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Press Release on Bennett: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts Greg Williamson, DATA RACE, Inc. (210) 263-2222 gwilliam@datarace.com GEORGE H. BENNETT JOINS DATA RACE AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - (November 20, 1997) - DATA RACE (Nasdaq National Market: RACE) announced today that George H. Bennett has joined the Company as its Senior Vice President of Sales. During a seventeen year career with Memorex Telex, Mr. Bennett rose through the sales force ranks to the position of Senior Vice President of North American Sales. Most recently, Mr. Bennett was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ATC Communications. ATC is focused on the call center outsourcing market, one that DATA RACE sees as a good fit for the Be There!„ product. In his new role at DATA RACE, Mr. Bennett is tasked with implementing the Company's plan for rapid growth in Be There! product line sales. In addition, Mr. Bennett will have responsibility for DATA RACE network product sales. "We are delighted to attract George to DATA RACE," said W.B. Barker, DATA RACE president and chief executive officer. "His track record and hands-on management of field sales forces is what we need to accelerate the revenue ramp of Be There! The press reviews and customer reactions demonstrate that Be There! is the right product in the right market. With the disciplined sales process that George brings, I believe that we have the key remaining ingredient needed to make the product a market success." Mr. Bennett commented, "I am very excited to be at DATA RACE. We are lucky to get the opportunity once in a lifetime to work with a product that has a chance to fundamentally change the way we work, and bring a highly differentiated product to one of the worlds largest fastest growing markets. Be There! has this potential. The integration of voice and data over a single analog phone line offers a way to significantly improve productivity of road warriors and telecommuters. It is a productivity enhancer with a hard-dollar payback measured in months. I am particularly excited at the opportunity to work with the DATA RACE team. This is a bright, highly-motivated group, committed to supporting me and the sales team." ABOUT DATA RACE, INC. DATA RACE, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a line of communications products for remote access to the corporate environment. Its unique client/server product, Be There! personal multiplexer system, gives teleworkers access to all elements of corporate communications networks. Through Be There!, teleworkers reach the corporate intranet, LAN and the Internet while sending and receiving e-mail, faxes and phone calls simultaneously over a single phone line. DATA RACE also designs and manufactures advanced communications subsystems for makers of notebook computers and network multiplexers that carry data, LAN, voice and fax traffic among a company's multiple offices. The DATA RACE Website is located at www.datarace.com. DATA RACE and the DATA RACE logo are trademarks of DATA RACE, Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Be There! is a trademark of DATA RACE, Inc.