Chevy Texas IRL Results

Hornish and Chevy Finish in Top 10 in Texas

    FORT WORTH, Texas, June 7, 2003 - Sam Hornish Jr. drove his
Pennzoil Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara to his third top-10 finish of the
season tonight in the Bombardier 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Hornish
completed 199 of the 200 laps on the high-banked speedway. The race was won
by Al Unser Jr. driving Kelley Racing's Toyota Dallara.

    Five of the six Chevy-powered drivers were running at the finish:
Vitor Meira, 12th in Team Menard's Johns Manville Dallara, Buddy Lazier
13th in Hemelgarn Racing's Delta/Life Fitness Dallara, Buddy Rice 14th for
Red Bull Cheever Racing and Sarah Fisher 15th in Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's
GMAC Dallara. Robbie Buhl suffered a gearbox problem in Dreyer &
Reinbold's Purex/Aventis Dallara and was classified 22nd.

    "My goal for the race was to finish on the lead lap, but we didn't
do that," said Hornish. "We came pretty close and we did the best that we
could do. These races are long and tough, and you never know what it's
going to be like until the end. We will keep working away at it until we
can get a little bit better."

    Meira, who won the pole and finished third at Texas Motor Speedway
last September, was pleased with his first race following the announcement
that he would drive for Team Menard for the remainder of the season.

    "The balance of the car was perfect and Team Menard/Johns Manville did
a perfect job with the setup," he said. "We did the best we could. We
finished the race and learned a lot tonight. We finished the way we
started, with the car in one piece."

    Buddy Rice battled back from a penalty for inadvertently exceeding the
pit lane speed limit to finish 17th in the Red Bull Cheever Racing entry.

    "Basically it was just good that we finished," Rice noted. "We just
have to take that for what it's worth right now. It's another finish for
Red Bull Cheever Racing, and some more points for the team."

    Sarah Fisher was set back when she was summoned into the pits by
officials to check for a reported spray. No problem was found, and she
drove to the checkered flag.

    "This was our race to hang in there and still smile and show them that
we can get through this," said Fisher. "It was another good job by the guys
to make everything happen."

    Robbie Buhl's day ended on the 14th lap when he radioed the crew from
the backstretch that he had a serious problem. The crew studied the
telemetry data as he pulled into the pits, and then directed the car behind
the wall to see if repairs were possible. After pulling apart the gearbox
to see the extent of the problem, Buhl's race was over.

    "I heard something popping in the back and it felt like something
just broke," he said. "It looks like we lost oil pressure to the gearbox
and it seized. Our goal was to be around at the end and it just didn't
happen."

    Next Sunday's IRL race on the flat 1-mile oval at Pikes Peak
International Raceway in mile-high Fountain, Colo., will be a sharp
contrast to the high-banked turns of Texas Motor Speedway. The Pikes Peak
Indy 225, the sixth round of the 16-race IndyCar Series, will be televised
on ABC at 4:00 p.m. EDT.

RACE SUMMARY
Track: Texas Motor Speedway 1.5-mile oval
Winner: Al Unser Jr./Kelley Racing Toyota Dallara
Margin of Victory: .0810 seconds
Average Speed: 168.213 mph
Pole: Tomas Scheckter/Toyota, 219.300 mph
Fastest Lap: Felipe Giaffone, 221.343 mph

RESULTS
Pos./Driver/Engine/Laps
1. Al Unser Jr./Toyota, 200
2. Tony Kanaan/Honda, 200
3. Tora Takagi/Toyota, 200
4. Kenny Brack/Honda, 200
5. Bryan Herta/Honda, 200

10. Sam Hornish Jr./Chevrolet, 199
12. Vitor Meira/Chevrolet, 197
13. Buddy Lazier/Chevrolet, 196
14. Buddy Rice/Chevrolet, 195
15. Sarah Fisher/Chevrolet, 194
22. Robbie Buhl/Chevrolet, 14

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (after 5 of 16 events)
Driver/Engine/Points (victories in parentheses)

1. Tony Kanaan/Honda, 177 (1)
2. Al Unser Jr./Toyota, 151 (1)
3. Helio Castroneves/Toyota, 149
4. Kenny Brack/Honda, 135
5. Gil de Ferran/Toyota, 132 (1)

Manufacturer/Points (victories in parentheses)
1. Toyota, 47 (4)
2. Honda, 38 (1)
3. Chevrolet, 25

NEXT EVENT
June 15, Pikes Peak Indy 225, Pikes Peak International Raceway,
Fountain, Colo.
TV: ABC, 4:00 p.m. Eastern

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