Gateway Dorricott Racing fact sheet

DORRICOTT RACING - DAYTON INDY LIGHTS RACE PREVIEW
RACE 10 - MOTOROLA 300
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY (Madison, Ill.)
September 15-17, 2000

SERIES:

As the top development series of the CART FedEx Championship Series, the Dayton Indy Lights Championship is internationally recognized as a final step before reaching the highest levels of North American motorsports. A "spec" series," Indy Lights emphasizes driver skill and team preparation through the use of identical Lola T97/20 open-wheel, single-seat race cars. Indy Lights cars are only about 10 percent smaller than the Champ Cars they resemble and can reach a top speed that exceeds 190 mph.

DORRICOTTDRIVERS:

No. 1 Townsend Bell - Costa Mesa, Calif. (DirecPC)

No. 2 Casey Mears - Bakersfield, Calif. (Dorricott Racing/Sooner Trailer)

No. 3 Jason Bright - Gold Coast, Australia (Dorricott Racing)

THIS RACE:

Gateway International Raceway is the 10th round of the 12-race 2000 Dayton Indy Lights Championship. An international field of approximately 18 drivers representing close to a dozen different countries are expected to take the green flag.

HISTORY:

This will be the third Indy Lights appearance at Gateway International Raceway. It will be the first Indy Lights race at Gateway for Bell and Bright, and third for Mears. Mears started 16th and finished seventh place in 1998.

TRACK: 1.27-mile oval

RACE DISTANCE: 79 laps/100.33 miles

RECORDS:

Qualifying Chris Simmons 29.033 = 157.476 mph 5/23/97

Race time Shigeaki Hattori 55:21.083 (108.756 mph) 5/23/98

<pre> SCHEDULE:

Fri. Sept. 15 Practice: 9:30 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. (CT) 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (CT)

Sat. Sept. 16 Practice: 8:30 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. (CT) Qualifying: 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. (CT)

Sun. Sept. 17 Warm-up: 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. (CT)

RACE: 11:00 a.m. (CT)

PRIZES: Total race purse (U.S.) $ 74,200

TV (U.S.):

ESPN2- - Sunday, Sept. 17 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT

WEB SITES: Dorricott Racing www.dorricottracing.com

</pre> NOTES:

Bell remains in second place in the Indy Lights championship with 92 points ... Mears, who finished second place at Laguna Seca, is tied with Felipe Giaffone for third place with 91 points ... Bright is in sixth place with 77 points ... Bell leads Jeff Simmons by 14 points, 92-78, for Indy Lights Rookie of the Year honors.