INDYCAR (WATKINS GLEN) - FAST FACTS

WHAT: IndyCar® Series: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, 10th race in 17-race 2007 season Indy Pro Series™: Corning Twin 100s, ninth and 10th races in 16-race 2007 season

WHERE: Watkins Glen International, 11-turn, 3.37-mile road course

WHEN: IndyCar Series: 3:30 p.m. (ET), Sunday, July 8 Indy Pro Series: Race 1: 12:15 p.m. (ET) Saturday, July 7 Race 2: 12:15 p.m. (ET) Sunday, July 8

DISTANCE: IndyCar Series: 60 laps/204 miles Indy Pro Series: 29 laps/97.73 miles

POSTED AWARDS: IndyCar Series: More than $1 million Indy Pro Series: More than $375,000 (combined)

CARS: IndyCar Series: Dallara chassis; Honda Indy V-8; Firestone tires; 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol Indy Pro Series: Dallara chassis; Firestone tires

PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS: IndyCar Series: Scott Dixon (2005, 2006) Indy Pro Series: Bobby Wilson (2006), Jeff Simmons (2005)

2006 SERIES CHAMPIONS: IndyCar Series: Sam Hornish Jr. Indy Pro Series: Jay Howard

TV: IndyCar Series: Race: ABC (live), 3:30 p.m. (ET), July 8 Talent: Marty Reid, Scott Goodyear, (announcers); Jack Arute, Brienne Pedigo, Vince Welch (pit reporters) Note: Live streaming video coverage of AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (1:30 p.m., (ET) July 7) is available at www.indycar.com

Indy Pro Series: Race: ESPN2 (tape-delay), 5:30 p.m. (ET), July 12 Talent: Bob Jenkins, Robbie Buhl (announcers); Mike King (pit reporter) Note: Live streaming video coverage of the Corning Twin 100s (12:15 p.m., (ET) July 7 and 8) is available at www.indycar.com

RADIO: IndyCar Series: Qualifying: IMS Radio Network, live web-cast, 1:15 p.m. (ET) July 7 Wrap-up Show: IMS Radio Network, 3:30 p.m. (EDT), July 7 Pre-race: IMS Radio Network (live), 3 p.m. (EDT), July 8 Race: IMS Radio Network (live), 3:30 p.m. (EDT), July 8 Talent: Mike King (host); Davey Hamilton (analyst); Dave Wilson (color commentary); Mark Jaynes, Jerry Baker (turns); Bob Jenkins and Kevin Lee (pit reporters); Kevin Olson (special assignments) Live coverage of AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (1:30 p.m. (ET), July 7) and the race also will be available at www.indycar.com. The race broadcast is also available on XM Satellite Radio channel 144 “XM Sports Nation” and XM channel 145 “IndyCar Racing”

SCHEDULE (all times local; subject to change): Friday, July 6 7 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garages opens 9:15 – 10 a.m. Indy Pro Series practice #1 (all cars) 10:15a.m. – 12:15 p.m. IndyCar Series practice #1 (all cars) 1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Indy Pro Series practice #2 (all cars) 3:30 – 4:35 p.m. IndyCar Series practice #2 (two groups determined by morning practice speeds) 5 – 5:30 p.m. Indy Pro Series SWE Pole Qualifying session #1 (All cars, European-style session)

Saturday, July 7 7 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garages open 9-9:30 a.m. Indy Pro Series SWE Pole Qualifying session #2 (All cars, European-style session) 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. IndyCar Series practice (two groups determined by Friday morning practice speeds) 12:15 p.m. Corning 100 #1 (29 laps, 97.73 miles) 1:30 – 3 p.m. Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix AAMCO Transmissions Pole Qualifying (Single-car, single-lap and Firestone Fast Six)

Sunday, July 8 7 a.m. IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series garages open 9:15 – 9:25 a.m. Indy Pro Series final practice 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. IndyCar Series final practice 12:15 p.m. Corning 100 #2 (29 laps, 97.73 miles) 3:30 p.m. Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix (60 laps/204 miles) ABC & IMS Radio Network (live)

THE TRACK: 3.37-mile road course; 38 feet wide Mainstraight: 2,150 feet Backstretch: 2,600 feet Turns: 11 •Watkins Glen International is operated by International Speedway Corp. The course, which was used by the IndyCar Series for the first time in 2005, has been home to major NASCAR and road racing events, and one of the nation's premier vintage events, the Zippo U.S. Vintage Grand Prix.

