobe Road Winery, www.adoberoadwines.com, for their support.

- TRG Motorsports, Press Release