Catchfence

After Moving up 14 Spots in the Field, Fisher’s Day
Ended Making Slight Contact with the Turn-4 Wall

SPEEDWAY, IN (May 30, 2010)- Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) team owner/driver, Sarah Fisher, returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today to mark her ninth start on the famed 2.5-mile oval; the most starts of any female in the history of the race. She started the race in the 29th spot, with the fastest speed of any female in the field, advancing as far as 15th position during the race. Fisher had a competitive racecar and was working her way through the field in her No. 67 Dollar General Honda powered Dallara when she was pushed up into the marbles in turn-4 after a restart on lap 124. Fisher made slight contact with the turn-4 wall, and was forced to retire from the 500-mile race as the result of a bent right-rear suspension piece; she also lost all communication with her crew after the racing incident.

Overall, the day was headed in the right direction for the growing team. Fisher avoided many crashes on track early in the race, was extremely consistent on restarts, and the SFR crew performed five flawless pit stops. The Dollar General car was on its way to the front with the 29-year old IndyCar veteran at the wheel.

“We just got shoved up high out there in turn-4 with nowhere to go and hit the wall, which bent the right-rear suspension; there’s really not a lot of room to pass here and it’s extremely difficult to find space,” said Fisher. “We were having really good restarts, the boys were flawless which is key here, and the Dollar General car was on the ball gear-wise, but there’s just no room. It’s disappointing, but it’s racing. I’m ready to put this month in the past and move on to Texas next weekend.”

Fisher finished in the 26th position, 3 spots ahead of her starting position. The 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 will go down in the record books as the hottest race in the history of the event, with air temperatures reaching 95 degrees and track temperatures exceeding 130 degrees.

Fisher, along with teammate Jay Howard, will continue her 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season June 5 at Texas Motor Speedway. The race will be telecast live in High Definition (HD) at 8 p.m. (EST) on VERSUS. The race will air live on the IMS Radio Network, XM channel 145 and Sirius channel 211. The radio broadcast also will be carried on www.indycar.com, with broadcast coverage summaries available at www.indycar.com and www.sarahfisher.com.

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, Press Release