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Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s/Kentucky 100

FAST FACTS

WHAT:
IndyCar? Series:
Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s, 14th race in 17-race 2007 season

Indy Pro Series?:
Kentucky 100, 13th race in 16-race 2007 Indy Pro Series? season

WHERE:
Kentucky Speedway, 1.5-mile asphalt oval

WHEN:
IndyCar Series: 6:30 p.m. (ET), Saturday, Aug. 11
Indy Pro Series: 9:10 p.m. (ET), Saturday, Aug. 11

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 engines; Firestone
tires; 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol

Indy Pro Series: Dallara chassis; Firestone tires

PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS:

IndyCar Series: Sam Hornish Jr. (2006), Scott Sharp (2005), Adrian
Fernandez (2004), Sam Hornish Jr. (2003), Felipe Giaffone (2002), Buddy
Lazier (2000-2001)

Indy Pro Series: Jay Howard (2006), Travis Gregg (2005), P.J. Chesson
(2004), Jeff Simmons (2003), A.J. Foyt IV (2002)

2006 SERIES CHAMPIONS:

IndyCar Series: Sam Hornish Jr.

Indy Pro Series: Jay Howard

TV:

IndyCar Series: Race: ESPN2 (live), 6:30 p.m. (ET), Aug. 11

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 (6:15 p.m. ET, Aug.10) and the in-car footage of the race
also will be available at www.indycar.com.

Indy Pro Series: Race: ESPN2 (tape-delay), 5:30 p.m. (ET), Aug. 16

Talent: Bob Jenkins, Robbie Buhl (announcers); Mike King (pit reporter)

Live streaming video of all practice sessions, SWE Pole Qualifying (5
p.m. ET, Aug.10) and the race also will be available at
www.indycar.com/pro.

RADIO:

IndyCar Series: Qualifying: IMS Radio Network, live web-cast, 6 p.m. (EDT) Aug. 10

Pre-race: IMS Radio Network (live), 6 p.m. (EDT), Aug. 11

Race: IMS Radio Network (live), 6:30 p.m. (EDT), Aug. 11

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 Pole Qualifying (6 p.m. EDT, Aug. 10) 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):

Friday, Aug. 10

8 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garages open

10:45 ? 11:15 a.m. Indy Pro Series practice (all cars/alternate release)

11:30 a.m. ? 1:30 p.m. IndyCar Series practice (two groups)

1:45 ? 2:30 p.m. Indy Pro Series practice (two groups)

2:45 ? 4:45 p.m. IndyCar Series practice (two groups)

5 p.m. Indy Pro Series SWE Pole Qualifying

6:15 p.m. IndyCar Series AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (65 minute session)

Saturday, Aug. 11

11 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garage opens

2:30 ? 2:45 p.m. Final Indy Pro Series practice (all cars/alternate release)

6:30 p.m. Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s (200 laps/300 miles)

ESPN2 & IMS Radio Network (live)

9:10 p.m. Kentucky 100 (67 laps/100 miles) ESPN2 (taped, 5:30 p.m., Aug. 16)

THE TRACK:

1.5-mile asphalt oval; 70 feet wide

Frontstraight: 1,662 feet

Backstraight: 1,600 feet banked at 4 degrees

Turns: 703.92-foot radius banked at 14 degrees

?Ground was broken on Kentucky Speedway on July 18, 1998.The speedway
has 70,000 permanent seats and 50 luxury suites. Buddy Lazier won the
inaugural IndyCar Series event at the track on Aug. 27, 2000.

INDY-STYLE RACING IN KENTUCKY:

Auto racing made its debut in the Cincinnati area in 1916 when John
Aitken won the International Sweepstakes, a 300-mile race held on a
2-mile board oval. Louis Chevrolet won the race in 1917, while Joe Boyer
won the final race in 1919.

The Cincinnati Race Bowl was a 3/8-mile paved oval opened in 1948. It
was later named the Cincinnati Midget Speedway and then Milford
Speedway. The site is now an industrial park located in Hamilton
Township.

