INDYCAR (CHICAGO) - PRE-RACE ADVANCE

PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean/Chicagoland 100 FAST FACTS

WHAT: IndyCar® Series: PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean, final race in 17-race 2007 season Indy Pro Series™: Chicagoland 100, final race in 16-race 2007 season

WHERE: Chicagoland Speedway, 1.5-mile asphalt oval

WHEN: IndyCar Series: 4 p.m. (ET), Sunday, Sept. 9 Indy Pro Series: 12:30 p.m. (ET), Sunday, Sept. 9

DISTANCE: IndyCar Series: 200 laps/300 miles Indy Pro Series: 67 laps/100 miles

POSTED AWARDS: IndyCar Series: More than $1 million Indy Pro Series: More than $275,000

CARS: IndyCar Series: Dallara chassis; Honda Indy V-8; Firestone tires; 100-percent fuel-grade ethanol Indy Pro Series: Dallara chassis; Firestone tires

PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS: IndyCar Series: Dan Wheldon (2005-2006), Adrian Fernandez (2004), Sam Hornish Jr. (2002-2003), Jaques Lazier (2001) Indy Pro Series: Wade Cunningham (2006), Jeff Simmons (2005), Thiago Medeiros (2004), Mark Taylor (2003), Aaron Fike (2002)

2006 SERIES CHAMPIONS: IndyCar Series: Sam Hornish Jr. Indy Pro Series: Jay Howard

TV: IndyCar Series: Race: ABC (live), 4 p.m. (ET), Sept. 9 Talent: Talent: Marty Reid, Scott Goodyear (announcers); Jack Arute, Brienne Pedigo, Vince Welch (pit reporters) Live streaming video of all practice sessions, AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (5:30 p.m. ET, Sept. 8) and the in-car footage of the race also will be available at www.indycar.com. Indy Pro Series: Race: ESPN2 (tape-delay), 5 p.m. (ET), Sept. 13 Talent: Bob Jenkins, Robbie Buhl (announcers); Mike King (pit reporter) Live streaming video of all practice sessions, SWE Pole Qualifying (6:45 p.m. ET, Sept. 8) and the race also will be available at www.indycar.com/pro.

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RADIO: IndyCar Series: Qualifying: IMS Radio Network, live web-cast, 5:15 p.m. (ET) Sept. 8 Qualifying wrapup: IMS Radio Network, 6:30 p.m. (ET), Sept. 8 Pre-race: IMS Radio Network (live), 3:30 p.m. (ET), Sept. 9 Race: IMS Radio Network (live), 4 p.m. (ET), Sept. 9 Talent: Mike King (host); Davey Hamilton (analyst); Dave Wilson (color commentary); Mark Jaynes (turns); Kevin Lee and Bob Jenkins (pit reporters); Kevin Olson (special assignments) Live coverage of AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (5:30 p.m. ET, Sept. 8) and the race also will be available at www.indycar.com. The race broadcast is also available on XM Satellite Radio channel 145 “IndyCar Racing.”

SCHEDULE (all times local; subject to change):

Saturday, Sept. 8 6 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garages open 8:15 – 10 a.m. IndyCar Series practice (all cars/controlled release) 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Indy Pro Series final practice (all cars/controlled release) 11 a.m. – Noon IndyCar Series practice (two groups) 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. Indy Pro Series practice (two groups) 4:30 p.m. IndyCar Series AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (65 minute session) 5:45 p.m. Indy Pro Series SWE Pole Qualifying

Sunday, Sept. 9 7 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garages open 8:45 – 9 a.m. Indy Pro Series final practice 11:30 a.m. Chicagoland 100 (67 laps/100 miles), ESPN2 (5 p.m., Sept. 13) 3 p.m. PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean (200 laps/300 miles) ABC & IMS Radio Network (live)

THE TRACK: 1.5-mile D-shaped asphalt oval; 75 feet wide Frontstraight: 2,400 feet banked at 11 degrees Backstraight: 1,700 feet banked at 5 degrees Turns: Banked at 18 degrees Width: 55 feet •Chicagoland Speedway opened in 2001 and is ownedand operated by International Speedway Corp. The 1.5 mile D-shaped tri-oval speedway annually hosts the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, IndyCar Series, NASCAR Busch Series, ARCA RE/MAX Series and Indy Pro Series.

