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Lynx Racing drivers competing in the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta

16 September 1999

FAST FACTS
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LYNX RACING DRIVERS COMPETING IN THE PETIT LE MANS AT ROAD ATLANTA MOTOR
SPORTS CENTER, SEPTEMBER 15 - 19
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1. Auto racing's equivalent of the Barnum & Bailey Ringling Bros. Circus is
happening at the Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center this weekend, and a trio
of Lynx Racing drivers find themselves in starring roles.

2. Lynx Racing's latest graduate, Memo Gidley, currently driving for the
Herdez/Payton-Coyne team in the CART FedEx Championship will be making his
sports car debut in a Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S Prototype with fellow drivers
Jan Magnussen (also a CART driver) and Johnny O'Connell.  This trio will be
competing for the overall win in the 10-hour Petit Le Mans endurance race.

3. Lynx Racing driver Sara Senske will be competing in the fourth round of
the innovative new Women's Global GT Series, one of the weekend's support
races.  The series was created by Indy 500 driver Lyn St. James and Don
Panoz, owner of both Road Atlanta and Panoz Racing.  Senske won the
previous round of the WGGTS at Portland, starting from the pole, leading
every lap, setting the fastest lap of the race and building up a 27-second
margin of victory.

4. Lynx Racing driver Mike Conte will be competing in the GT class of the
Petite Le Mans in the #17 Porsche fielded under his own Contemporary
Motorsports banner.  Conte and co-driver Bruno Lambert finished third in
the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring earlier this year.  Conte is a former
MicroSoft software developer who was involved in creating several of the
company's most popular products, including Windows 95 and Internet
Explorer.

5. Lynx Racing is the only championship winning racing team / driver
development program in motorsports today owned by women, Peggy Haas and
Jackie Doty.  Lynx graduates include CART Fed Ex drivers Patrick
Carpentier, Alex Barron and Memo Gidley.

  

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