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Coming off a strong showing in 2010, this team of drivers’ heads into the Daytona 500 with confidence. “Oakley has been involved with NASCAR for many years,” says Todd Hayes, Director of Motor Sports. “It’s great to see the depth and talent that make up the Oakley team. If you look at the races and championships that have been won by these guys, it’s no wonder we are proud to be a leader in the sport.”

Juan Pablo Montoya – The original Oakley Motorsports athlete. “I have had a great relationship with Oakley for a number of years and I couldn’t be happier to be back with them,” says Montoya. “I think they make the best sunglasses around, but that is not all. I am almost always wearing something made by my friends at Oakley and look forward to continuing our relationship.“ Montoya wears Oakley base layer, boots and gloves as well as his Signature Series Gascan glasses. He also has a Signature Series Fuel Cell in development.
Jamie McMurray- Winner of the 2010 Daytona 500, Jamie has been an Oakley driver since the beginning wearing Oakley racing products including base layer, boots and gloves.

Clint Bowyer- Clint is a young star within the NASCAR series and a force to be reckoned with. He has been part of the Oakley family since 2009 and the brand proud to say that he has signed on again for 2011 and 2012. “I was always a fan of the Oakley brand when I was a kid racing motocross,” says Bowyer. “Now, being part of their team is awesome. They make some of the best gear in the business and are always looking to new technologies to improve the products.”
Clint wears Oakley racing products including base layer, suit, boots and gloves.
Martin Truex Jr.- Martin is one of the newest additions to Oakley’s line-up of drivers. The brand couldn’t ask for a more, well-rounded representative. Whether he is hunting, fishing or speeding over 200 mph around a racetrack, Oakley Motor Sports is proud to have him on the team. Martin also wears Oakley racing products including base layer, suit, boots and gloves.

Tony Stewart- The man, the myth, the legend; Tony, who finished seventh in the 2010 Sprint Cup Series standings, has been using Oakley racing products since the inception of the Monster Dog. Tony wears Oakley during NASCAR races as well as in all of his automotive endeavors from dirt to pavement. Tony has been an Oakley ambassador wearing base layer, boots and gloves since 2005.

Stacked with all of this talent the 2011 race season promises to be full of fireworks for the Oakley Motors Sports Program starting with the first race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series this weekend, the Daytona 500.

Check in at www.oakley.com/sports/motor-sports for all the latest from the Oakley Motor Sports division and get real time updates from on the ground at the Daytona 500 by following @OakleyRacing1, The official Oakley Motorsports team news source on Twitter.

- Sports Marketing Global Media, Oakley, Inc., Press Release

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

The Canadian was the sensible choice for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing as not only does he have experience on ovals, over his entire career, he has competed in 270 Indy car-type events. Tracy, the 2003 Champ Car World Series champion, will be making his tenth IZOD IndyCar start at Kentucky. However, it will be his first time to compete at Kentucky Speedway and his sixth time to compete at Twin Ring Motegi. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of open-wheel racing with 31 career victories.

Wheel manufacturer, Motegi Racing Wheels will join the team and Tracy for the two events, as they will sponsor the No. 24 entry. “Motegi Racing Wheels is excited to be supporting one of the most exciting drivers, Paul Tracy for the Kentucky and Japan races. We”ve known the type of energy, honesty and excitement that PT brings to the series. Motegi Racing Wheels has had a great experience this year being associated with PT and certainly the Dreyer & Reinbold Team. It”s certainly been a great relationship and we appreciate the opportunity to work with Dennis & Robbie this year,” stated Motegi Racing Wheels president, Jody Groce.

Tracy first ran with the team a couple of months ago at Watkins Glen and he will be making his return with DRR this weekend in Kentucky and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing couldn’t be more excited to have him on board. “We are very happy to have Paul back with us for the next two events. He’s a great driver and big personality and we are thrilled to have him driving for us in Kentucky and Japan.

Paul did a great job for us in Watkins Glen and we can’t wait to get him on an oval with us. We are also thrilled to have Motegi Racing Wheels with us for the two races as well. We have developed a great relationship with them and we know that Paul and Motegi Racing Wheels will be a great combination for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the next two events,” commented Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Co-Owner, Robbie Buhl.