INDY CAR RACING IN WATKINS GLEN: When Formula 1 visited Watkins Glen in 1961 for the first Watkins Glen U.S. Grand Prix, it was the beginning of what would become a tradition at the circuit each Fall through 1980. Innes Ireland won the inaugural running, with drivers such as Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt among the winners of the Grand Prix. The circuit was expanded in 1971, as the 1970s brought a wide variety of competition to The Glen, including CART. Financial difficulties led to the Watkins Glen date being dropped from the Formula 1 schedule and as a result, the bankrupt track closed following a CART race in 1981. The Glen reopened on July 7, 1984, with Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Jim Adams winning the inaugural Camel Continental at the renovated facility. On Aug. 3, 2004, the Indy Racing League announced it would race on the historic 3.4-mile, 11-turn long-course at Watkins Glen International on Sept. 25, 2005. Scott Dixon claimed the inaugural victory on the circuit.

INDYCAR SERIES NOTES: • Five Indianapolis 500 champions are expected to participate in the Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Buddy Rice (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005), Sam Hornish Jr. (2006) and Dario Franchitti (2007).

• Five IndyCar Series champions are scheduled to participate in the Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Scott Sharp (1996 co-champion), Sam Hornish Jr. (2001, 2002, 2006), Scott Dixon (2003), Tony Kanaan (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005).

• Drivers entered in the Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix have combined for 81 IndyCar Series victories, 77 IndyCar Series pole positions and 1,185 IndyCar Series starts.

• The Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix will be the third IndyCar Series event conducted at Watkins Glen International. Scott Dixon has won the two previous races at Watkins Glen. The Watkins Glen Grand Prix is the eighth non-oval event in IndyCar Series history. Previous road and street course winners in the IndyCar Series are: Dan Wheldon (St. Petersburg, 2005), Tony Kanaan (Infineon, 2005), Scott Dixon (Watkins Glen, 2005, 2006), Helio Castroneves (St. Petersburg, 2006, 2007) and Marco Andretti (Infineon, 2006).

• In nine races thus far in 2007, there have been five winners. Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon are the only multiple winners. Franchitti won at Indianapolis, Iowa and Richmond. Wheldon won at Homestead-Miami and Kansas and Kanaan won at Twin Ring Motegi and Milwaukee. Other winners in 2007: Helio Castroneves at St. Petersburg and Sam Hornish Jr. at Texas. In those nine races, 14 drivers have finished in the top five in at least one event.

INDY PRO SERIES NOTES: • Camara holds ‘Iron man’ title: Jaime Camara established the Indy Pro Series’ all-time mark for consecutive starts at the Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis on June 16 with his 32nd consecutive start. He extended the streak to 34 at Iowa on June 23. Camara competed for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2005 and for Andretti Green Racing in 2006. He returns in the AGR entry in 2007.

• Cunningham can tie, break record: Wade Cunningham is closing in on the record for most consecutive top-10 starts. Cunningham has started in the top 10 in the past 17 consecutive races, which is one shy of the Indy Pro Series record of 18 held by Jaime Camara. Cunningham could tie the record with a top-10 start in Race 1 and break the record with a top-10 start in both races.

INDYCAR SERIES STORY IDEAS: • Franchitti tries for three-in-a-row: Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti leads the IndyCar Series point standings for the first time in his career and comes into Watkins Glen chasing the record that Dan Wheldon and Kenny Brack share for consecutive victories. Brack won three-straight races in his championship-winning season in 1999, while Wheldon repeated the feat in 2005. Franchitti is regarded as one of the top road course racers in the series, though he has yet to win an IndyCar Series event on a road or street course.

• Dixon Returns To Site Of Career-Rejuvenating Win: Scott Dixon’s 2005 victory at Watkins Glen proved to be the shot in the arm that Target Chip Ganassi Racing needed. Prior the 2005 Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix, Dixon and the team had gone 40 races without a victory. In the 25 races since that win, Dixon has scored two wins, two pole positions, 16 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes, including a repeat win at Watkins Glen last year.

