MEDIA ALERT
MILWAUKEE MILE
100 YEARS AND ACCELERATING

CHAMP CAR DRIVERS, PRESS CONFERENCE, LUNCH

Champ Car World Series Drivers Testing at The Milwaukee Mile May 3 & 4
Press Lunch on Wednesday, May 4

(April 26, 2005) Milwaukee, Wis. – Virtually all of the premier open
wheel drivers competing in the Saturday afternoon, June 4 "Time Warner
Cable Road Runner 225 presented by U.S. Bank" Champ Car World Series
race will be testing at The Milwaukee Mile May 3 & 4, this coming
Tuesday and Wednesday.

Join them for a brief press conference in victory lane, one-one-one
interviews, photo opportunities and lunch provided by Time Warner Cable
and U.S. Bank on Wednesday, May 4 beginning at 11:30am.

WHAT:
Press Conference, One-on-one availability, Photo Op, Lunch
Media Opp. with prominent Champ Car drivers, event sponsor
representatives

WHEN:
Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 11:30am – 1:00pm

WHERE:
Victory Circle
The Milwaukee Mile
-enter grounds at Gate 1, 79th & Greenfield
(Gate 5 off of 84th Street will be closed due to repaving)
-enter track tunnel at Grandstand Gate 10
-proceed into paddock area, park just past scoring pylon
-check-in inside media center building

WHO:
Champ Car drivers, event sponsor representatives

Scheduled to test and be available for interview:
Paul Tracy, 2003 series champ, 3-time Milwaukee event winner
Jimmy Vasser, 1996 series champ, 1998 Milwaukee event winner
Ryan Hunter-Reay, defending Milwaukee event winner
Sebastien Bourdais, ’04 series champ, point leader, IROC race winner at
Texas
Bruno Junqueira, series runner-up in ’04, currently 3rd in points
A.J. Allmendinger, 2004 top rookie
Justin Wilson, 6’4" tall Brit, Formula One experience, now 4th in points
Mario Dominguez, currently 5th in points, Tracy’s new teammate
.and more!

OTHER:
-Must sign liability waiver at track tunnel entrance
-Please indicate in advance which drivers you’d prefer to interview, as
their time is limited

PLEASE RSVP TO:
Jim Tretow / prefer e-mail reply:  jtre…@milwaukeemile.com
(414) 453-5761 – office /  (414) 750-0042 – cell

this sunday with kenny roberts too.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/irl/2005-04-30-japan_x.htm

IRL AGR Racer wrote:
> Many say that AGR is the greatest IRL team ever!  Probably the best in the
> world!

Which isn’t saying much.

…having won three of the four races this season.

Stay tuned for another AGR domination this year as well.

Special Ticket Offers:   Both offers expire May 31, 2005.
1) New residential Road Runner subscribers can bring their work order to the

Milwaukee Mile box office to receive 2 FREE Reserved Seats to the Time
Warner Cable Road Runner 225.

2) All current Time Warner Cable customers can bring their billing statement
to the

Milwaukee Mile box office to receive a FREE companion ticket to the Time
Warner Cable Road Runner 225.

Hey All,

Just letting you know about a new Champ Car fan site –

http://champcar.kicks-ass.net

All it is for is USER SUBMITTED galleries – yes, you can have your own
gallery for free, and post your champ car related pictures.

No cost to you – a service by fans, for fans!

So comon, have a look at what is already there, and post your own
photos for the world to see!

Drewe

Well I guess it was a good race, I really couldn’t tell with a damn
commercials every 30 seconds!
What did we see, maybe 3 laps before each new commercial, disgusting! They
didn’t show that many commercials during the AFL game.
The boys at Champ Car better get their act together pretty quick. Otherwise
this is all for not!

Long time CART fan…………….

Great show tonight. Mario and Jim Mcgee.

** Long Beach ATLANTIC SPOILER below (not on TV until next week) **

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While hardly anyone will argue that the level of competitiveness in this
year’s Toyota Atlantic series is the same high level as in previous years,
the Long Beach Toyota Atlantic race was won by Brit Katherine Legge, in her
first start in T-A. Yes, a female driver *winning* a race. Actually that was
the first-ever top-level North American open-wheel road race victory by a
female (FF1600 doesn’t count). YES, that was something Danica Patrick never
achieved. While Danica was a very-consistent top-10 finisher, she never
showed that she had what it takes to be a winner. In fact, she has never won
a series race outside of go-karts. The Long-Beach Celebrity/Pro race was her
only victory, but that is a 1-off event.

Anyhow, congrats to Ms. Legge. And congrats to Champ Car’s Kevin Kalkhoven
for giving her the opportunity for a test, and then putting her in a car in
the Atlantic Series.

Now, if you have been following Gomer conversations all winter and during
the first few IndyCar races this year, you will know that they have been
praising Danica and that the media is a sucker and jumped all over her. "She
was doing great until she crashed", "she did a fantastic job of driving her
own race & staying out of trouble"(5 laps back), and "she was running a
strong 3rd at St. Pete’s until she pitted" (as she was out-of-sequence, and
was in I think her rightful 17th place when she resumed). And then of
course, the perennial "she is doing very well – considering she is still
learning the cars" (but if she had real talent she would be able to adapt
quickly). Regardless, it is a fact that Danica has not yet performed well in
IndyCar, and with all the media pressure on her already, things can only get
more difficult for her as the season goes on and the (expected) results are
not there.

Now while today’s Atlantic race at Long Beach was just 1 race and we’ll have
to see how the season plays out, Katherine Legge surely has to be seen as a
threat to the Indy Car Series’ "claim" to finally have a "good" female
driver in their ranks. Can you imagine if Katherine starts tearing up
Atlantics this year and all the media attention falls on her as the
‘upcoming sensation in the Champ Car ladder system"??

Can you say "DANICA WHO??"

To a series that is in desperate times (0.4 rating for St. Pete’s,
non-existent crowds at their oval races, engine manufacturers pulling out,
long-time-loyalist & entrant AJ Foyt publicly bashing the series & being
pissed off at TG & the direction of IndyCar, along with the
longtime-loyalist IRL fans feeling the same thing now that they are
road-racing) — that would be yet *another* knife in their heart.

Anyone else think that we might suddenly see Danica *happening to win* one
of the next few IndyCar races??
I for one wouldn’t count against it.