INDY-STYLE RACING IN CHICAGOLAND: The first automobile race in Chicago occurred shortly after Thanksgiving in 1895, when eight racers, seeking a $2,000 prize offered by the Chicago Times-Herald, raced on a 52.4-mile course that began just south of what is today’s Loop to Evanston. Road racing continued between 1910 and 1915 (and again in 1919, 1920 and 1933), when the Elgin Watch Company sponsored a road-racing series through its hometown, Elgin, Ill., west of Chicago. Oval racing came to Chicago when Illinois lumber baron Edward Hines built Chicago Speedway, a 2-mile, high-banked board track. The speedway held its first race on June 26, 1915, with future Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Resta claiming the victory. Oval racing remained popular in Chicago as board tracks, and later dirt and paved ovals were built around the area for midget, sprint and champ car racing. In 1999, Chip Ganassi headed a group of private investors who renovated Sportsman’s Park and ran three Champ Car World Series events at the track before closing it in 2002. The IndyCar Series made its debut at Chicagoland Speedway in 2001 with Jaques Lazier winning the first race.

INDYCAR SERIES NOTES: •Five Indianapolis 500 champions are expected to participate in the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Buddy Rice (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005), Sam Hornish Jr. (2006) and Dario Franchitti (2007).

•Five IndyCar Series champions are scheduled to participate in the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean: Scott Sharp (1996 co-champion), Sam Hornish Jr. (2001, 2002 and 2006), Scott Dixon (2003), Tony Kanaan (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005).

•In 16 races thus far in 2007, there have been six winners. Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Dan Wheldon are multiple winners. Kanaan won at Twin Ring Motegi, Milwaukee, Michigan, Kentucky and Belle Isle, Dixon won at Watkins Glen, Nashville and Mid-Ohio and Infineon, Franchitti won at Indianapolis, Iowa and Richmond and Wheldon won at Homestead-Miami and Kansas. Other winners in 2007: Helio Castroneves at St. Petersburg and Sam Hornish Jr. at Texas. In those 16 races, 16 drivers have finished in the top five in at least one event.

•The PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean will be the last of six events in 2007 contested on a 1.5-mile track. Winners in 2007 on 1.5-mile tracks: Dan Wheldon (Homestead-Miami Speedway and Kansas Speedway), Tony Kanaan (Twin Ring Motegi and Kentucky) and Sam Hornish Jr. (Texas Motor Speedway).

•Dan Wheldon and Sam Hornish Jr. are the only former Chicagoland winners expected to participate in the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean. Wheldon is the two-time defending race winner at Chicagoland while Hornish won back-to-back races at Chicagoland in 2002 and 2003.

INDY PRO SERIES NOTES: • Camara holds ‘Iron man’ title: Jaime Camara established the Indy Pro Series’ all-time mark for consecutive starts at the Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis on June 16 with his 32nd consecutive start. He extended the streak to 41 at Infineon on Aug. 25-26. Camara competed for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2005 and for Andretti Green Racing in 2006. He returns in the AGR entry in 2007.

• Six race winners in ’07: Six drivers have won races in the Indy Pro Series in 2007 – one short of the record established last season. Winners this season include: Richard Antinucci, Wade Cunningham, Alex Lloyd, Hideki Mutoh, Robbie Pecorari and Bobby Wilson.

INDYCAR SERIES STORY IDEAS: • It all comes down to this: For the second consecutive season, the IndyCar Series championship will be decided at Chicagoland Speedway. 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti enters the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean leading one of the closest title races in IndyCar Series history. Franchitti leads 2003 IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon by 3 points with 2004 series champion Tony Kanaan 39 points behind.

•A Game of Inches: Three of the 10 closest finishes in IndyCar Series history have occurred at the Chicagoland Speedway, including the closest finish in league history when Sam Hornish Jr. defeated Al Unser Jr. by .0024 seconds in 2002. Two of the top five closest 1-2-3 finishes in Series history also occurred at the Chicagoland Speedway. The closest of these came when Sam Hornish Jr. led Scott Dixon and third-place finisher Bryan Herta to the stripe by .0100 seconds in 2003.

•Wheldon goes for Chicago three-peat: Dan Wheldon opened the 2007 season by winning his third-consecutive race at Homestead-Miami Speedway – the first IndyCar Series driver to win three-straight races at one track. He goes for his second three-peat at a track this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, knowing he’s won two of the five previous 1.5-mile events. Can Wheldon make it three-straight?

