Lynx - Detroit Grand Prix

THE FASTEST GIRL IN DETROIT

Fast Facts --  Lynx Racing driver Sara Senske in the Barber Dodge Pro
Series Support Race at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit at The
Raceway at 
                          Belle Isle, June 15 - 17
 
- Senske, 21, of Kennewick, Washington, is one of the fastest-rising female
drivers in open wheel racing, and drives for a championship-winning team
owned by women.  
- Lynx Racing graduates include CART drivers Patrick Carpentier, Alex
Barron and Memo Gidley.
- Earlier this year, Senske drove in the 'Pro' division of the Toyota Pro/
Celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
- Senske competes in the Barber Dodge Pro Series, auto racing's equivalent
of college varsity baseball.  From there, she will graduate to triple-A,
the CART Toyota    Atlantic series, and then to the majors, the CART FedEx
series.
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        Of all the drivers roaring through the streets of Detroit this
weekend, one will have a particularly unique story to tell.
        Sara Senske, 21, of Kennewick, Washington, is one of the
fastest-rising female drivers in open-wheel racing today.  And she drives
for Lynx Racing, the only championship winning team owned by women to have
graduated drivers to the ranks of the CART FedEx series, including Patrick
Carpentier (now driving for Player's/Forsythe) as well as Alex Barron and
Memo Gidley (CART's new 'super sub' duo).
        Now in her fifth year as a Lynx driver, having paid her dues in the
Barber Dodge school series (Little League), the Star Formula Mazda series
(high school varsity) and the now-defunct Women's Global GT series (women's
semi-pro fast-pitch softball), she now drives is auto racing's equivalent
of college varsity, the Barber Dodge Pro Series.  The next step up the
ladder of open-wheel racing is the CART Toyota Atlantic series (triple-A),
followed by the majors, the CART FedEx series.
        "It's a long ladder to climb, but I belong to the best team to help
me get there, and by the time I do, I'm going to be one heck of a player,"
says Senske, who drives the black with turquoise and yellow trim #19 Lynx
Racing Reynard 98E.  "A course like the one on Belle Isle is a major step
in my training, because if you can survive and do well in a race here, you
can survive and do well anywhere.  I had some things going on in my life
last year and crashed here, which really drove home the importance of
having your mind in the right place before climbing into a race car.  Since
then I've been working with the team, and with a driving coach named Ron
Langford who specializes in mental preparation, so I'm expecting to put in
a much stronger performance."
        The Barber Dodge Pro Series cars qualify from 3:15 - 3:45 pm on
Saturday, July 16, and the 40-minute race is scheduled to take the green
flag at 11:30 pm, Sunday, June 17.
        2001 marks the 11th anniversary of Lynx Racing, one of the most
unique organizations in auto racing today.  Created and owned by two women,
Peggy Haas and Jackie Doty, Lynx is both a championship winning racing team
and a uniquely successful driver development program that focuses on a
driver's mental, psychological and spiritual growth in addition to their
on-track skills. 
                The Lynx mission is to seek out young drivers with the
desire and potential to become champions at the highest levels of the sport
and provide them with the funding, equipment and training to take the last
step toward realizing that potential, a process the team calls 'Destiny by
Design.'    
        In addition to Senske, the Lynx stable of drivers also includes
David Rutledge, 22, and Michael Valiante, 21, both of Vancouver, B.C., who
are teammates on the championship-winning Lynx Racing CART Toyota Atlantic
team.  Rutledge and Valiante qualified and finished 1 - 2 in the Atlantic
race held last weekend at the Air Canada Grand Prix of Montreal.
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For further information on Lynx Racing and its drivers, please contact the
team's public relations manager, Peter Frey, at (818) 906-6997.  The team
also has a web site at www.LynxRacing.com.  For more information about the
Barber Dodge Pro Series, visit www.BarberDodge.com.  The Atlantic series
site is at www.ToyotaAtlantic.com. 

Juen 12, 2001