Tracy, now in his 20th season, has had a storied career that has made him one of the top drivers in open-wheel racing. He is among the top-10 in almost every Champ Car career statistical category including wins, 31 (tied for seventh all-time), poles, 25 (ninth all-time), and laps led, 4,238 (sixth all-time).

Over the last 20 years, Tracy has earned 75 career podium performances, 102 top-five finishes and 144 top-10 showings in 270 starts (262 in Champ Car and eight in IZOD IndyCar, tied for seventh all-time). In the 15 seasons in which Tracy has competed in over 80 percent of the races, he has finished in the top-10 in the championship standings 10 times including eight times in the top-five, four in the top-three and captured the championship in 2003.

“It’s great to be back with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing again this year. I’m excited to have the opportunity to run some ovals with the team. It’s been a while since I”ve raced on an oval but I’m ready for the challenge with the next two races plus I have some experience in Japan. Many thanks to Robbie & Dennis again for welcoming me to their team. Motegi Racing Wheels also deserves a big thanks for sticking by me. I”m also looking forward to working with Justin (Wilson) again. I also want to thank my personal sponsors for their continued support; Motegi Racing Wheels, CEC Wheels, Oakley, Kicker Car Audio & MONSTER Energy,” said Tracy.

Decisions have not been made on a driver for the last event of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar season. Stay tuned for more details and please visit www.dreyerreinboldracing.com for more information.

About Motegi Racing:

Motegi Racing wheels are purpose-built for professional-level competition in drifting and road racing as well as available for street applications. Motegi Racing wheels have the perfect blend of attitude, performance and style with the latest technology and finishes. For more information on Motegi Racing Wheels please visit www.motegiracing.com.

About Dreyer & Reinbold Racing:

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is entering its 11th season of full-time competition in 2010, making it one of the longest-tenured teams in Indy Racing League competition. Current co-owners, Dennis Reinbold and Robbie Buhl, first teamed in full-time competition at the Walt Disney World Speedway in January of 2000. With Buhl behind the wheel, the two owners tasted victory in their debut race. The 2009 IZOD IndyCar Series season-opener on the streets of St.Petersburg marked Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s 200th series start. DRR now has over 250 starts to tuck under its belt and has qualified a total of 27 cars for the Indianapolis 500.

In its history, the team has boasted a championship list of alumni drivers. Besides Buhl, the team has run Indianapolis 500 winners, Al Unser, Jr., Buddy Lazier, and Buddy Rice, along with IZOD IndyCar Series race winner Ryan Briscoe. The team has one of the longest lines of heritage in American open-wheel racing and the Indianapolis 500 as Dennis Reinbold’s grandfather, “Pop” Dreyer, built leading roadsters that raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

More information on the team can be found at www.dreyerreinboldracing.com 


More information on Paul Tracy can be found at www.paultracy.com.

More information on the IZOD IndyCar Series can be found at www.indycar.com.

- Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Press Release

No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota Camry

“We couldn’t have achieved this top-10 goal without our sponsors. They
make it possible for us to come to the track and compete each week, and
the support of Pilot Travel Centers, HYPE Energy, Germain.com, Northland
Oil, Ventrilo, Lumber Liquidators, Oakley and Bell has been a big part in
making this No. 15 team as strong as it is,” said Annett, “I’m
extremely excited about our accomplishments this season, and look forward
to the 2010 season.”

Annett tallied four top-10, ten top-15 and 21 top-20 finishes this season
with his best finish being at Auto Club Speedway where he drove through
the checkered flag in sixth to earn awards for Raybestos Rookie of the
Race, Mobil 1 Performance Driver of the Race and Featherlite Most Improved
Driver.

As a Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate this season, Annett ended his
rookie Nationwide Series season third in Raybestos Rookie of the Year
contender standings, only 44 points behind the leader. He earned Raybestos
Rookie of the Race honors at five races this season including his seventh
place finish at Gateway International Raceway, eighth place finish at
Bristol Motor Speedway, 14th place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway, 13th
place finish at Dover International Speedway and sixth place finish at
Auto Club Speedway.