In 2000, the Kentucky Speedway opened in Sparta, Ky., and welcomed the
IndyCar? Series for the first time. Buddy Lazier won the inaugural
event, the Belterra Casino 300, in 2000 en route to his IndyCar Series
championship that season.

INDYCAR SERIES NOTES:

?Five Indianapolis 500 champions are expected to participate in the
Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s: 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
Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s: Scott Sharp (1996
co-champion), Sam Hornish Jr. (2001, 2002, 2006), Scott Dixon (2003),
Tony Kanaan (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005).

?Drivers entered in the Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s
have combined for 85 IndyCar Series victories, 81 IndyCar Series pole
positions and 1,264 IndyCar Series starts.

?In 13 races thus far in 2007, there have been six winners. Dario
Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Dan Wheldon are multiple winners.
Franchitti won at Indianapolis, Iowa and Richmond. Wheldon won at
Homestead-Miami and Kansas, Dixon won at Watkins Glen, Nashville and
Mid-Ohio and Kanaan won at Twin Ring Motegi, Milwaukee and Michigan.
Other winners in 2007: Helio Castroneves at St. Petersburg, Sam Hornish
Jr. at Texas. In those 13 races, 15 drivers have finished in the top
five in at least one event.

?The Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy?s will be the fifth
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 Sam Hornish Jr. (Texas
Motor Speedway). The final 1.5-mile track on the schedule is Chicagoland
Speedway (Sept. 9).

?Scott Sharp and Sam Hornish Jr. are the only former Kentucky winners
expected to participate in the Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola
and Edy?s. Hornish is the defending race winner and won at Kentucky in
2003. Sharp won in 2005.

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 38 at Mid-Ohio on July 22. Camara competed for Sam Schmidt
Motorsports in 2005 and for Andretti Green Racing in 2006. He returns in
the AGR entry in 2007.

? Cunningham can extend record: Wade Cunningham has started in the top
10 in the past 21 consecutive races, which is the Indy Pro Series
record.

? 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.

? Seven past race winners entered in Kentucky 100: For the first time in
Indy Pro Series history, seven past race winners are entered in the
Kentucky 100. The past winners are: Jaime Camara, Wade Cunningham,
Travis Gregg, Alex Lloyd, Hideki Mutoh, Robbie Pecorari and Bobby
Wilson. Six past winners had started 10 previous races.

? Lloyd poised to set new points record: Alex Lloyd enters the Kentucky
100 with 508 points, just five points shy of Thiago Medeiros? record
point level in 2004.

MILESTONES:

? Tony Kanaan won his 10th IndyCar Series race at Michigan International
Speedway, giving him sole possession of fourth on the IndyCar Series
all-time victory list.

? Tony Kanaan?s win at Michigan International Speedway was Andretti
Green Racing’s 29th IndyCar Series victory ? extending its record as the
series? winningest team.

? Scott Dixon failed to finish an IndyCar Series race for the first time
since Chicagoland in September 2005, a span of 28 races, an IndyCar
Series record.

? Helio Castroneves has qualified in the top-10 in 29 consecutive races,
an IndyCar Series record.

? Scott Sharp and Scott Dixon need one win to earn their 10th IndyCar
Series victory.

? Scott Sharp can extend his series record for consecutive starts to 135
straight races at Kentucky Speedway

? Vitor Meira has gone 72 starts without a victory in the IndyCar
Series, the longest drought of any IndyCar Series driver.

***

The next IndyCar Series event is the Meijer Indy 300 presented
by Coca-Cola and Edy?s at 6:30 p.m. (ET) on Aug. 11 at Kentucky
Speedway. The race will be televised live by ESPN2 and broadcast by the
IMS Radio Network. The next Indy Pro Series event is the Kentucky 100 on
Aug.11 at Kentucky Speedway. The race will be broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on
Aug. 16 by ESPN2.

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