Dorricott Looking for 5th Win in 2001 at Kansas

        DORRICOTT RACING SEEKING FIFTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY
                        IN 2001 AT KANSAS SPEEDWAY  

        SUNNYVALE, Calif. (July 4, 2001) - Kansas Speedway is new to
Dorricott Racing but it doesn't take away the fact that Indy Lights'
hottest team is hunting its fifth win-in-a-row in 2001 in the inaugural
event of the Dayton Indy Lights Championship around the 1.5-mile
superspeedway, Sunday, July 8. 

        The 67 lap/100 mile Indy Lights race is scheduled to begin at 2:45
p.m. (CT) and follows the featured Indy Racing Northern Lights Series
Ameristar Casino 200 that runs prior to the sixth round of the 12-race
Dayton Indy Lights Championship. 

        Townsend Bell, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., is looking for his third
win, third pole, and third podium of the year in his Kansas debut. The
current Indy Lights points leader holds a five-point advantage over second
place Derek Higgins, of Ireland, 71-66. 

        Bell opened with a solid second place finish in the season opener
at Monterrey, Mexico. His DirecPC Lola then dominated the fast-pace street
circuit at Long Beach to win round two.

        Bell's next impact came at Milwaukee. It was more than just his
second win of the year and fourth career Indy Lights victory. He literally
devastated an entire race field. Bell started from the poll, led every lap,
ran the fastest lap of the race (0:24.222 = 153.381 mph), and then became
the first driver in Indy Lights history to lap an entire field during a
race. In fact, he lapped all but race runner-up Mario Dominguez, of Mexico,
twice. Bell also set a race record average speed of 142.481 mph, breaking
Mike Groff's 1989 Milwaukee track race record of 124.883 mph.

        All totaled, Bell's Milwaukee earnings totaled $37,500 - a new
record for Dayton Indy Lights purse payouts. Bell's victory was the third
consecutive win for Dorricott Racing in 2001 and 11th career victory in 201
starts.

        The first of Bell's four career Dayton Indy Lights wins came at
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last year. He second career win was at Gateway
International Raceway near St. Louis.

        Bell's hot streak continued through Portland qualifying where he
won the pole. His good tidings turned, however, on the race start. As Bell
entered Portland first of 12-turns, his   DirecPC Lola began a slow rain
induced slide toward the inside of the turn. As he slid into a gravel pit,
PacWest Lights drivers Wheldon and Mario Dominguez struck each other
nose-to-tail entering the corner and, in turn, struck Dorricott Racing's
Damien Faulkner from behind. Faulkner was pushed through the corner and
into the run-off where he maintained control his Lola Indy Lights car and
rejoined the race in third place. Bell, meanwhile, became stuck in the
gravel and needed an "up and out" lift before continuing.

        "We're leading by 5 points but we're kicking ourselves a bit for
leaving some points on the table at Portland," said Bell. "Regardless, I
feel pretty good about where we stand at this point in the season. We're
still learning more with each outing and we continue to improve the package
we have."

        Damien Faulkner, of Dublin, Ireland, is viewing Kansas in a
different light than he thought he might a few races back. Strangely
enough, it is possible for Faulkner to leave Kansas Speedway leading the
championship. Faulkner is currently in third place with 55 points. 

        Faulkner made his Indy Lights debut at Monterrey and earned a
deceivingly impressive seventh place finish. Long Beach proved
disappointing, however, when he crashed on the opening lap with teammate,
Jon Fogarty. It was not either Dorricott driver's fault. Fogarty was
rear-ended by Danish driver Kristian Kolby in the first corner at Long
Beach on the race start. Kolby plowed his nosecone into Fogarty's gearbox
and diffuser and, in turn, pushed him into Faulkner. Faulkner, who started
fourth at Long Beach, never saw the contact coming as he spun and stopped
in the middle of the turn. Both Dorricott Racing drivers were unhurt but
their cars were unable to continue. 

        Faulkner stunned Indy Lights followers at Texas Motor Speedway in
round three when he extended Dorricott Racing's podium finishes in 2001 to
three-straight by winning the pole and race. What distinguished his victory
was he had never previously raced on an oval let alone a superspeedway. 

        The 25 year-old Irishman's next triumph was one race ago at
Portland where he started third on the grid. After leading 22 of 38 laps,
Faulkner crossed the finish line an astounding 16.134-seconds ahead of
runner-up Rudy Junco, of Mexico. Simply stated, Faulkner has won two of his
first five career Indy Lights races. A win at Kansas would place him among
an elite few with three wins or more in their first year of Indy Lights
competition. 

        "It was great to get my second win this early in the season but
looking back, perhaps that should have been my third or maybe even fourth,"
said Faulkner. "Once the rain came I knew it was for me."

        Faulkner became the Republic of Ireland's first European motor
racing champion in 19 years by capturing the 2000 European Formula Palmer
Audi Championship. The 25-year-old Dublin resident dominated the EFPA's
20-race season behind six wins, seven poles, and 12 podium finishes.
Faulkner was also named Ireland's 2000 International Motorsports Competitor
of the Year. This prestigious award is the same that had previously been
won by Formula One star Eddie Irvine on two occasions.

        "I came to America to further my career," said Faulkner. "I have a
job to do and races to win and hopefully that will lead to a Championship.
I aim to improve from third place in the standings this weekend in Kansas."

        Jon Fogarty, of Portola Valley, Calif., is having the most
frustrating season of his career and practically all is due to ill timing,
poor racing luck, and a nearly recognizable injury that sidelined him at
Portland. 

        Fogarty optimistically opened the season with third place at
Monterrey. His problems began at Long Beach where he never made it to
through turn one. Fogarty was a sure podium finisher at Texas Motor
Speedway late in the race when Englishman Dan Wheldon nosed his car into
him while was running in the second place. Fogarty slammed against the
front straight-away's outside wall but was uninjured. 

        Milwaukee nearly had a happy ending. Fogarty started from the
outside pole and was completing a final pace lap when Higgins accidentally
accelerated into the rear of the  Thomas Fogarty Winery & Vineyards Lola.
Both cars were seeking to warm their tires with Fogarty swerving left and
right. Fogarty was forced back to pit lane where his crew repaired the car.
He missed the first 20 laps of the race, however. Fogarty is in 10th place
with 22 points.

        Fogarty was forced to withdraw from round five at Portland
International Raceway with, according to Fogarty, a herniated disk located
between his C-3 and C-4 vertebrae. It is hoped that he will have recovered
enough for Kansas that he will be cleared to compete.

        Kansas will be round three of the Bosch Platinum +4 Speedway
Challenge Award that pays $10,000 to the driver accumulating the most
points in 2001's six oval track events. Faulkner leads with 22 points. Bell
is close behind with 21 points.

        ESPN2 will telecast the Kansas Speedway Indy Lights race on ESPN2,
Monday, July 9, at 1:00 a.m. ET (Sunday, July 8 from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00
p.m. PT). 

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