This season’s Raybestos Rookie class proved to be talented with three
rookies, including Annett, finishing in the top-10, an accomplishment
which hasn’t been done since 2005 when the trio of Carl Edwards, Denny
Hamlin and Reed Sorenson completed the task.

Michael Annett

“A lot goes into making a team work well together and I’ve been lucky
to have a dedicated, hard working group of guys behind me this season. I
can’t thank the Germain family, Mike Hillman Sr., my crew chief Ryan
Fugle and all my crew members enough. I’ve come full circle since my
first Nationwide Series start with the team last year at Homestead. I’m
very proud of our team and appreciate all their hard work”, said Annett.

For more information on Michael Annett, please visit www.michaelannett.com
and www.germainracing.com.

For more information on Pilot Travel Centers, check out
www.pilottravelcenters.com.

- Rising Star Management Group Press Release

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Coulter, in a Chevrolet, circled the 1.5-mile superspeedway in 30.531 seconds, for an average speed of 176.869 mph.

“Right off the bat we started off better than the last time I was here,” said Coulter. “I feel like I’ve really got a handle on the track. And I think going to Michigan (Int’l Speedway) and some of those really big tracks helped my learning curve a lot.”

Coulter, who was also fastest in the recent Michigan and Iowa Speedway tests, is on a roll lately coming off three consecutive top-five finishes at Pocono Raceway, Michigan and Mansfield Motorsports Park where he finished a career-best second.

“We were fast right off the bat so we just started throwing different things at the car, completely changing the set-up – changing all four springs, shocks, sway bar. When we thought we found something, we tuned on it; if not, we threw it out. I’m really getting comfortable. After about my second time back out I felt like I was driving a pretty good line, got into a solid rythym and our times got real consistent.”

Coulter was among 17 drivers who posted time and speed at the open test in preparation for the July 18th Click It or Ticket Buckle-Up Kentucky 150, the 19th appearance of the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Kentucky Speedway since its 2000 debut.

Four-time Kentucky winner Frank Kimmel was second fastest overall on the speed charts with a top speed of 176.194 mph.

“It was pretty-much a qualifying run for us,” said Kimmel who, like Coulter, posted his best speed in the final moments of the test. “We ran one car in the morning and early part of the afternoon; then we got out the second car. It was faster so we stayed with it, kept tweaking on it and steadily improved it. We were happy with it, so we put on a set a stickers and taped it off.”

Josh Richards, Grant Enfinger and Bryan Silas completed the top-five in speed respectively.

The open test day also brought out an interesting collection of coaches including NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Kasey Kahne, who was there to help open wheel driver/rookie Brad Sweet and 15-time AMA Motocross champion Ricky Carmichael get up to speed.

“I think that for Ricky [Carmichael] the opportunity to work with Kevin Harvick is a huge benefit,” said Kahne. “You can tell that he really cares about his team and the input he gives really helps the drivers in that organization. Ricky and I are friends and I have always been a huge fan of his from the motorcycle days. I grew up in the Seattle area and used to watch him. I still watch him on tv when he is commentating the motorcycle races. I went with Ricky to a Late Model test at Hickory [Motor Speedway in North Carolina] and he made some laps. That’s what he needs more than anything – laps.

The advice that I give everyone is to work up to it. Just take your time. You see guys like Ricky who are so used to just going out full force every time they do something so you worry a little bit their first time in a car, hoping that they will take their time. Ricky did really well. He took his time and worked up to it, just like I would have done. I had a lot of people help me out when I first started Cup racing. Especially Tony Stewart and Bill Elliott-those two probably helped me more than anyone. It’s good for me when I am able to help others now just like people helped me when I was starting out. This is Brad’s first time in a stock car ever.”

Kahne also commented on the condition of the track surface.

“The track doesn’t feel quite as rough today as it did last time I was here. It definitely needs some work before they bring Cup cars here though. I hope they do make those changes before that happens. Vegas is unbelievable. The fans are so close at that track. They are basically inside of your car while you are driving. You look up and it’s like whoa! It’s a good thing though because the fans are so important to what we do.”