• From The Ovals To The Road: After seven straight races on ovals, IndyCar Series teams and drivers have less than one week to get “road-ready” for the 11-turn, 3.37-mile long course at Watkins Glen International. While the cars look virtually the same as they did at the short ovals at Iowa and Richmond, changes must be made, including adjustments to wings, brakes and steering. Find out from IndyCar Series officials and team engineers what changes must be made to the cars to compete at The Glen. Additionally, drivers must prepare for the different physical extremes they’ll find on the road course. Find out from drivers how they mentally and physically prepare for a road course after spending the last three months making only left turns.

• Unique Qualifying Format Returns To The Glen: In 2005, the Indy Racing League introduced a unique road/street course qualifying procedure in which the race for the pole began when the cars hit the track. All cars participate in the initial practice session of race weekend, with the times determining the two groups that will be used in the remaining pre-qualifying practice session. Friday's combined practice times determine the qualifying order, with the driver posting the fastest time having the option of driving first or last in single-lap qualifying. At the conclusion of single-lap qualifying, the fastest six cars will participate in a 10-minute, European-style session to determine the first three rows. In 2005 at Watkins Glen, Helio Castroneves qualified 2nd in single-car qualifying and was able to improve his position to the pole during the shootout. Last year, weather forced the cancellation of qualifications.

• Ethanol Power: The 2007 IndyCar Series season marks the first year where the full field is fueled by ethanol. All IndyCar Series competitors employ the 3.5-liter Honda Indy V-8 engine fueled by 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol. The IndyCar Series is the first in motorsports to embrace a renewable fuel source. Ethanol is an environmentally-friendly fuel, distilled from high-starch crops (primarily corn) grown in the United States.

INDY PRO SERIES STORY IDEAS: • Lloyd re-writing record book: Alex Lloyd is re-writing the Indy Pro Series record book by starting the season with six wins in the first eight races. Below is a look at some of his milestones: • 8 career victories: Lloyd became the winningest driver in Indy Pro Series history with his eighth career victory at Iowa Speedway on June 23. Lloyd has won eight times in 17 starts. He won two of nine last year with AFS Racing and is six for eight this season with Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Thiago Medeiros, Jeff Simmons and Mark Taylor each won seven Indy Pro Series races. Dominant streaks Lloyd: Won 8 of 17 starts, including 6 of 8 to start the 2007 season. Medeiros: Won 4 consecutive races in 2004 and 5 of 6 from the final race of 2003 through the first five races of 2004. Simmons: Won 5 of 8 races from Milwaukee 2005 through Homestead 2006. Taylor: Won 7 of 11 careers starts in 2003.

• More milestones ahead: Lloyd can reach two more milestones during the Corning Twin 100s. With one more victory, Lloyd will tie Mark Taylor for the most victories, 7, in a season. Lloyd needs a top-five finish in Race 1 to set the Indy Pro Series record for most consecutive top-five finishes. He enters the weekend tied with Wade Cunningham and Jeff Simmons with 11 consecutive top-five finishes.

• Five consecutive victories: Lloyd is the first Indy Racing League driver to record five consecutive victories, which he did to start the season. Thiago Medeiros held the mark with four straight wins in the Indy Pro Series in 2004. Dan Wheldon and Kenny Brack share the IndyCar Series record with three consecutive wins. Notable all-time winning streaks include: 10 – Richard Petty (1967), NASCAR Nextel Cup 9 – Alberto Ascari (1952-53), World Driving Championship (now F1) 8 – Patrick Carpentier (1996), Atlantics 7 – A.J. Foyt (1964), Indy car 5 – Greg Moore (1995), Indy Lights

• Indy history: Lloyd is the first driver in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win on both the oval and the road course. Lloyd’s first Indy Pro Series victory came last July at the Liberty Challenge when he passed Graham Rahal with two laps to go. Earlier this season (May 25), Lloyd led all 40 laps of the Freedom 100 to win on the oval.

• Can Hardley continue domination at The Glen? Kenn Hardley Racing drivers have won the two previous Indy Pro Series races at Watkins Glen. Jeff Simmons, now driving for Rahal Letterman Racing in the IndyCar Series, won the inaugural event in 2005, beating Marco Andretti by 0.6316 of a second. Bobby Wilson, now driving for Brian Stewart Racing, won last year’s race. This year, Stephen Simpson, a rookie with experience driving in A1GP competition, will drive the No. 24 Kenn Hardley Racing car. Simpson’s best finish this year has been a fourth on the streets of St. Petersburg.

