DORRICOTT DRIVERS OVERCOME HORRID CHICAGO WEATHER TO MAINTAIN CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS

        CHICAGO, Ill. (June 30, 2002) - - Six races complete ... six races
to go ... the only certainty after round six of the 2002 CART Toyota
Atlantic Championship is all three Dorricott Racing drivers are in the
title chase but no driver has a clear advantage. The good news is Dorricott
Racing leaves Chicago Motor Speedway with the Atlantic lead, and it 
survived memorably horrid weather conditions caused by temperatures
hovering in the upper 90's and humidity reaching an unhealthy level.

        Jon Fogarty, of Portola Valley, Calif., finished fourth to maintain
a slim series lead of one point over Canadian Michael Valiante, 74-73. Race
honors this time went to Ryan Hunter-Reay, of Boca Raton, Fla., as he
scorched the 1.029-mile Chicago Motor Speedway oval for his second win of
the season.

        Fogarty led the field to the green flag after driving the Thomas
Fogarty Winery & Vineyards Swift 014.a to his first $1,000 Toyota "Pole
Award" on Saturday, and then stayed in front for the first 10 laps before
losing the lead to Valiante on lap eleven of the 70-lap race. Valiante's
place on top lasted only for a few laps before Hunter-Reay passed the
Canadian in Turn 3 on Lap 14 and never looked back.

        "Fourth place was a good result all things considered," said
Fogarty. "It was frustrating to move backwards after starting from the
pole. Had it not gone yellow so many times I think I would have been in a
much better position. All three Dorricott cars were running quicker toward
the end of the race. I was also close to catching Valiante near the end. I
probably would have passed him had there been even one lap more to run.
This race has taught me a lot. I had to adjust my driving style to the
conditions of the track and other cars. That's always good for building the
experience factor. At least I'm leaving Chicago with the Atlantic lead."

        Luis Diaz, of Mexico City, had one of the race's most impressive
performances albeit the results didn't depict the entire story. Diaz
started seventh and finished sixth. However, a poor start from race
runner-up Roger Yasukawa, of W. Hollywood, Calif., affected Diaz more than
Yasukawa. Diaz was forced to let off the throttle at the race start so as
not to pass a stammering Yasukawa at the start-finish line. By seeking to
avoid a race-start penalty, Diaz dropped four positions to 11th. By lap 13,
Diaz had slipped to 13th.

        "I dropped spots at the race start but I don't think it was my
fault," said Diaz. "My start was good. Yasukawa, who was in front of me,
had a very bad start. I nearly passed him before the start-finish line and
had to lift on the throttle to avoid getting a penalty. That cost me a lot
because I lost speed and momentum. It distracted me. I had to regain my
focus and pay close attention to my engineer's (Gerald Tyler) directions. I
knew I had to pass those cars and more to catch up."

        Diaz then propelled his Telmex Swift 014.a. through the 23-car
field and passed a total of nine cars during the proceeding 57 laps to
finish 6th place. 

        "This was a thinking man's race," said Diaz. "I had to not race the
car too much but not be too slow. Considering I dropped to 13th at one
point, I think finishing sixth place is pretty good.  A key moment was in
the middle of the race when I passed Jonathan Macri and Buddy Rice to move
from 10th to eighth place. It was a matter of timing. Traffic upset their
timing so it allowed me to catch and pass them."

        Yasukawa moved into third place with 67 points but Diaz also
improved to fourth place overall with 60 points. Hunter-Reay and
Californian Rocky Moran Jr. are both 15 points behind Fogarty.

        Alex Gurney, of Newport Beach, Calif., started 13th and finished in
10th place. Despite a rocky weekend where Gurney's car discovered a variety
of minor mechanical gremlins, Gurney's steady hand behind the wheel of the
Castrol/Behr Swift 014.a is the reason he remained in the thick of the
Atlantic Championship hunt in seventh place with 55 points.

        "I had a good start," said Gurney. "I was able to move up three
positions which felt good. I had quite a bit of understeer in traffic and
that was a tough deal. At one point I was stuck behind Buddy Rice for a
long time and finally passed him when we got caught up in traffic.
Afterwards, we ran down the car in front of us. It's always good when you
get through these ovals with a complete race. I'm not too disappointed
overall. My entire team including my mechanics worked unbelievably hard
this weekend to get a hold of everything. I feel good about Toronto next
week and the chance to get back into the title chase."

        Round seven of the 2002 Toyota Atlantic Championship will be held
at the Molson Indy Toronto this Saturday, July 6.