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Even The Great Fittipaldi Can't Be In Two Places At The Same Time

Contact:  Kyle Chapman, 336-777-0007
                kchapman@tsii.net

Fittipaldi's 2002 Busch Series Debut Postponed Until May 3 at Richmond

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 19, 2002) -- Christian Fittipaldi, who was
scheduled to make his 2002 NASCAR Busch Series debut this weekend at the
Channellock 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway, will instead debut the #30 mike's
hard lemonade Monte Carlo at the Hardees 250 at Richmond International
Raceway the evening of May 3.

A conflict arose for Fittipaldi this weekend when his Newman/Haas Racing
CART FedEx Championship Series team scheduled a last-minute test session in
Sebring, Fla., on Thursday and Friday.  The CART series remains Fittipaldi's
priority this season, and the session precludes his ability to qualify his
#30 Monte Carlo at Bristol.

"I am disappointed that Bristol did not work out," Fittipaldi said.  "I was
really looking forward to racing there. We will get everything ready for
Richmond, and I am excited about racing under the lights there at night.
I've raced at night in many parts of the world, in many different types of
cars, and I really enjoy it."

Fittipaldi's first and only Busch Series start came last November at
Homestead, Fla. Mike's hard lemonade served as the primary sponsor for that
one-time effort with the Innovative Motorsports team.

Innovative Motorsports, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mooresville, is
part of a triad of companies controlled by George deBidart and Chris
Lencheski, including sports and entertainment agency The Source
International (TSI), and National Grand Prix Holdings, LLC (NGPH).  The
executives and services of heavily integrated IMI, TSI and NGPH offer
unparalleled racing experience in sponsorship activation, sales incentive
marketing, corporate hospitality and account management.

Innovative Motorsports has campaigned cars in the NASCAR Busch Series for
drivers Chad Little, Mike McLaughlin, Hermie Sadler, Andy Santerre and,
currently, Kenny Wallace, Shane Hmiel, and Fittipaldi.  IMI received the
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award in 1998 with Santerre.

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