• Wilson eyes repeat: Bobby Wilson becomes the first Indy Pro Series driver to defend his title at Watkins Glen. Wilson won in the rain last year while driving for Kenn Hardley Racing. This year, he returns in the No. 1 car of Brian Stewart Racing. Wilson won the series’ most recent road course race, the Liberty Challenge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

• Halfway home: The Corning Twin 100s mark the start of the second half of the 2007 season. The final eight races include five races on road courses and three races on ovals. After watching Alex Lloyd dominate the first half of the season, who will step up to challenge him in the second half?

• Doubleheader format adds to intrigue: The Corning Twin 100s will be the fifth doubleheader weekend in Indy Pro Series history. The series has raced on back-to-back days at St. Petersburg (2006 and 2007), Infineon (2006) and Indianapolis (2007). All cars participate in a qualifying session to determine the starting order for Race 1. Following the first race, the winner will participate in a blind draw to determine how many cars will be inverted for the start of the second race – 0, 4, 6 or 8. In previous doubleheader events, the top-six finishers from the first race were inverted for the second race. In the races at St. Petersburg, Raphael Matos (2006) and Alex Lloyd (’07) were able to move up from sixth to first in the second race to sweep the weekend. At Infineon, Race 1 winner Wade Cunningham finished fourth in Race 2.

• Alternating schedule: For the remainder of the 2007 season, Indy Pro Series teams and drivers will alternate racing on ovals and road courses. The stretch began at Milwaukee on June 2 and continues through the end of the season. On June 16-17, the Indy Pro Series competed on the 13-turn, 2.605-mile road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The schedule continued with Iowa (oval), Watkins Glen (road course), Nashville (oval), Mid-Ohio (rc), Kentucky (oval), Infineon (rc) and Chicagoland (oval).

• IndyCar Series influence: Four of the top IndyCar Series teams are fielding cars in the Indy Pro Series this season, including two for the first time. Andretti Green Racing returns for its third season in the series while Panther Racing returns for the first time since its championship-winning campaign in 2003. Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing enter the Indy Pro Series for the first time.

MILESTONES: • Dario Franchitti won his seventh IndyCar Series race at Richmond International Raceway, breaking the tie he had with Scott Dixon for seventh on the IndyCar Series all-time victory list. • Dario Franchitti’s win at Richmond International Raceway was Andretti Green Racing’s 28th IndyCar Series victory, extending its IndyCar Series record for most wins by an entrant. • Dario Franchitti became the 13th IndyCar Series driver to win back-to-back IndyCar Series races at Richmond International Raceway. He can tie Kenny Brack (1998) and Dan Wheldon (2005) for consecutive wins with a victory at Watkins Glen. • Scott Dixon can become the second IndyCar Series driver to win three-straight races at one track should he win at Watkins Glen. Dan Wheldon won his third-straight race at Homestead-Miami Speedway earlier this year. • Scott Dixon has been running at the finish of every IndyCar Series race since Watkins Glen in September 2005, a span of 25 races – which ties Tony Kanaan’s record of consecutive race finishes, which he set from 2004-2005. • Dan Wheldon has led 573 of 1,819 laps this season or 31.5 percent of all laps. Tony Kanaan holds the IndyCar Series record for most-laps led with 889 during the 2004 season. • Helio Castroneves has qualified in the top-10 in 25 consecutive races tying Sam Hornish Jr.’s record of 25 consecutive top-10 starts from 2001-2003. • Scott Sharp needs one win to earn his 10th IndyCar Series victory. • Scott Sharp can extend his series record for consecutive starts to 131 straight races at Watkins Glen International. • Scott Sharp needs to earn $82,188 to surpass $10,000,000 in career earnings. • Vitor Meira has gone 68 starts without a victory in the IndyCar Series, the longest drought of any IndyCar Series driver.

*** The 2007 IndyCar Series season continues with the Camping World Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix at 3:30 p.m. (ET) on July 8 at Watkins Glen International. The race will be televised live by ABC and broadcast by the IMS Radio Network. The next Indy Pro Series event is the Corning Twin 100 doubleheader on July 7-8 Watkins Glen International. The race will be televised by ESPN2 on July 12. ESPN2’s coverage of the Iowa 100 will be broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on July 3.