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Simona de Silvestro Stuns Crowd at St. Pete with a Fourth Place Finish
Press Release
De Silvestro – the 2010 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year – set out to prove that she’s got the talent to run at the front of the field.
“I’m really happy,” she said. “I never would have thought, after starting seventeenth, that we’d finish fourth, and we were running second for quite awhile there.
About her team, de Silvestro added, “I’m happy to be working with Brent Harvey because he’s really calm on the radio, which I liked. The team also did an unbelievable job. We had a few new issues to overcome in the beginning of the weekend, but during the race, everything went according to plan. They did great pit stops and I’m really proud to be part of this team.”
In addition to her talent, Simona may have had one additional good luck charm: a large group of executives from Entergy (her sponsor) and the Nuclear Clean Air Energy campaign.
“Having all the Entergy people here is just unbelievable,” she said. “They have to come to more races now!”
In two weeks, the IZOD IndyCar Series moves on to Barber Motorsports Park, where de Silvestro will again compete for a top spot.
About HVM Racing
HVM Racing was founded by Keith Wiggins and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. HVM enters 2011 as its tenth year of competition since forming in 2001 and has earned six victories, two pole positions, and an additional 16 podiums. They earned “Indianapolis Rookie of the Year” honors with driver Simona De Silvestro at the 2010 event and since joining the IZOD INDYCAR Series in 2008, the team has earned nine top-10 finishes. HVM finished fourth and third, respectively, in the Champ Car World Series in 2006 and 2007, and earned drivers Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos Rookie of the Year honors in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Follow HVM Racing at
www.hvmracing.com, on twitter at www.twitter.com/HVMracing, and on facebook at
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About Entergy
Entergy is the second largest owner and operator of U.S. nuclear energy plants. They operate or provide management services to 12 reactors at 10 sites. Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and more than 15,000 employees.
www.entergy-nuclear.com
- HVM Racing, Press Release
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