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eSportbike.com to Sponsor Honda Canada Race Team

Business Wire, June 22, 2000

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MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000

eSportbike.com to be Lead Sponsor for Honda Team Owned by

Professional Sports Management on Canadian Championship Circuit

eSportbike.com (OTCBB:ESPB.OB) announced today that it would be sponsoring the Honda Canada race team owned by Professional Sports Management of Montreal, Canada.

The Honda Canada race team includes riders Steve Crevier (former AMA 600 SuperSport champion 1998), Jean-Francois Cyr and 17 year old racing sensation Kevin Lacombe.

"We wanted to be sure and demonstrate our commitment to racing on both sides of the border," said Kent Courtice, President of eSportbike.com, "We are pleased we have the opportunity to be involved with the Honda Canada team and it's stable of great riders."

Under the terms of the agreement eSportbike.com will be promoted prominently on all the riders apparel, the motorcycles and all team facilities at the track. The riders will be acting as spokespersons for eSportbike.com. Some of their contributions under the agreement will include advertising and marketing tie ins, photo and poster shoots, autograph sessions at racing events and shows, along with spending time with eSportbike.com members in real time chats online.

"It was an easy choice for us," said team owner and President of Professional Sports Management, Alan Labrosse. "eSportbike.com plans to be the dominant team online just as we plan to be at the track"

The team will be competing in the following events:

Steve Crevier will be competing in the Canadian National Superbike Championship on a Honda RC-51. Both Crevier and Jean-Francois Cyr will be competing in the 600 SuperSport category riding the Honda CBR600F4. Cyr will be competing in the open Sportbike category on the Honda CBR-929 RR. The next race event is in Montreal on July 6th through 9th. Kevin Lacombe will race at selected events that do not conflict with the AMA Pro Racing Series.

The remaining events for the season are: July 6-9 St. Eustache QC, July 21-23 Mosport ON, August 4-6 Shubenacadie NS, August 18-20 St. Felicen QC, and September 1-3 Shannonville ON.

About eSportbike.com:

eSportbike.com is an Internet startup company focused on meeting the needs of the sportbike and motorcycle audience online. The website will be a location where these individuals, can create their own websites, publish pictures of their bikes, share information, communicate, shop and discover meaningful, relevant content targeted to their specific interests. The company is the sponsor of record for the AMA Formula Extreme Series, which has been, renamed the eSportbike.com Formula Extreme Series. The website address is http://www.esportbike.com Inquiries can be made at info@esportbike.com.

These statements have not been approved nor disapproved by any stock exchange, and may contain forward-thinking information that may affect the timeliness and execution of the corporation's business operations and affairs in the future. The statements in this press release are made so within the meaning of section 27A of the securities act of 1933 and section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by these sections.

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COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
 

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