Although Kahne, in a Doug Stringer Motorsports entry, was second fastest in the morning session, Sweet, unfortunately, in the same car, spun off turn four and backed into the outer retaining wall ending his test session prematurely. Sweet was not hurt but the car was badly damaged.

Carmichael, who is running a mix of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races and ARCA RE/MAX Series races in 2009 for Kevin Harvick Inc., was ninth fastest overall.

“This transition [from bikes to stock car racing] is going good,” said Carmichael. “I’ve really enjoyed it. We’ve had some good runs. You have to be realistic with the expectations. I got an ARCA car here and we are testing that. For me, that is huge because now when we come to the race I won’t feel like I’m behind. I like the ARCA cars. I really enjoy them. They seem to really stick to the track.

“The transition from motorcycles to auto racing is going good. I have really enjoyed the whole process. We’ve had some good runs. You have to be realistic with the expectations. I met Kasey Kahne in 2004 in Daytona through Oakley-a sponsor of ours. He has become a good friend ever since and has really helped me with things. The decision to stop driving the bikes and start driving stock cars was not too difficult. I knew that I was at the end of the road there.

I had pretty much accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish. Kevin [Harvick, team owner], has gone out of his way to help me here so I am very thankful. I hope he lets me run the ARCA race. That would be fun. In the motorcycles you have to have so much more physical strength whereas in the stock cars require more mental strength. I don’t know if that is because you are going so fast in a stock car or because it is something that is new to me so it is more mentally taxing.”

ARCA RE/MAX Series regular Justin Lofton, currently second in ARCA RE/MAX Series point standings, was testing a car for his Eddie Sharp Racing teammate Tim George, Jr.

“Everyone is coaching here today,” said Lofton. “My car isn’t here but I have my suit on and I have made a couple of laps. My teammates are here and they are both rookies. It’s been a big learning curve for them this year but heading into the season we knew that they would make some big gains mid-way through the year and so far they have made tremendous gains in the last several races.

They are doing great. Eddie Sharp Racing is a great organization and I wouldn’t want to race for any other team in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. As a second-year driver it’s very cool to me that they want my input. I don’t have a car here but I did make a few laps and I am noticing how the cars are reacting to different changes the teams make to the cars so I am going to go back to the shop and give that feedback to my crew chief Mark Rette and we will make a game plan and come back here in a few weeks and hopefully it will be a good race for us.”

Current ARCA RE/MAX Series point leader Parker Kligerman was also on hand for the open test; however, the 18-year-old rookie sensation did not get on the track as he was there to assist his Cunningham Motorsports teammate Dakoda Armstrong get up to speed. Armstrong, who was eighth fastest overall, is scheduled to make his superspeedway debut at Kentucky.

Before the upcoming event at Kentucky Speedway, the ARCA RE/MAX Series travels to Iowa Speedway for this Saturday’s July 11th running of the Prairie Meadows 200, the third consecutive appearance of the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Iowa.

2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series

NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN CAR TIME SPEED

16 Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL Chevrolet 30.531 176.869

44B Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ford 30.648 176.194

25 Josh Richards/Mooresville NC Chevrolet 30.925 174.616

83 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL Ford 30.958 174.441

11 Bryan Silas/Stuart FL Ford 31.027 174.042

09A Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Ford 31.238 172.866

81 Craig Goess/Greenville NC Toyota 31.252 172.789

90 Kasey Kahne/Enumclaw WA Toyota 31.266 172.712

4 Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN Dodge 31.486 171.505

33 Ricky Carmichael/Tallahassee FL Chevrolet 31.532 171.255

32 James Buescher/Plano TX Toyota 31.550 171.157

44A Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ford 31.686 170.422

2 Justin Lofton/Westmorland CA Toyota 31.769 169.977

09B Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Ford 31.789 169.870

74 JR Heffner/Stephentown NY Chevrolet 31.928 169.131

31 Brent Brevak/Ashland WI Dodge 32.108 168.182

5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Chevrolet 32.165 167.884

2 Tim George Jr./New York NY Toyota 32.502 166.144

90 Brad Sweet Toyota 34.285 157.503

- ARCA Press Release