• Mutoh will be 11th graduate: Hideki Mutoh will be the 11th Indy Pro Series driver to graduate to the IndyCar Series when he competes in the season finale at Chicagoland on Sept. 9. Panther Racing announced that Mutoh will drive a third car for the team at the event. He passed his IndyCar Series rookie test Aug. 15 at Chicagoland. Previous graduates to the IndyCar Series include: Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter and A.J. Foyt IV. Other Indy Pro Series graduates set to compete at Chicagoland are Marty Roth, P.J. Chesson and Jon Herb.

• Driving for a job?: Heading into the last race of the season many drivers know that the pressure is on to perform well. Despite not contending for the 2007 IndyCar Series championship, a strong finish at the season-ending event at Chicagoland Speedway can easily set the tone for next season. What do the non-championship contending drivers hope to accomplish in the final race of the season that will set them up for success in 2007?

INDY PRO SERIES STORY IDEAS: • Lloyd earliest to clinch championship: Alex Lloyd is the first Indy Pro Series driver to clinch the championship in the third-to-last race. Lloyd won Firestone Firehawk Cup Aug. 25 at Infineon Raceway.

• Local links: Long Grove’s Jonathan Klein is in his second season in the Indy Pro Series. The 20-year-old St. Viator High School graduate finished second in points last year. Klein missed two races this season and ranks 12th in points heading into the finale. Oak Brook resident Tom Wieringa drives the No. 40 Racing For Kids entry. Logan Gomez, the youngest Indy Pro Series competitor at age 18, hails from Crown Point, Ind.

• Schmidt has third champion in four years: Sam Schmidt Motorsports drivers have won three of the last four Indy Pro Series titles. Thiago Medeiros claimed the team’s first title in 2004. Jay Howard won the crown last year, and Alex Lloyd took the title this season.

• SMART move for Münter: Leilani Münter returns for her second Indy Pro Series race at Chicagoland. Münter will drive a fourth Sam Schmidt Motorsports entry with backing from SMART Papers. Other women who competed in the Indy Pro Series are: Mishael Abbott, Veronica McCann and Sarah McCune.

• Race could come down to thousandths of a second: Chicagoland Speedway features some of the closest racing in the Indy Pro Series. Last year, the top three cars finished within 0.6444 of a second of each other. Three of the five races at Chicagoland have featured a margin of victory of less than 0.1 of a second.

• Andretti, Kite set for debuts: Adam Andretti, the second cousin of IndyCar Series driver Marco Andretti and the younger brother of racer John Andretti, will make his Indy Pro Series debut in the No. 44 SpeedWorks car. Andretti passed his rookie test at Chicagoland on Aug. 30. Jimmy Kite, a veteran of 34 IndyCar Series starts, including five Indianapolis 500s, will drive for SWE Racing.

• IndyCar Series influence: Four of the top IndyCar Series teams are fielding cars in the Indy Pro Series this season, including two for the first time. Andretti Green Racing returns for its third season in the series while Panther Racing returns for the first time since its championship-winning campaign in 2003. Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing enter the Indy Pro Series for the first time.

MILESTONES: • Tony Kanaan won his 12th IndyCar Series race at The Raceway at Belle Isle, tying Helio Castroneves for third on the IndyCar Series all-time wins list. • Tony Kanaan’s win at The Raceway at Belle Isle was Andretti Green Racing’s 31st IndyCar Series victory. • Helio Castroneves earned his seventh pole position of the season at The Raceway at Belle Isle – a new IndyCar Series season record. Castroneves also extended his IndyCar Series record for most poles in a career to 23 poles in 96 starts (25 percent). • Sam Hornish Jr. qualified in the top-10 in every race since California in 2005, a span of 31 races, breaking the record he shared with Helio Castroneves for consecutive top-10 starts. • Scott Sharp can extend his series record for consecutive starts to 138 straight races at Chicagoland Speedway • Vitor Meira has gone 75 starts without a victory in the IndyCar Series, the longest drought of any IndyCar Series driver. *** The next IndyCar Series event is the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 at Chicagoland Speedway. The race will be televised live by ABC and broadcast by the IMS Radio Network. The next Indy Pro Series event is the Chicagoland 100 on Sept. 9 at Chicagoland Speedway. ESPN2’s coverage of the race will be televised at 5 p.m. on Sept. 13.