Dorricott Racing - Toronto Preview

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Contact:        James Hyneman   
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                TOYOTA ATLANTIC LEADER DORRICOTT RACING AT TORONTO 
                                JON FOGARTY SEEKS TO KEEP LEAD
                        ALEX GURNEY and LUIS DIAZ ARE CLOSE BEHIND 

        TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (July 5, 2002) - It is becoming clear that
the 2002 Toyota Atlantic Championship is still wide open as it begins the
second half of its season, Saturday, July 6, at the Molson Indy Toronto.
However, after escaping from a muggy Chicago Motor Speedway last Sunday
still leading in the Atlantic championship, Dorricott Racing welcomes its
return to the familiar downtown Toronto street circuit and looks to plead a
new case for its Atlantic championship pursuit.

        The 35-lap (61.425 mile) Atlantic race around the 1.755- mile,
11-turn temporary street circuit of Toronto's Exhibition Place will be
round seven of the 12-race series and is  scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.
ET. It will mark the 12th time since 1990 the Atlantic series has competed
at Toronto, and is the featured support race for Sunday's CART FedEx
Championship Molson Indy Toronto. Atlantic did not run in Toronto in 1999.

        The top seven drivers in the Atlantic driver standings are
separated by a mere 19 points along with 30 points covering the top 10.
Leading the field is Dorricott Racing's Jon Fogarty, of Portola Valley,
Calif., who holds a one point lead over Canadian Michael Valiante, 74-73.

        Among those who could close on or pass Fogarty at Toronto are
teammates Luis Diaz, of Mexico, and Alex Gurney, of Newport Beach, Calif..
Diaz is in fourth place but only fourteen points out of first place with 60
points. 

        Gurney, meanwhile, has kept in the title hunt through consistent
high finishes but he is definitely "due" for another podium visit and quite
possibly his first career Atlantic win. Gurney, who is in seventh place
with 55 points, has a season-best second place finish at Long Beach, but
has qualified four times this season in row two and has been in a position
to win nearly every race to date.

        "'I'll be working very hard to get a good result in Toronto for
Dorricott Racing," said Gurney. "I loved racing there in 2000. The
atmosphere is awesome and the fans love it. I've had a good feeling about
this race for awhile and after a couple of rough weekends, I'll be going
all out for a win. Fortunately, the championship is still wide open."

        The one point championship advantage Fogarty holds is directly
attributed to winning the pole at Chicago and claiming one bonus point.
However, Dorricott Racing has more or less ruled  Atlantic Qualifying this
season in capturing three of the six pole positions to date. Diaz has
earned two pole positions at Monterrey, Mexico, and Portland. 

        Fogarty leads the Atlantic Rookie-of-the-Year battle over Roger
Yasukawa, 74-67. Moreover, Fogarty is attempting to become the first driver
to win the season opening race and go on to win a Championship since Mark
Dismore did it in 1990.

        Fogarty and Valiante are tied at 50 in road course Championship
points. Fogarty leads the oval points by one via his pole in Chicago. Next
highest in road course points is Rocky Moran Jr. with 48.

        Dorricott Racing's return to Toronto is steeped in success and lore
from its days of dominating the Dayton Indy Lights Championship. In last
year's Indy Lights race, current CART FedEx and former Dorricott Racing
star, Townsend Bell, literally "swept" through the downtown street circuit
to claim his third victory Indy Lights win in 2001. 

        Dorricott Racing's years of experience at Toronto greatly aided
Bell in completing the 43-lap (75.465-mile) race in a track record time of
51:18.593 minutes despite three yellow flags that totaled six laps. Bell
set an Indy Lights race record average speed of 88.246 mph in breaking
teammate Geoff Boss's 1999 track record of 76.441 mph (59:14.033). After
starting from the pole and leading every lap, Bell also managed to run the
fastest race lap on lap 13 (1:05.124 = 97.015 mph).

        Bell's teammates, Damien Faulkner, of Moville, Ireland, and Geoff
Boss, of Narragansett, R.I., also had outstanding finishes. Faulkner
finished third and Boss scored sixth place as a substitute for Fogarty, who
was sidelined with a neck injury.

        Speed Channel will provide a LIVE telecast of the Toyota Atlantic
Championship from Toronto beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT),
Saturday, July 6. Check http://www.toyotaatlantic.com for updated series
information.

        Dorricott Racing is a year-round professional motorsports
organization with its race shop located in Bakersfield, Calif. Detailed
race results, team, and sponsor information are available on Dorricott
Racing's official web site, http://www.dorricottracing.com.

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