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Sarah Fisher Racing Uses Kansas Race as Learning Curve for Indy
Press ReleaseSarah Fisher Finishes 17th in Today’s Race; Jay Howard Ends Up 25th After Late Race Incident
After battling back from the rear of the field early in the race, Howard, driver of the No. 66 Service Central sponsored car, ended his day making contact with the turn-four wall on lap 172. He was released from the infield KU Med Center with no injuries.
“First of all, I would like to thank Service Central for all that they have done for us,” said Howard. “I just wish I could have given them a better result this weekend. As a team, we showed that we had speed, but we just need to work on consistency throughout the race. The month of May is a long month, so we’re going to take what we learned here on to Indy, and go from there.”
It was an overcast day in Kansas City, KS when SFR team owner/driver, Sarah Fisher, brought her No. 67 Dollar General Honda Powered Dallara across the finish line in 17th place.
“It was a long first day back today,” said Fisher. “The car didn’t really handle how we wanted it to in traffic, nor by itself, but we have some really good ideas about things we learned last year in Homestead that didn’t work on the chassis that we ran there, but should work for this one going into Indy. We had great pit stops today; the guys all worked really well together, even after changing some crew positions so that the 66 car could share some of our guys. The 67 car did a really good job today, so I was very happy with that. We’ve just got to do our homework a little bit better on front mechanical grip, but we’ll get there.”
Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon took the checkered flag, followed closely by his teammate Dario Franchitti.
The IZOD IndyCar ® Series returns for the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 30, 2010, which will be the 6th race of the 17-race 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season. SFR drivers Sarah Fisher and Jay Howard will attempt to make their way into the field of 33 starting positions on Saturday, May 22, 2010. The race will be aired live on ABC at Noon EST on Sunday, May 30, 2010. Additional coverage will be available on IMS Radio, XM Satellite Radio Channel 145 “IndyCar Racing,” along with broadcast coverage summaries available at www.indycar.com and www.sarahfisher.com.
About Jay Howard:
While closing out his 2009 racing schedule, Howard signed a deal to complete a tailored IZOD IndyCar® Series schedule that would include five events for Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) in 2010, driving the No. 66 Honda-powered Dallara with backing from SERVICE CENTRAL-the automotive service offering available exclusively at Tire Kingdom, NTB – National Tire and Battery, Merchants Tire and Big O Tires.He’ll attempt to qualify for his first Indy 500 on May 15, 2010. In 2006, the England-born driver won the Firestone Indy Lights championship, an essential step into the top-level of open-wheel racing, the IZOD IndyCar Series. Howard won the championship by four points, marking the closest margin in the Series’ history. That same year, he won two races, had five podium finishes and won two pole positions. He ran five events for Roth Racing in the IndyCar Series in 2008, with a best start of 14th and a best finish of 13th. He competed in three Firestone Indy Lights events in 2007, and took home the U.S. Formula Ford Zetec Championship and Rookie of the Year Honors in 2005; breaking Indy 500 winner Dan Weldon’s Series record, with nine wins. That year, he captured six pole positions and established a Series record, with six consecutive victories. Howard has been a guest or profiled on national platforms such as MTV’s Real World Road Rules Challenge. For more information, pleas visit Jay Howard online at http://www.jayhoward.co.uk/.
About Sarah Fisher:
At just 29 years old, Sarah Fisher has already competed in eight Indianapolis 500′s, been voted “Most Popular Driver” four times in two separate Series (IndyCar and NASCAR), been awarded “Indy’s Best & Brightest Leaders Under 40″ and enters her third season as a team owner in 2010. Fisher is the first woman to qualify fastest for a major North American open-wheel event, the fastest woman to ever qualify for the Indy 500 and is the youngest woman to compete at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fisher has been a guest or profiled on a variety of national platforms such as, LIVE! With Regis & Kelly, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Glamour, People and Forbes Magazine, to name a few. In 2008, she formed her own race team: Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR), and made her first start as a team owner in the IndyCar Series’ Indy 500. In May 2009, Fisher made her eighth start in the Indy 500, marking the most number of starts for a woman in the 93-year history of the race.
About Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR):
Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) is an auto racing team that competes in the IZOD IndyCar® Series, founded by IZOD IndyCar Series veteran racer, Sarah Fisher. Fisher announced plans to become the IZOD IndyCar Series first female owner/driver and the youngest team owner on February 27, 2008, at Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS). The team competed in three events in 2008, grew 100 percent in 2009 to six races and will compete in nine events in 2010 with backing from Dollar General. The team also announced plans to run a tailored schedule in 2010 for 2006 Firestone Indy Lights Champion Jay Howard in the No. 66 Honda powered Dallara sponsored by SERVICE CENTRAL-the automotive service offering available exclusively at Tire Kingdom, NTB – National Tire and Battery, Merchants Tire and Big O Tires. The Service Central car is scheduled for five events, including the 94th running of the Indy 500, giving the team its first two-car entry in its two-year existence. For more information, please visit Sarah Fisher Racing online at http://www.sarahfisherracing.com.
- Sarah Fisher Racing, LLC., Press Release
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