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ATLANTICS: Lynx Racing, The Long and Winding Road

10 July 1999

Part 1: Preliminary Qualifying - A Fine Day for Motor Racing 

- Lynx graduates Patrick Carpentier and Memo Gidley are third and    
  fourth in preliminary qualifying for the Texaco/Havoline 220.
- Lynx Atlantic driver Buddy Rice is third in preliminary qualifying for
theKOOL/Toyota Atlantic support race.

        It is an indisputable truth that, like fishing, any day at the
track is better than any day at the office.  And, all in all, Friday was a
fine day for motor racing - particularly if you are a current driver for,
or graduate of, Lynx Racing, the most unique and successful driver
development program in open wheel racing today.

        Lynx graduate Patrick Carpentier (the team's Atlantic champion in
1996 and now driving for Player's/ Forsythe) was third in today's
preliminary qualifying for the Texaco/Havoline 220 (Note: The race distance
was increased from 200 to 220 miles, thereby requiring a third pit stop
which should allow drivers to run at top speed for the full distance rather
than making it a fuel economy run as in previous years.)

        And Lynx's latest graduate, Memo Gidley, now driving for Walker
Racing, stunned both his new team and onlookers in the pressroom and
paddock with a lap that put him fourth on the provisional grid.

        Final qualifying for both series takes place tomorrow, and, barring
the vagaries of weather, times are expected to get faster.

        In other, related news, Lynx Racing's 1997 champion, Alex Barron,
who has been driving for Dan Gurney's All-American Racers but was removed
from the car for three races and replaced by veteran Gaulter Salles so the
team could have a 'second opinion' to aid in development of the Gurney
Eagle, tested with Penske at Michigan last weekend.  Barron turned laps of
227 mph, the second fastest time of the test, several mph than the current
Penske chassis has achieved in previous testing.

        "We're happy, but not really surprised," says Lynx Racing team
manager Steve Cameron.  "We chose all four of these drivers with no other
criteria in mind than their ability, accomplishments, and potential. 
They're already really fast drivers with a history of winning before we
sign them for the program, and then we give them a comprehensive education
in both the on-track and technical aspects of racing.  And we use the
feedback we get from our drivers that have graduated to CART to modify our
program to better prepare each succeeding generation of drivers.  Our goal
is to make Lynx racing a brand name that is associated throughout all areas
of motorsports with producing top drivers.  Whenever there's a ride with a
top team available, we want them to think of a Lynx driver first.  And,
judging from how our graduates are doing, I'd say we're on the right
track."

        Lynx Racing, owned by Peggy Haas and Jackie Doty and now entering
its ninth year of operation, is both a championship-winning racing team and
a unique driver development program.  The team's mission is to seek out
young drivers with championship potential and provide them with the
training, resources and opportunity to realize that potential and make the
jump to auto racing's 'major leagues.'

        In addition to Buddy Rice and Mike Conte in the KOOL/Toyota
Atlantic series, Lynx also sponsors a car for Sara Senske, 20, of
Kennewick, Washington.  Senske competes in the Star Mazda Championship,
driving a car fielded by Kent Stacy's S3 Racing.  In 1998, her rookie year,
Senske finished eighth in the series championship battle, and in 1999, with
six of 13 races complete, she is tied for fifth in the points.  Her most
recent finish was third on the oval at Pike's Peak, and her next race is
under the lights on the new short oval at the Irwindale Speedway near Los
Angeles.


Road America Event Schedule:

Saturday, July 10
11:15 a.m. -11:45 a.m.          Atlantic practice
3:00 p.m.   - 3:30 p.m.         Atlantic final qualifying



Sunday, July 11
8:25 a.m.   - 8:40 a.m.         Atlantic warm-up
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.         Atlantic race / 17 laps 
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Television Schedule (ESPN2 - EST):

Saturday, July 17               5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.   First broadcast
                                                                           
        ESPN2 and ESPN Intl. 

Monday, July 19                 1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.   Repeat broadcast
Monday, July 19                 5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.   Repeat broadcast
Tuesday, July 20                8:00 p.m. / CTV (Canada)
Sunday, August 1                Check local listings / RDS (Canada)

Next KOOL/Toyota Atlantic event on the schedule:

Grand Prix Player's de Trois-Rivieres / August 1

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